Bedtime stories for artistic adults
Thoughts on Five Stories for Philip Guston, and the tactile, reassuring beauty of books
“You look like a kid reading his own bedtime story.”
I couldn’t argue with the observation.
Sitting in bed, with Five Stories for Philip Guston open on my lap, a hand holding each cover of the oversized seven-by-nine hardback — I did look like a kid.
Closer inspection clarifies the scene:
Each of the five stories — by Christopher Alessandri, Thessaly La For…
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