i dont pretend to have contributed anything to my contemporaries

its flattering that you would seek my opinions about your art, especially since i did just that yesterday, independent of your sway. i was going to go into how i couldnt give you an accurate or even satisfying account of my thoughts on photography, but lets set the laundry out to dry, i know what the heck i'm talking about, even when i dont know what i am talking about.

i have been painting more than ever too, i hope my artistic inspiration has inspired your inspiration, but, you know, sometimes you need encouragement or just plain praise and who better to do so than you, besides me. i mean in an intelligent way, with feedback and good reasons that might or might not be bullshit, but true bullshit. i suppose daddy's up for the task, but most of the time he cant deliver, ends up making me feel inadequate as a painter, bachelor my ass. talking to anyone else, besides you and dad, never works, no one cares as much as we do or (lets face it, though i'm no elitist) can keep up. tim and arturo could, but they are shy or less outspoken or dont like talking as much as we do or dont feel comfortable calling us out or i'm sure they have some reasons, they are smart guys. also i guess no one talks as much as we do. we talk a lot. anyway, i dont even remember what i was getting at. talking to you is cool.

you gave me a panera cookie. i am going to eat that mess now.-emily