To compound my silliness displayed below, it turns out I was not responding to something William wrote, but, rather to something Chris that William was quoting. Answering forum stuff during coffee-breaks from wrestling with lawyers, accountants, and brokers is not a good idea.
William writes: > BTW - I enjoyed Cheerkep's back-handed compliment: "Richardson deserves > to > be proud of what he's done in service of Picasso's reputation" -- as if that > reputation could have been enhanced one, teeny bit. > > William catches me in my failure to appreciate the ambiguity of my line. I did not have in mind RAISING Picasso's reputation in the eyes of the already well-informed, but, rather, helping to SPREAD it and to fill in details. These are among the "services" a good biography usually provides to its subject's reputation. And over time it can even help preserve a subject's place in the sun. I have many times had my eye caught by a praising review of the biography of a writer whose work I'd hardly tasted. After reading the bio, I then went on to read an expanse of the writer's work. I'm sure there's been a good deal of added attention by "laymen" to Picasso's work because of Richardson. ************** Worried about job security? Check out the 5 safest jobs in a recession. (http://jobs.aol.com/gallery/growing-job-industries?ncid=emlcntuscare00000003 )
