Dear Sol and Fluxlisters, Yes, I think Victor IV is quite possibly a genius
and I can see how you could be hooked, because you, too, are a genius at
recognizing other's good work and doing your own. I also think the collector
is a genius because he had previously recognized the genius of Kenneth
Patchen, one of my greatest and earliest heroes.(However, I was not in any
kind altered state when I first discovered Patchen and I am not certain if
one has to be to make such discoveries)
They hold a Kenneth Patchen festival every year in, I think, Youngstown,
Ohio, about 80 miles Northeast of where I live. I discovered the genius of
Kenneth Patchen in 1960 when I first read his poetry at the Lamont
undergraduate poetry library and also listened to Patchen's entermedia-like
poetry readings to jazz. Patchen is one of the great unsung greats of
American art and had a great influence on Ginsberg, Kerouac and subsequent
artists including the Fluxus ones.
Thanks for bringing this information to my attention.-Don
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