Jimmy wrote: > I'm hoping that someone ah hum (KAKKI), can identify one of the portraits on the cd. I'm > pretty sure the girl is Kilauren, but who is the man with her? Donald Freed? > I know it's not the guy she was with in Toronto.
It's not Donald, but I do think it is one of her boyfriends - ex or present. I couldn't stand it anymore and went over to Tower to night to get a copy in advance of waiting for the one from Amazon! I ripped open the package right there in the store and was/am just blown away beyond words. It was like looking at a favorite little magic book from childhood. I think this is one of the greatest creations she has ever achieved. Huge. I see at least three Grammy nominations. Unbelievable. Thinking back on my little chat with her a year ago September I am even more awed and chilled. There she was talking about these paintings she had done starting 9/11 from photos she had taken with a disposable camera off the TV. I had no concept that those paintings could have been this awesome. How she could have executed these in just a few days. I guess each will interpret her 9/11 paintings in their own way, but my overwhelming feeling is that they are a dear gift of love to America - a brave gift of recognition and empathy. She did talk that day of people who sometimes wave the flag emptily - she also exclaimed resolutely "I may be a Canadian but I am an American, too, you know!!" I loved seeing her Jacarandas in Bel Air painting which I've bootlegged and sent to some of you. And was surprised to see the counterpart to her painting in the deer park in Japan - now this time the other painting that day of Wayne Shorter's wife Ana who was lost in the TWA 800 tragedy. The most gorgeous painting of all I thought was of her grandson Marlin. It was also great to see the two children playing in the pond/waterfall. She said in one interview that the scene was a picnic she had up in B.C. and that they are the children of her manager. I'm also curious about the two egg th eme that runs throughout several of the paintings. Maybe a good interview question for her next time, Rolling Stone. Also, the Indian man and woman. I'm sure we will hear the answers eventually. What an astounding work in every way. It is overwhelming. Kakki
