Jimmy, I also remembered Ashara's report (Part 3) to the list from Toronto (at http://www.smoe.org/lists/onlyjoni/v2001.n328 ) relating what Joni said at the tribute about the paintings:
"On the question of how have your paintings changed since September 11th? Joni says, 'There were two wars in my life on September 11th. I broke up with my boyfriend. He complained that I repeat myself too much, and I do repeat myself too much. Especially now because I'm writing my book, so I'm writing a lot of my yarns in the oral tradition.' She said she took a lot of pictures with a paper camera on September 11th, and she saw a lot of figures in the smoke. She started painting what she called "repetism" doing 5 double images. She said by painting, it helped her to become emotionally detached." Now me: When Joni was talking about repeating herself, she said her mother also did that. I laughed and told her that my mother and I also repeat ourselves frequently. Like what's the big deal with this guy? ;-) Kakki
