JIM DINE

This book is literally Jim Dines letter to his troops, a confessional address to the people he has collaborated with, to his frie nds and family. Consisting of a long fluid poem and 18 color linocut portraits of those closest to Dine, the book explores his emoti ons and thoughts including childhood memories, reflections on his present artistic practice (This week I painted, painted, painted the possibility of permanent silence), as well as more philosophical musings (Earth gives birth to time and heaven in a jealous pa rliament).