Diary and Pointer
1969-2000
wood, mixed media
15" x 18.5" x 14"

...Resting atop the freestanding tome, the "pointer" of the title is a stout, serpentinely crooked stick. Decorated with colorful stripes and incised with scratchy "X"s, it could resemble the witch doctor's staff that Screamin Jay Hawkins brandished when he shrieked, "I'll Put a Spell on You!"

Ed McCormack, New York City, 2001
 
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