built around: C. Chaplin, "What People Laugh At." (McCaffrey, 1971).

the transformation: (Kris and Kurz, 1979).

a monkey: "In each major culture, the monkey carries the shadow of the culture. In the Middle Ages monkeys represented drunkenness. In Jewish religion they represented lasciviousness. The monkey in India is a redeemer but he's also a crafty trickster. Even Heraclitus remarked, 'We are to the gods as the monkeys are to us.'" J. Hillman. (Moore, 1983).

O Charlie Chaplin: From, O. Mandelstam, "The Charlie Chaplin Poem."

what he came: G. Sebba, "Introduction to the Dover Edition." (Sebba, 1973).

Contemporary: C. Owens. Catalogue for "The Heroic Figure," Exhibition, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston TX.

Craig Owens was a Senior Editor for Art in America. Several years ago the magazine lost a manuscript of mine that was addressed to Owens. In Feb.1986, when he was at UNM to give a talk, I asked him about it. He said he'd been on sick leave and hadn't seen the work. Owens died from AIDS in 1990.

about the Donner: C. Chaplin. Quoted by C.W. Wood, "With the Bunk Left out." (McCaffrey, 1971).

He had faked: "I am riding on a subway car in New York City. One of the other passengers is Mark Rothko. I'm hesitant at first, but finally I approach him, begin a conversation with him. As we talk, we move through the subway car, slowly circling around each other. I'm aware of his touchiness and his quick, violent temper. I know I have to be careful what I say. I want him to like me. He indicates he does, that he thinks I'm funny. I wonder if I should tell him that I've written a biography of him. I remember that he had authorized a biography of himself in the last year of his life, but I still fear he may object. I tell him. He does not seem to object.
"I'm amazed to find out that he didn't actually kill himself, that he's been alive all along. I imagine writing new sections of my book, recounting his life during the years he was missing. I arrange to visit him the next day and find out what he's been doing." (Breslin, 1994).

McCaffrey, D.W. (1971) Editor, Focus On Chaplin. Englewood Cliffs NJ.
Kris, E. and Kurz, O. (1979) Legend, Myth, and Magic in the Image of the Artist. New Haven CT.
Moore, T. (1983) "Let the Creatures Be? An Interview with James Hillman." Parabola ( May).
Sebba, G. (1973). Kublin's Dance of Death and Other Drawings. New York.
McCaffrey, D.W. (1971) Editor, Focus On Chaplin. Englewood Cliffs NJ.
Breslin, JEB. (1994) "Terminating Mark Rothko: Biography is Mourning In Reverse." The New York Times Book Review 24 July.