Autodidact

Life in the Fast Lane

By: Charles Giuliano - Sep 23, 2016

Autodidact

Madison Square Garden
Horse show
Just a teenager
Jim Jacobs
Rider of the Purple Sage
Young scholars
Museum of Fine Arts
Adjoining offices
He Greek me Gyppo
So many phases
Plots and subplots
Since then
Alice's Breast Flaunt
Tales of Mt. Shango
Ski to surf
Flute to cello
Gamemanship
He can do anything
Laughed about it
Yesterday at lunch
Annual meeting
Flew in to
North Adams Airport
On the run as usual
Talked about
Minimalism
Made his fortune
Curating shows
Mnuchin Gallery
Ryman, LeWitt, Andre
Started with Judd's
Stacked boxes
Aesthetic precision
Clean and pure
Lean and mean
Visual information
Apollonian
Like classical Greeks
Remembering
Four hundred dinners
Judd and Chamberlain
Best friends
Heavy drinkers
Not Jim though
Lightweight he
Called himself
Asked how to do
All those things
Like sound guy
On the road with Lou
First gig from Bernie
Managed Baez
Concert at Sing Sing
Manning the board
Scared stiff
Faking it
Huge laugh
Can you imagine
Con among cons
King Con
Ultimate ape shit
If you are reasonably
Smart and hip
You can master any job
In about two years
He explained
Except Pope or President
What about Trump
I asked
Ultimate twofer
Great ape for sure
Jim barfed his lunch
What a hoot
Flew home
Same time next year
Like when on the road
We passed
In the west
Talked by cell phone
He headed to
Colorado and we
Home to the Berkshires
From Four Corners
Somewhere in Kansas
No time to stop
Zooming by
Life in the fast lane
Me a bit slower
La vida loca