The Easel of the Unseen

<p>I was aware of Mark Johnson at a college we both attended, but he was on his way out the door and I was hardly there to begin with. If I saw his paintings then it would have been because I had a fixation on prowling in the art building at night. I&rsquo;d steal away from some party, very high, to lurk around the senior studios, contemplating what a college art major did, trying to fit myself to that prospect. I couldn&rsquo;t.</p> <p>We became friends in San Francisco and Oakland, a year or two later. Mark knew things I didn&rsquo;t. He seemed both worldly and born out of his right time. He was shocked that I claimed to like screwball comedy but didn&rsquo;t know who Preston Sturges was, and hustled me immediately to The Castro, to see&nbsp;<em>The Lady Eve</em>. That night it became one of my favorite films.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/@jonathan.lethem/the-easel-of-the-unseen-5aaa7eb5f3e"><strong>Visit Now</strong></a></p>
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