“I am to you a loved necessity -
No mariner can more devoutly hold
To compass and to changeless galaxy
Than you to me; I know there is no old
Repeated nursery legend quite so dear
As I to you; I am your hearth, your sun,
Your shelter on this vast, adventurous sphere,
Your bourne when each long, glamorous day is done.
And you to me! - that is a love apart
From all the rest - it is a fabric seamless,
Divine in pliant richness round my heart.
And I have loved you thus through all the dreamless
Primal sleep, up to this living hour,
Bound to you close as root is bound to flower.” [28, KSH]
To bring to thee like flowers is an artist lecture recorded in my bedroom studio in Chicago.