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other visual arts. But my ideas are not yet sufficientlyformulated to record them here, suffice it to say that theplacing of the man in the driver's seat (courtesy of Hertz)reveals in a most cogent way man's eternal need formastery over both space and distance, a never-endingprogress that began in the caves at Lascaux and continues,even as I write, in the Apollo capsule with its mixed oxygenenvironment. "Your work load will of course be light. Afterall, you're a member of the family and of course I'm takinginto account your terrible recent loss, though it has been myexperience that work distracts our attention from grief in amost extraordinary way." While he was filibustering, he wasstudying a chart. He then scribbled a note and gave it tome. On Monday, Thursday and Saturday mornings I am togive an hour course in Empathy. Tuesday and Fridayafternoons I teach Posture. "You seem particularly wellequipped to give the course in Posture. I couldn't help butnotice how you looked when you entered the room, youcarry yourself like a veritable queen. As for Empathy, it isthe Sign Kwa Known (sine qua non) of the art of filmacting." We sparred with one another, each lying to beatthe band. He so pleased to have me "on the team" and meso happy to be able to work in Hollywood, California, a life'sdream come true and--as they used to say in the earlySixties--all that jazz. Oh, we are a pair of jolly rogues! Hemeans to cheat me out of my inheritance while I intend totake him for every cent he's got, as well as make him fallmadly in love just so, at the crucial moment, I can kick hisfat ass in, fulfilling the new pattern to which I am now