Prospect

In Anne Truitt third and final memoir, she writes about the process of being an artist while reviewing her life. She uses polar/Arctic sailing missions, such as Shackleton & Robert Fitzroy who sailed the ship Darwin was on when he developed his theory that survival of the fittest was a law of nature......more

Anne Truitt continues to review her life to find the threads that run through it. She’s very aware of her ‘inner’ life and uses that self-knowledge in both her art and her writing. She’s notes that her (former) husband had only an outer life and therefore could not write a novel. Fascinating. I plan......more

I was lucky to get all three of the author's journals from my public library. There is a lot of repetition but that was okay because that implied the read could pick up any one and not be lost. I learned about how a woman artist must balance work and family.......more

Truitt wrote three books based on her journals (she died in 2004). She writes Prospect at age 70 with a strong vocabulary, and as an ardent classical reader. Her art was minimalist, but she has applied all she learned from the many batterings of life, to give the reader poetic insight into art, fami......more

I love the bits about Arctic exploration. I wanted to love the rest, but I found it a bit tedious. I had a hard time relating to any of her feelings of inadequacy considering her long, successful career. Also, her love affair with Yaddo. There were some beautifully written pages about her process an......more