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1961 (centered)

parlor on Main Street and later in hotel at 10 Bridge street working long hours at first address on Wadtomaker, which in view of later work by Ronald Gross, Diter Rot, Ray Johnson, et all on senses, vision, meaning in contemporary communication may well be my major effort. Such correspondence with Dick Higgins on production of legends. Interviews with local press. Arrmaged to leave for Europe, going north in Kay via Riviere du loup, bus, down at Lawrence for week in Quebec and artists there, to Montreal for week with possible translators of Miller into French-Canadian, McGill University boarding Norwegian freighter, stopping at head of Saguagay River for aluminum production, hence eastward to Le Harve, Rotterdam, Antwarp, Hamburg seeing all museums all stops, wife seriously sprained ankle later requirng a cast on landing in _____ and, Norway. ____ by bus to Oslo, on across Sweden to Stockholm, by boat to Helsinki, by train to Leningrad, by plane to Moscow with much excitement over architecture, books and literatures enroute; space and art developments in Russia . . found seven of my titles in Lenin library, touring same, churches, museums, university, Kremlin, Red Square, etc. Much taken by the Russian culture though ___ to feel daily a hidden represion and control in the air which later turned to a personal fear, leleived ___ by return to Helsinki by train. Scandinavian design, crafts, architecture, excitment. Returned to Stockholm to learn of ___ of Hemingway in ___ ___ book store __ seeing books from Paris including _ Obelisk. Much taken with sc___; Art Techniques in Stockholm library! Interviewed daily by press from here north though Sweden ___ above Artic Circle, Artic Ocean, Norway writing The Union of Science and Education, Union of Science and Printing, Union of Science and Engineering In Transportation for translation by N. Delejo of Colleftan, Sweden. Going north to ___ by ___ from Narvik, by boat to Yadeo and back by boat, bus to Narvik, south to Calo, south to Copenhagen, around Denmark, back to Goteborg, Sweden for freighter to Brooklyn, N.Y. over Scotland via ___ Islande, gathering in Cotaborg the material which became the ammunation, psycho-visual, of the summer in Scandinavian Summer, (1961) and Moscow (1966). High point were machine Art, ound Art, Giter Rot, stimulation in architecture, design, Delajo wanted me to establish Institute of Advanced Thinking in Streden and I often thought of possible cites in Norway while onroute and the especially no funds to realize the dream. Let with New York artists Ray Johnson, Alison Knowles, Dick Reggine:larker Tyler refused to see me; Francis Telhoff away. By bus to Canaan, Nwe Hampshire to teach technical writing at the College of Advanced Science. Tried to see Herbert Wet, but no ___ the influences of Eruope and adjust to new ideas now ___ with me. Joined school on dollar an hour salary and great promise: wife to be dean of women, but there were no women students, etc. was fed and housed however in strange atmosphere and arrangement until ___ for strange unclear reasons just before Xmas holidays. Hitched by truck to Madison Maine where I produced Aphasis, still under influence of summer trip and rebellion against communication. the night rare. Interviewed on trip to Russia and spoke at various clubs while visiting brother Harold. Hence to Everetts in Belfast. Received word of father's death in Rockland, Maine while Canaan, where lack of funds, connections out to Boston and hence north to Houlton in time for burial beride my sister prevented my attending. Brother Everett became guardian of his affairs.