Thornton Dial (1928-2016)

I love the irony (or is it vengeance) of an American cultural miracle occurring through the very existence American society has endlessly tried to suppress and defeat. Also I am carried away by the wealth of issues that flow from contemplating Dial, his life, his art, the incredible bootstrap quality of his getting it done, his subject matter and his gentleness and humor.
- W L-D.