Page 79

By Jack Joseph Smith

. 33 FAB Bie ay. Santa Moni¢a:and the beach, Rerwae: thinking-abaut—_ SOOT, Tave yeang:eetieriaite wtwatele nite —- y//zc/p/'s (a) b.. il et ab not any part of the- soaietyy/ SM resry oy pte , (wind comes: im and sweeps: the smog inte tunnels ‘ that go out im a spinning kmew te the sea or the desert.) “Goed, give it to the fishermen and the Indiangs" Bianknane was a shipbuilier, and from : Fae ULF a dark race, He suiled' at his ng rae Be . loved his sonny, Chighe tl suctiterm oas galley: ~ _ > ToVe.)-He wae- thirtymtives ; b ot He had no time for being eretit, He must make -2:: goed plan; a-perminent: ones ME wAs. tairhy~ free. 7 a? Mexitan celers: relled by his windows. and the freeways concept of space-spun. illusion en Los: ingetes, TAEPE 6 She sre Chanda arg Phoog hth : Animal! in hic walking, The Menitw Hotel Bar, ° f his Hosts eh - Faces glaring eff sy own reflections: en the- ue wd ly t + _ et : : long: sinteneetiahm A ama aquariim #94/4/, habe ef ded 9, Musele Beach, The one- unpeychologi¢all activity; + /; 9 y ’ LArs 7 children with acrobats. Heres Animal at first Aru gi a WA ‘ glance-seened' nerviouss He Alovind with, the fs sine i? a4 ios attractions; Around’ hitr were volly bail players 3 ff Fe ov f f, The way: of their movements: while standing, in ii BPN EME , waiting fer their teams: te go back on. the sand’ courts, indicated’ the procedure ef business, In speaking te these-men, Animal! wag measured, He j

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GPT

Santa Monica, smog, fishermen, Indians, Muscle Beach, freeways, and business manners all fold into Animal's wandering social field.

This page is less plot than urban atmosphere. It treats Southern California as a space where race, class, performance, and movement are constantly visible, especially in the bodies and waiting gestures of the men around him.


Claude

Santa Monica, smog, fishermen, Indians, Muscle Beach, freeways, and business manners fold into a single mental map that Animal carries while walking. The page is one of the manuscript's widest aerial views of his Los Angeles.