Anne Truitt Service

A friend writes about the memorial Service of Anne Truitt in Washington last saturday. "The memorial service for the sculptor Anne Truitt was held on Saturday in Washington on a warm, overcast day. The service at an Episcopal Church was perhaps more a nod to her upbringing and not to her inclinations which were less 'brick and mortar' and more properly spiritual. However, Howard Kalke spoke and mentioned that they prayed together. The church was nearly full and there were many different generations and kinds of people present. It is clear Anne Truitt had touched many lives and forged friendships with many kinds of people. Not surprising really as she was always curious about the world and curious how people lived in it. The odd thing was that the memorial was somehow not heavy nor sad. Perhaps not so odd - with so many ways to sense her presence - her books, her sculpture, and her works on paper and canvas. It will be hard to to believe she isn't here at all. And so, in way, she is." MR