Joseph Grigely
Untitled Conversations (Fishing Conversations), 2008
framed text, 10 pencil and ink on paper, pins
frame 14 x 19 cm ; 35,5 x 67 cm
unique

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These are conversations with my fishing buddies. Every autumn I usually go to Maine for a week to fly-fish for landlocked salmon. I stay at a small cabin beside a river in the Rangeley region, and not far away is another cabin that is usually occupied by three other fishermen. Often, we will fish together. The problem is, when you are deaf like I am, it's hard to have a good conversation across a river, or from one end of a canoe to the other hand - writting and passing notes can be a challenge. Sometimes wewill pause from our fishing to sit on a rock and talk, but occasionally we'll keep talking while we are fishing. The papers often get dropped in the river, and somethimes it will also rain - like most fishing trips, things tend to get wet.