Joe and I have not yet met. But introduced through our friend in common, Carl Chiarenza, we struck up what has become a fruitful correspondence. Joe made the suggestion that we exchange some imagery for the other to interact with. From his part came forth The Practical Exemplar of Architecture portfolio, based on my series The Architecture of Landscape. In turn, I produced the Joe book, based on Mills’ images made during 2012, reworking them into the MoMA exhibition catalog, Two Decades of American Painting (1966).

Mills sums up this project by stating, “Creativity is an archeology of the moment, an unearthing of the present. Though the child can live for hours in the box, parting the sands, receiving one revelation after another, there comes a time that he desires to share his risen wonders with another. When there is that chance…he takes it…and runs and runs, hoping the new found friend can keep up the frantic pace…Robert did. It was delicious fun.”