The Letters of Rosemary and Bernadette Mayer, 1976-1980 Nachtschade ‘I didn’t invent the world

‘I didn’t invent the world

"Sometimes I feel that I have so much to give

and what today might be called social practice

apparitions both complicates and clarifies the contesting and lasting forces of empire

And as it flows it effects changes

The Letters of Rosemary and Bernadette Mayer, 1976-1980 Nachtschade ‘I didn’t invent the worldRosemary & Bernadette Mayer This collection of the correspondence between artist Rosemary Mayer (1943 2014) and poet Bernadette Mayer (born 1945) occurs between the years of 1976 and 1980, a period of rich creativity in New York's artistic avant garde, and one which includes the development of major bodies of work by the two women. Rosemary Mayer was creating sculptures, watercolors, books and "temporary monuments" from weather balloons and snow,