HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY -- February 14, 1919 - 2019
ROCKWELL KENT WILDERNESS CENTENNIAL JOURNAL 100 YEARS LATER by Doug Capra © 2018 February 14, 1919 – 2019 HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY! ABOVE – Kent’s illustration at the end of his February 17, 1919 letter to Kathleen. “For Ever and for ever. Yours ever Great I AM.” God uses these words in the Hebrew Testament, as does Christ in the New Testament. Kent did have a sense of humor, even in his elation and despair. His ego was huge but so were his doubts and insecurities. ABOVE - The last illustration in Kent's Mad Hermit series shows the hermit emerged from his cave having achieved truth and wisdom after much suffering and pain. BELOW – Kent’s illustration at the end of his Feb. 24, 1919 letter to Kathleen. Written around the circle: “Big Rockwell & Kathleen like two good sweethearts eating each other up.” On this February 14, 2019 Kent writes in Wilderness: "The days go like the wind. So warm to-day and yesterday! We live out-o