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Letter with image of Fook Camp, Gila River, New Mexico, 1977

Item date(s): 1978

Walter Whall Battiss  (1906-1982)


Technique: Paper

Category: Found
Type: Photograph

ART 1546

Additional notes:
[c] a black and white image of the Fook Camp or Rainbow Gathering taken in Gila River, New Mexico, 1977 with a letter from Walter Battiss on the reverse (two of the people in the photograph are the recipients of the Wedding Certifookit and in the letter on the reverse Battiss writes about his intentions to join them at their wedding, which he later attended). [Actually only one of the people in the photograph are the recipients of the Certifookit - Vincent. Tita, Vincent's new wife is not pictured].

This images was used in Fook Book 2.

Text at top of image: Fook Camp, Gila River, New Mexico, 1977. Vincent, Fookbat [Battiss], John, Jim, Shawn, Su.

On the back, a letter:

June address:

Professor Walter BATTISS (FOOK)

c/o Dr Rupert Gildenhuys

210 Beacon St

Boston Ma 02116

Dearest Precious Fookian, Here is a print that will appear in FOOK BOOK 2. looks very good.

Receive Your rapturous news about Tita!!

Beautiful, beautiful world - LOVE LIFE

FOOK FILLMENT, etcetera plus [image of cosmos at right of text]

Tell me where the Sufi Meditation camp is, in case I can make it to your Great Day (25 June) & your completing a Marriage (Zidi-Oosi) CertiFOOKit.

Last week I sent you a letter.

[line across page]

[in Fook script:] COSMIC ENERGY

Illustration of Hacienda Heights on the left and Africa on the right separated by the sea on which a boat sails. There are four faces on the left connected with rays to a single figure and elephant on the right.

[line across page]

Precious Jim. Thanks for invitation to visit you.

" Shawn. & I may phone you now.

" Vincent I know your number.

TO SEE OURSELVES IN ONE ANOTHER

The Fook message now goes round the world.

[in Fook script:] Fook truly [in English script:] LOVES VINCENT

This is a part of item 1543, the Zizi-Oosi Certifookit.

Ref: GB/50074



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