Judith did not think that Mackie Alarie had ever used an accordion fold tail in his work. But she noted that George Maciunas was an underground idol, and in the aftermath of his death, she had seen echoes of Maciunas' work in recent artists' slides. As did most curators, Judith often received slides from artists who sought exhibition.

While she packed dup slides of the keyless book to send to Judith, Caydance wondered if Alarie would resort to a disguise, such as a wig of unexpected red hair, an embroidered white shirt, and new blue cowboy boots- -- and if so, what would be the purpose for the disguise? Was there a reason he did not want to be associated with the idea of a locked narrative?

arrow Surprisingly, with some regularity, Judith had been receiving mail art from Alarie. It was the first evidence Caydence had heard that he was actually in Mexico. But the postmarks were never from the same place in Mexico, and no return address had accompanied them.