ing crisp edges, finished delicately. Others would seem to be thrown together with jagged lines showing no specific figure or form. Some showed single lines with no depth, while others traveled deep into space with heavily worked pieces. Some showed Cubist influence, while others showed the opposite with a surrealist influence. A few showed a cluster of objects occupying the entire page with no visual center of attention, while others had a definite object that drew your eye. None of the diversified paintings were numbered, dated, or signed showing no real order or meaning of his progression or mutation in style. It was not until after Pollock quit bringing the paintings that Jackson and Henderson began speaking on a more personal level.8 In 1969, Henderson decided to sell the paintings and suit was filed against him by Krasner for violating the privacy from Doctor to patient.Pollock was also known to have a very strong tie to nature and internal human forces as subject matter for his paintings. Kasner spoke of his strong interest in nature in an interview in 1944 saying, "Certainly his relationship to nature was intense. For example, the moon had a tremendous effect on him, and he liked gardening. Just walking on the beach in the wintertime with snow on the san was exciting. He identified very strongly with nature."9 Tony Smith did a group of interviews called "Who Was Jackson Pollock?" In these interviews he spoke of how Jackson "identified with the land" and how he always used it in some way. "This was elemental; painting is always, to some extent, cultural." He went on to sayI dont think that Jackson painted o the floor just for its hard surface, or for the large area, or the freedom of movement, or so that the drips wouldnt run. There was something else, a strong bond with the elements. The earth was always there.10Many that were close to Jackson said that they would set silently with him, and watch nature for hou...
