The List by Patrick White

THE LIST

Ian Fairweather, Gethsemane (1958)

A list PW gave Brett Whiteley during the painting of one of the most famous portraits of the writer. The artist pasted it to the canvas to PW’s public annoyance:

LOVES:

  • Silence
  • The company of friends
  • Unexpected honesty
  • Reading
  • Going to the pictures
  • Dreams
  • Uncluttered landscapes
  • City streets
  • Faces
  • Good food
  • Cooking small meals
  • Whiskey
  • Sex
  • Pugs
  • The thought of an Australian republic
  • My ashes floating off at last.

HATES:

  • The PR machine
  • Pretentious socialites
  • Money grabbers
  • Writing
  • First nights & film premières
  • Insomnia
  • The ‘Show’ (RAS)
  • Sport
  • Noise
  • Motels
  • Liars
  • TV
  • Jet flights
  • Unnecessary cars
  • Unending worthy radio talks
  • The overgrown school prefects from whom we never escape.

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