I can not sing the praises of Alexander Calder enough. I am reading a book about De Kooning which I am half the way through. To be honest I love art history but there are some things about his life that I just do not care about. Its really causing me to be less interested in him as an artist. Calder's life on the other hand, except for his work and pictures I have seen of him in his studio, I know little of. What I like about Calder is that his work is unpretentious, art is synonymous with play. I see a genuine love of life being translated into metal. I wonder what I would find out to dispel this myth If I were to read a 630 page biography about him.