On painter Karl Benjamin of Claremont, California,
who reportedly died on Thursday—
He played them music
and everything was concentrated and timeless
and all were artists 'til the bell rang.
Another remark from Claremont—
"'Once upon a time' used to be a gateway to
a land that was inviting precisely because
it was timeless, like the stories it introduced
and their ageless lessons about the human condition."
– Dorothea Israel Wolfson,
Claremont Review of Books, Summer 2006
Benjamin was a professor emeritus at Pomona College.