John Gacy N00921
Lock Box 711
Menard, Illinois 62259
31 March 1988

Dear DDV,
I received your letter of the 7th of March on the 21st. It was nice to hear from you. How are things going with the exhibition of the sculpture-contest. I trust that your doing well.
I wa sorry to hear your mother died, my my condolences are with you, and I will say a pray during mass for her.
With regards to your comments about criminals the evil-doers, being only of strong personalities, I don't think thats so in all cases. as well as I don't think that all people with strong personalities are criminals who act cool? Many people consider that they themselves are cool as you put it, does that mean they have a criminal mind? That goes with the false labeling of people. Pre judgment and thats something I don't do. I am not a mind reader so I don't know whats behind why people do things. Its just that way with this woman who has taken it upon herself to exploit my letters to her as love letters to her, which is not so but non the less they are being printed as such. The news media is printing excerpts of them. taking things out of contexts,adding things I never said and feeding them to the gullible public saying that I wrote them. That just shows how the media prostitutes people for their own greed.
Your comments about art are interesting, people read what they want into it. but to me your art is an expression of you, not only of your thoughts,or how you feel about things, but life as you see it. I have a style which is bold and bright colors,and I guess to some my personality is bold because I am out spoken and honest, which is hard for some people to except, but I feel why be phoney with yourself. I say what I am thinking, not asking others to accept it, its just a statement of what I amthinking.

So your living on $600.00 a month and I get $10.00 to pay for all my needs or wants. And because people assume being well known I am rich is a falsehood. When I was on the street I made good money but as you make more it cost more.
So when are you going to send photos of the family? I would like to see what the better half looks like and even you.you know the xerox's of you can show the true person.
You constantly want to equal art to evil or crime, and I don't understand where your coming from. I guess because I have never killed another person not even animals as I don't care for hunting. You sound more like having a criminal mind then I do since I don't look to put thing over on people. I would rather look for good in people I guess thats why I am gullible prey for the stronger ones.
It seem like you don't like Picasso do you think he was a criminal too because he is into expressionist art form? To some he is great at what he does,and while I don't agree he is expressing his idea on canvas of what he preceives life to be. You can't knock him for that. You sound like your trying to break out of a mold set by someelse, but you don't know what direction its going. Learn to take life one day at a time and learn from it.



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