Friday, June 21, 2013

Jeffery Smart RIIP, Smart, Frank and Nott Quite Straight

The Deaths in 2013 site lists under June 20th: 
Jeffrey Smart, 91, Australian artist, renal failure
The name Jeffery Smart stands out given that just three days before Geoff Strong was listed:  
Morning, Yarragon Siding
Morning, Yarragon Siding by Jeffrey Smart
Geoff Strong, 75, English footballer
Audd theme with the surnames-- "Hoped for Traits" pattern-cluster.  This is definitely in keeping with the inner twin theme of things.

I decided to go to Jeffrey Smarts wiki page... surely something smart will unearth.
Frank Jeffrey Edson SmartAO (26 July 1921 – 20 June 2013) 
Or then again, how about something frank and smart!!

Note the etymology of the name http://www.behindthename.com/name/geoffrey:
From a Norman French form of a Germanic name. The second element is Germanic frid "peace", but the first element may be either gawia "territory",walah "stranger" or gisil "hostage".
Jeffery wrote his autobiography entitled: Not Quite Straight.  In an interview he started off by explaining how when he was born his father named a street after him in the subdivision he was building... hence the books title-- an out crop of rock made Jeffery Street not quite straight... tongue in cheek of course.

Note this excerpt from the interview:
JEFFREY SMART: Yes. Because the street had an outcrop of rock, halfway through, and the surveyor who was designing building blocks had to twist the street a bit, so the street wasn't quite straight. So Jeffrey Street was not quite straight. 
PETER THOMPSON: Well, your ironic humour obviously also reflects the fact that you were starting to struggle, as an adolescent, with whether you were straight. 
Definitely smart...  definitely frank... definitely nott quite straight, and I love him for all of  THAT!! 

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