Here is work that is accessible without being simple. I find a kindred spirit in her comment that there are no shortcuts to quality. There must be, as Allen writes, ‘a center of interest that pulls it all together, balancing a force that pulls it all apart’.”

Allen never lets you rest. And who would want to rest? Her spread is wide. Her journals and sketchbooks are filled with acute observations and wonder.

—Edward T. Hall, Owings-Dewey Fine Art catalogue, 1995

Edward T. Hall was an internationally known anthropologist and author, specializing in intercultural communication.