I read a magazine article about the paintings of Martha Diamond. One picture in particular caught my attention. “Giant Yellow Hogan.” Many of her paintings were of buildings, so I was pretty sure “Giant Yellow Hogan” referred to the Navajo hut and not to the wrestler Hulk Hogan, but it wouldn’t have surprised me if the artist was at least aware of the wrestler. I wouldn’t have minded asking her about it. At first glance, though, the painting made me think of the top portion of a giant yellow pencil. The tip looked about to break off. Probably the very next word, the very next letter, and that would do it for the pencil tip. The pencil would need to be sharpened. Did Navajos use pencils? Did they have pencil sharpeners? I suspect the typical pencil sharpening was accomplished with a knife. I imagined an old Navajo with a sharp knife, but in my mind he was carving some sort of artifact out of almost buttery soft wood, maybe a bird in flight or a bounding deer.