Neutrals (11)

Neutral-thinking exploration

• Yesterday I placed holds online for several library books; there's no interlibrary activity yet per covid-19 guidelines so I had to select from only those books available on the shelves at my local library.
• One of my nephews is now affianced to his sweetheart.
• I will start picking kale from our back-deck-railing flower box this week.


Painting-with-neutrals exploration

postcard start #9, resting

Neutrals (10)

Neutral-thinking exploration

• Air at the moment is dry, sky is blue, sun is shining, indoor temperature and outdoor temperature match at 71 degrees Fahrenheit.
• I have heard no news yet today.
• The gray file cabinet in the green closet holds far fewer items than four days ago.


Painting-with-neutrals exploration

postcard start #8, resting

Neutrals (9)

Neutral-thinking exploration

• My day started itself moving in one direction and then veered off in a totally different direction.
• Blue spruce, in my region of the country, is susceptible to a fungus.
• Spilled latex paint can be cleaned up fairly easily.


Painting-with-neutrals exploration

postcard start #7, resting

On My Nightstand, on My Easel (9)

On my nightstand

Be willing to stand
at the base of a new mountain
and, with humility and grace,
bow to it.
Allow yourself to understand
that it's bigger than you,
or anything you can possibly imagine.
You're not sure of the path.
You're not even sure where 
the next step will take you.
When you begin,
whisper to yourself:
I don't know.

Dani Shapiro, Still Writing


On my easel

work in progress, 20 days in, 5/8/20
24 x 48" canvas

On My Nightstand, on My Easel (5)

On my nightstand

The walls were still not painted, he saw, 

the floor was still not refinished or sanded, 

and the window had yet to be replaced. 

But where the camp bed had sufficed 

for her to sleep inside her sleeping bag, 

a real and blessedly normal bed stood. 

A floor lamp stood next to it, 

and a box served as a temporary bedside table 

with a clock and a glass of water upon it. 

But the only point was the bed itself, 

and it was large, 

not king-sized 

but more than enough 

for two people to sleep quite comfortably in it. 

Together.

Elizabeth George, A Banquet of Consequences

On my easel

detail
work in progress, 12 days in, 4/30/20
24 x 48" canvas

On My Nightstand, on My Easel (4)

On my nightstand

                              Breathe
until you stop needing 
anything to be different                             

Julia Fehrenbacher, "The Cure for It All"



On my easel

work in progress, 11 days in, 4/29/20
24 x 48" on canvas