We wait for the sun like plants, and yet I am always surprised by how magnificently different I feel after some of it. Surely, like our leafy counterparts, we need light in order to grow? The Norwegians are an argument against this, with their resolute tallness seemingly in spite of the long mørketiden (the polar night, the winter darkness).
And yet, the mood seems to lift with light, and thoughts seem to be weightless at dusk during summer. I wonder how best to have a balance of both; the smooth curled-up dark and the scattered, shining warmth?
ON THE JOURNAL THESE PAST TWO WEEKS, AND WORK:
Some Finnish lines, and myriad stars. It has been hard to carve enough time out of a day to write any more there, because with various daily practices (like the 100 Day Project) taking up an hour here, an hour there, and with the Spanish translation lettering and handfuls of freelance work and trying to move forwards with the next book proposal/deal and all the rest of life? I think I'll be needing a lie down soon.
Below are 50 of the 52 illustrations from The Illustrated Book of Sayings, because knowing that in the next six months or so I will be creating an entirely new book full of thought and image made me want to look at them all in one place. Something like this would make for a rather beautiful poster, I think.
THIS WEEK I FELL IN LOVE WITH:
These paintings by New Hampshire-based artist Jeremy Miranda, which look like dreams I've had and places I want to go.
The end.
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Farewell, see you next sometime.
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