Journal Entry Date: 23 Feb 2004
Thought for the Day: Breathe deep, exhale, and breathe deep again.
Thank you, Lord, for an extra day at home.
Brought to eye/mind today: Thinking of ghost lady in Van Gogh's painting--she's so well depicted with a minimum of brush strokes.
Journal:
>Not feeling well; called in sick.
>Looked at Pavilion half-heartedly. Don't have the will to troubleshoot it or the tools. Decided to let Pyramid Computers do it. Figure it will be about $200.00
Journal Entry Date: 22 Feb 2004
Thought for the Day: Train your mind to relish criticism--it reveals much. Mute its sting with knowing its source.
Thank you, Lord, for a delicious dinner.
Brought to eye/mind today: In meditation worked the surface of a canvas lovingly, painting and wiping.
Journal:
>Checked the HP--it's still broken.
>Depressed today. Seems it has been a long time since I felt so.
Journal Entry Date: 21 Feb 2004
Thought for the Day: "Strife can only cause more strife. Only an open heart can put an end to strife. This is a Universal Law. Remember the center point during a disagreement and strife will quickly end. --The Opposites, verses 5 & 6 (Crosweller, Buddhist Wisdom Daily Reflections)
Thank you, Lord, for being able to see in focus again.
Brought to eye/mind today: A detailed world
Journal:
>WIN 2000 installed in rebuilt Pavilion, then later it wouldn't power up, no lights, no fans
>My Van Gogh calendar features "The Arena at Arles" this month. An interesting picture; it seems to me to have many psychological facets. On the left edge and to the front are two women with green faces, one angry and one pensive. I think this may be Van Gogh's mother as he remembers her. (Was she psychologically bipolar? Violent?) Nearby are a pair of women with almost featureless faces, one reminding me of (I think) Modigliani's style--an elongated face with only the jaw and eyes indicated. In the extreme right corner is the back of a blonde man's head; he's facing and engaged with a dark-haired coquette. I think this is Van Gogh. Just beyond them is a ghost woman done in blue and looking off to the right; she may indicate a memory. Touches of red and off-red throughout the picture interest the eye and draw it toward the arena, mainly suggested by a curve in the upper right corner. Just below the yellow and orange arena is a yellow figure sort of floating in the crowd; it reminds me of a toreador and somehow seems sacrificial. Altogether, there's much to see in this painting that is easily skipped over at first glance.
Journal Entry Date: 20 Feb 2004
Thought for the Day: Being children of God, we are all sweet, gentle souls at center. Circumstance and ego appear to change us.
Thank you, Lord, for new glasses and a good haircut.
Brought to eye/mind today: Young Lydia's sadness
Journal:
>Picked up new glasses and selected a second pair for standby.
>Looking for hair salon, found bank.
>Lydia cut my hair and did a great little wedge. She's a lovely girl with dark hair and greenish eyes. Kept thinking MLF would like her.
Journal Entry Date: 19 Feb 2004
Thought for the Day: "If you don't take care of each other, who will take care of you?" --Buddhacarita (Crosweller, Buddhist Wisdom Daily Reflections)
Thank you, Lord, for help from friends in selecting new eyeglasses.
Brought to eye/mind today:
>"Show your eyes."
>Sue's tender regard for her beau.
Journal:
>At work, doing a Table of Contents
>Got an eye exam (eyesight is better, because farsightedness of age counteracting my natural nearsightednes); and shopped for glasses. So many choices.