August 18, 2012

Walk before dawn through the neighborhood, Venus a glittering smear in the east. It was time to break the habit of staggering directly to the computer and beginning the day with labor. At that hour everything not immediately identifiable becomes an exotic animal just emerged from the great woods. Two traffic cones set at a certain angle were a deer I waited for a long time to move. A bear on a porch was actually an outdoor chair with a big cushion.

Slept yesterday, almost literally all day. Did drive to the studio, mounted the stairs, took a brush in my hand, put the brush down, descended the stairs, drove home, lay down. I feel more juice in me this morning.