2:18 pm: here's where i'm stopping for the day. i'll resume work on this painting on saturday, since we'll be at a conference in creede, about an hour & 50 minutes away, for the next 3 days. that bit of orange is cool, don't you think?
12:30: tonight at sundown yom kippur commences. as a kid we fasted & went to temple all day. atonement. what does it mean? my dad spent a lifetime pondering this. and he passed his pondering on to me. mikela just visited and i walked her back to the house. she talked about forgiveness and how, at bottom it's about relationship. something i have to ponder as i continue work on parade 53. by the way, parade 53 is not the final title. the entire series will have more personal & meaningful names. and as i write this, my ipod shuffle has given me ruth rubin singing yiddish songs. this one is called without a needle. the last one, 2 songs ago, was titled this is how a tailor sews. highly unlikely it is, 2 songs by ruth rubin in a span of 10 minutes. is my grandfather the tailor telling me something on this auspicious day. what? what is it, grandpa? what do you want me to know today?
10:29 am: about to resume work on parade 53. starting early so we can take our creek walk at 2. here are some sky shots from last evening and this morning, as well as a photo of several parade series paintings hanging in our west living room. we have a 40% chance of rain today, which is reflected in the panorama i shot this morning from our deck (1st row left)
