Friday, March 21, 2008

at the end of the day ...



progress has been made - but never enough - the 'to do' list carry-overs stretch back for forever ...
didn't forget to post - it just didn't fall into priorities as the days unfold - even though its a promise i made to myself and intended to keep - like so many others ...
who knew the framing of some of the 'veil' pieces wouldn't look quite right - that i'd have to spend half a day tracking down suitable solutions - that a few drawings i thought would take a few hours took a few days - that i'd get stuck on a paragraph of what i thought was a clear thought - that the wind and rain would make an ordinary commute an odyssey - that i'd lose two days trying to translate an ordinary 'track bouncing' procedure from a tech manual that was designed and written in british english, manufactured and re-written in japanese only to be distributed by silicon valley tech interns who could care less about my ineptitude for algorithms - that i'd get lost in the details of laying out a strategy for a client who wants to finance and launch an alternative arts venue - that visiting collectors would become enthralled with my work and atmosphere of my studio - that grant application deadlines would sneak up on me - that taxes are coming due - that some friends in need really needed some help and time for clouds to pass - that i'd get so absorbed in a new book on alchemy that i'd lose a day - that prayer time would take unusually long - or that planning proposals for financing a new crop of paintings gets more difficult with each passing year ...
anyway, i'm here today ...