born-again kafka ...

man, if kafkaesque is "marked by a senseless, disorienting, often menacing complexity - and a sense of impending danger", then Franz should have spent a day trying to navigate U.S. health care - after which he could have savored the political machinations of the U.S. congress' health care reform debate on one of many sound-looped news stations - that aren't being interrupted by a word from their sponsors that seem to be dominated by drug and insurance companies ...

so i tried to deal with some of the concerns that brought me to my knees yesterday by going for blood tests, physician appointments, prescriptions, etc - what a nightmare of bureaucracy, incompetence, and technical malfeasance ...

i doubt that i really feel any better, but my adrenaline and impatience just wanted me back at the studio - as Pete Seeger would have said [but not with the same sentiments], "if i had a hammer" - but i don't, i have a paintbrush - and even a day away feels like an eternity - who was it that said "i'd rather be dead than standing in line waiting for it" - maybe i did ... sorry - just frustrated, and before i write the sequel to "metamorphosis", i've got to get some painting time in to settle my soul today - later ...