Day 0306

Lovely varied day, unexpectedly in Cambridge. Committed to going to the Fitzwilliam museum and copying an etching for an hour, which felt great. Reminded me of drawing in the Met in New York, except no-one came up to look at my drawing, with the exception of a tiny Japanese girl carried by her mother.

Discussed exoplanets, spacecraft and religion. Again the difference between knowing something and truly apprehending the truth of it; I know and understand that it is probable that there are planets where it rains molten rubies, but the idea that there really, truly is a place out there right this very second being rained on by liquid gemstones is just too much for my brain to process. Cannot get myself to assimilate the knowledge properly, it is only an abstract fact not a physical reality.