Day 0323

Day-trip to Hampton Court Palace; essentially an agglomeration of Cambridge colleges. Saw some unexpected Rembrandts, Ruisdael, and two excellent paint sketches, one wonderfully loose Diana and Acteon by Gainsborough and a scale modello by Van Dyke. The rest of the palaces felt empty, gutted and bare. Cold November mist penetrating the unadorned rooms did nothing to bring the place alive.

Mental states and locations; nowhere is there more repose than at home.