Day 0070

I'm not sure I agree with what I said yesterday about the impossibility of tracing causal chains. Obviously there are many situations where the cause and effect are evident. What is impossible is to trace cause and effect over an extended period of time with any degree of certainty.

What I do know is that today was sunny, I went out exploring Suffolk on my bike, and as a consequence I felt good. Exercise, sun, novelty, purpose. It worked. I was on the lookout for some landscapes to paint, with my mind full of Corot. I took some photos (I didn't bring my paints with me this time), and worked up a little sketch back home. Very happy to be using colour again, even though the result is embarrassingly amateur. But I am on a journey, this is the beginning, and I will improve. I just have to keep at it, keep churning work out. Being busy is the key.

Labour is the law; he who rejects it will find ennui his tormentVictor Hugo, Les Misérables