Day 0303

Unexpected tax bill a test of stoic resolve. A passing cloud. Made me want to paint so I faced up to the fear of failure and pushed through the inertia to daub some canvas. Felt good, though now my room stinks of turpentine.

Ready to look at art again, after glutting on my travels I. Can't wait to get to a gallery and see something good.

Reading up on happiness and life satisfaction. Difference between the experiencing self and the remembering self. Social science that makes sense and is interesting, but are the studies reproducible? Is it legitimate science? I see many people sceptical of the findings and I don't know the best way forward. All knowledge contingent, today's frontier is tomorrow's suburbia.