Day 0376

Early start for a meeting in Cambridge ameliorated by an indulgent cappuccino and pastry. Lunch with a friend then home for painting. Pushed paint around in the wrong places, futile. Very tired. Talked with dad about religion, jotted down some notes later. Given the human condition, the need for a wider purpose, the drive towards spirituality, the need to be subjugated or bossed or commanded or encouraged, it is a necessity and there is no better system. Not to be repudiated, it is in fact a logical necessity, given the preconditions.

Enjoying Turgenev immensely. Dry, laconic, philosophic, sensitive.