Devious Journal Entry

I've seen a few Journal entries folks wrote, summarizing what they accomplish in 2017 and hope to do in 2018.

It's late, I really should try to sleep: so I'll write this instead. But my wife would remind me of the nature of time, why acknowledging reality is a good idea, and suchlike. So I'll make this brief. Besides, I wasn't taking notes, and I'm not really sure what happened in 2017.

Last year was a rough one for my household, and me. Various medical issues, a few of them emergencies, that sort of thing. That may or may not explain why depression and other glitches I've enjoyed - make that experienced - for most of my life made December a particularly hard one for me.

I've talked about that on my blog: "The Magi, Meds and me" > Getting Weird at Chistmas and "Disorders, Decisions" > "Decisions." Be aware, if you follow the links, that I'm a Catholic and take my faith seriously. But I try to avoid being humorless, boring, or annoying - - - and certainly not rabidly fanatical.

But rabid fanatics probably think they're sane and everyone else is crazy, so what do I know? (I have no idea what Young Doctor Mizuno is doing there.)

Anyway, I'd been away from visual art - doing it, that is - for some time. These images take time to get ready. I'm mostly a writer, give myself deadlines for that so I do *something,* and time I spend making images isn't spent researching and writing.

Besides, I had a very serious crisis of confidence - more like unpleasant surprise - when my wife pointed out something about an ongoing project that I'd missed, a matter of perceptions and I'll leave it at that.

She was right, I should have spotted the matter and changed direction a lot earlier, and missing the SNAFU really shook me up. That was probably in 2016. Like I said, I hadn't been taking notes. Getting over that took time, and it took me time to find the virtual camera I carry with me when I let my mind's eye off the leash. Metaphorically speaking.

I don't know if I'll match the 'one new piece each week' schedule I had at one point. I do, however, have a few pictures in various stages of incompleteness; so one of them should show up eventually. Meanwhile, I'm checking in almost daily and seeing what other folks are creating. That's fun.

Next year I hope to finish and upload at least a few new images, keep up my writing, and enjoy this wonder-filled universe.