The weather I can report on with some lapse because it is stable, near-term surprises are not to be expected. It's the big baby-blue out there, with white streaks from aeroplanes.
The sun is shining down, and this should make me happy, just like everyone else.
Everyone else has been shedding layers.
I'm sitting in my office, feeling cooped up and nervous, as if on crystal lithium*.
Don't worry, I don't even know what that would be like.
Except that I have a nervous feeling. It feels like I should be doing something speedily, lots of things, in fact, to ameliorate the situation, to solve problems, to get rid of work, to no longer procrastinate with the breadless arts.
Don't worry, I won't go into the problems to be solved.
– Yours Lenny B., doggedly trying to remain cheerful in spite of it all
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*Borrowed from James Schuyler. He published a collection of poetry titled "The Crystal Lithium" in 1972.
The title derives from the fact that he had to take lithium for balance. There had been imbalances that forced hospitalization.
These imbalances included the incident where he washed money in the bathtub at Fairfield Porter's house, if I remember correctly.
The sun is shining down, and this should make me happy, just like everyone else.
Everyone else has been shedding layers.
I'm sitting in my office, feeling cooped up and nervous, as if on crystal lithium*.
Don't worry, I don't even know what that would be like.
Except that I have a nervous feeling. It feels like I should be doing something speedily, lots of things, in fact, to ameliorate the situation, to solve problems, to get rid of work, to no longer procrastinate with the breadless arts.
Don't worry, I won't go into the problems to be solved.
– Yours Lenny B., doggedly trying to remain cheerful in spite of it all
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*Borrowed from James Schuyler. He published a collection of poetry titled "The Crystal Lithium" in 1972.
The title derives from the fact that he had to take lithium for balance. There had been imbalances that forced hospitalization.
These imbalances included the incident where he washed money in the bathtub at Fairfield Porter's house, if I remember correctly.
Very sunny here too. 82 degrees in the shade. You do sound so busy. You're doing too much, maybe? A bit of relaxation might help...a walk? Get out of the office definitely.
ReplyDeleteWhat are the "breadless arts?"
ReplyDeleteThe "breadless arts" are the art-related things one does but that are unfortunately not "bread-winning."
ReplyDeleteAn intentional mistranslation from German ("brotlos").