Seabreeze Darms Drive September 16 2025

Today is a kinda day that it’s hard to be mean to yourself even though the rest of the world can be just so mean. I walked a mile with the waves caressing my feet. I should be swimming looking for my Dolphin friends but it will have to be another day. Finally could feel the expansiveness of the water. It has been a 2 year journey. Good to be doing still life w Frank over Zoom. So unbelievable. He called me out of the blue and said that he fell and was feeling better. I had to sign up for class finally only because I was able to feel at DeerPark. Not an easy task to return to Frank's class. All good re returning but wasn't expecting doing painting over Zoom which I had never done before. It will be good. I have to make decision quicker. Frank always made me do the right thing despite my resistance. He made Stephen sending me his demo video of using WC to start the oil painting. That is new. I was going to build the form slowly just as I had done w the trees but it would be new now that I started to feel something from DeerPark. Let's see how it goes. Happy to hear from Xéna even though she is ghosting me. We haven't seen each other since DUMBO. After the walk I drove up the 101 which I have not done in a while. Happy to see the sun setting from the convy again. Happy to end the day just like starting it by washing the dishes and w Frank Morgan. Will watch Emma playing later tonight.

The challenge w painting from a picture of a still life is that there are no feelings to be found

Happy to have a body that can be tired one day and fast another