7 November 2020

 I felt the best I have in awhile yesterday.  It took me a full three weeks to clear the COVID-19 symptoms.  Then, after only feeling healthy for three or four days I became ill  with respiratory symptoms again.  I haven't cleared them, but I do feel better.

     I did a graphite drawing, Portrait of an Oak Leaf, yesterday.  It is not as good as I think it should be.  An erasing shield would be nice to do some of the leaf's veins.  My modeling of the form is not as good as I would like.  That is what happens when you do not spend enough time at your craft.  

     The Canadian artist, Robert Genn, who I read this past summer said if  you don't spend enough time at it you will fight your work.  That is me.  I have talent, but spend too much time with my head in books.  Right now it is Warhol by Blake Gopnik.

Robert Genn, Picnic Point to Philip Glass Lake of the Woods

     I just returned, all sweaty, from a 5K run in 29:51:97 (i.e. 9:36 minute miles).  I felt better yesterday, health wise.

     That means my 33 minutes on the treadmill is a good goal for, an estimated, 5K.