B & I out for a drive to try out the new Thru-way (which opened Wednesday). We soon tired of its perfection, and left it at Batavia...
"...These mornings seem to belong to no particular season - neither summer winter spring nor autumn..."
Ralph Vaughn Williams [British composer (1872-1958)] died today at the age of 86 – unlike Sibelius he composed to the very last...
The length of a natural phenomenon determines the am’t of detail in the picture.
Thus – butterflies zigzaging [sic] against a black shadow is represented as a streak like lightning; nothing else goes in the picture except what would be seen as long as it takes to see the zigzag line which is a flash of time.
When I learn that my weakest moment is when I feel confident of my stength, then may I begin to conquer.
...all these difficulties forced me to simplify and execute swiftly, in a manner which I would never have done had the conditions been more agreeable, or I had had more time.
Chilly, dark raining most of the day — However last night I had made up my mind to abandon the bouquet painting in the summer-house. So we decided to go to Buffalo shopping — Lunch at A.M. & A’s...
True reverence for God is not to be uttered...Why should not each man worship God in his own way? Why should not each man have his own God...
A restless night – Got to worrying about Red + Sally running their car without insurance. Finally had to write them a note about it.
Odd jobs – mowing lawn – studying pictures in the studio – Partly cloudy – rain threatening –
Letter from Art — he had had a blow-out - & damaged his car [18] to the tune of $22 – Hard “luck” seems to pursue him — however he seemed in pretty good spirits.