704 Studio: Desolate Dutch Landscapes

"As for me, I cannot understand why everybody does not see it and feel it; nature or God does it for everyone who has eyes and ears and a heart to understand. For this reason I think a painter is happy because he is in harmony with nature as soon as he can express a little of what he sees. And that's a great thing - one knows what one has to do, there is an abundance of subjects, and Carlyle rightly says, "Blessed is he who has found his work."
Vincent van Gogh, letter 248

Unbelievably, I ran another 26 miles this afternoon. This followed an 8 mile bike ride to and from the Zendo, where I meditated for 2 hours. By the time the run was over it was dark. I bathed, ate, and then it was too late to work in the darkroom. I did make a digital picture of a kiwi I was about to eat.