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 July 30, 2022

A sunny Saturday, warm, humid.  Dinner with J., chicken casserole.  J. asked if he remembered correctly that 'he was moving' or 'being moved'?  Conscious of his lack of control over his life circumstances, thinking for some reason that he was moving to the west coast, to California, rather than to Virginia. Troubled by bladder urgency after dinner, though voided bladder before leaving apartment and had only a bit of iced tea at dinner.  He lives with uncertainty, confusion, discomfort and pain every day of his life, but still has the considerable residual intelligence, cognition, long term memory, and thankfully humor. 

    I drew an image of Pandora's Box in 'The Reign of [T]Error.'  Skulls emerging from the open box, issues to fight over on either side of Pandora image: rape, incest, police reporting, life of mother, health of mother, conception, implantation, fertilization, 6 weeks, 15, 24, first trimester, interstate travel, federal employees/military on federal land, etc.  Trying to find some suitable entry re loss of voting rights, assaults on what passes as 'democracy' in the U.S.

    Earlier attempt at aping Munch's Madonna a bust with lack of drawing skill, use of acrylics but may try again with grid lines, and perhaps oils.

    In bed at 9 after watching half of a pretty vapid movie about an Italian immigrant family who ran a little diner/restaurant.