Revisiting Josephine's Mandalas: #3 of 21 (1989) / "... when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence.”

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“Mandala #53” (2020) from my Fearless and Asymmetrical Mandala Series.

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Continuing in chronological order is an ink drawing from my Retrospective 1966-2008:

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What inspired me this week.

Chinese typewriter and Lin Yutang:

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“When small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set.”
― Lin Yutang

“The man who has not the habit of reading is imprisoned in his immediate world, in respect to time and space. His life falls into a set routine; he is limited to contact and conversation with a few friends and acquaintances, and he sees only what happens in his immediate neighbourhood. From this prison there is no escape. But the moment he takes up a book, he immediately enters a different world, and if it is a good book, he is immediately put in touch with one of the best talkers of the world. This talker leads him on and carries him into a different country or a different age, or unburdens to him some of his personal regrets, or discusses with him some special line or aspect of life that the reader knows nothing about. An ancient author puts him in communion with a dead spirit of long ago, and as he reads along, he begins to imagine what the ancient author looked like and what type of person he was.”
― Lin Yutang, from The Importance of Living

My mother was not only creating mandalas but was also reading Lin Yutang’s books near the end of her life. It’s a bit of synchronicity that his name would come up in connection with a Chinese typewriter this week.

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Non-fiction:

I learned about Marjane Satrapi from a German blogging friend.

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Fiction:

Thank you to my cousin who recommended this book.

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Moki Cherry:

The commitments of wife and mother inescapable, Cherry herself said: “I was my husband’s muse, companion and collaborator. At the same time, I did all the practical maintenance. I was never trained to be a female, so I survived by taking a creative attitude to daily life and chores.” (Source)

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Thank you to an old friend who brought this to my attention.

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Early morning sunlight sparkling on Lake Whatcom as I waited for the city bus to arrive and take me to an occupational therapy appointment.

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“Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence.”
― Lin Yutang

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Thank you everyone for your presence and witness here. It is deeply appreciated.