Virtual Sculpture Sketchbook

Tuesday, December 13, 2022

Getting Back Here

Well darn! Dang it! Done a lot of drawing since I last posted here. A bit puzzled about how I seemingly tried to consolidate at least two of these into one. I feel I am getting closer to producing something and perhaps learning how to finance sculptures. Body starting to give out! I have a torn meniscus in my right knee. Half a day teaching construction methods and cutting ceramic tile yields a really sore forearm that feels like a torn ligament. I have found out things that are staving off the aging process like Advanced Bionutritionals "Perfect Aminos" and "Circ O²". I also imagine that keeping the company of cats has kept me from being depressed. Even with, I explored anti-depressants over a year or two, and found they weren't for me. The worst of which was Effexor. I had to taper off 10% at a time, then re-equilibriate to that for three weeks in order to drop down again. That took a year, and at the end counting beads out of a capsule created cravings to smoke tobacco again, causing me to dig out my old briar pipe bought in Ireland. Then I had to quit smoking again. That took a month and the chewing gum mixed with other gum to kill the taste. I probably haven't rambled like this, in a more personal vein, but I have also written elsewhere that I thought a more appropriate place where being confessional could be taken more lightheartedly.

It is hear that I also wish to say hello to an old friend who kept a blog. You are well thought of, and even missed now, 40 years later.