Now I am into my fourth week of shut down and to be honest I wish it were over. But I am OK and still keeping myself busy. The Israel project is coming on fine and maybe another week or ten days might see the finished product. Being an artist is about many things, important for me is the showing and sharing of my work; at this junction of time this obviously is not happening. I have this pile of work and no one to show it to; a little frustrating. That is life and reality, the other side of all this is how we cope with all of this frustration.

I am fortunate in having a good woman by my side, that helps a lot; we encourage and support each other. A plan was decided to work upon at the beginning of all this, which was a good old fashioned school timetable approach to each day. Such as:-

1   Up wash, dress, shave, breakfast and most important, my quiet time.
2    E mails, an hour or so of studio work. Contact others and give support to them by phone and computer or something else.
3    House work, clean for a while, the house has never been so clean.
4    Lunch
5    Exercise, walk for an hour, practice social distancing.
6    Studio or other work, Phone those on my list to keep in contact with.
7    Supper
8    Off duty, relax watch a dvd, read a book, or something like that.
9    Bed about 11.30 and sleep like a baby.

A routine at times like this is so important. The exercise is deliberately in the middle of the day to  divide it and give the day's span two halves.

The picture today is one which was produced yesterday and is a back street in Jerusalem.

I think that starting the day on a positive note (quiet time) and realizing that throughout all this awe-fullness, the reality is that we are loved and cherished by our loving God.
Then we can use the expression "Thank God" to have a lot more meaning that just an phrase.
So I will say"Thank God".

Kindest regards Duncan