• 72nd talk with Rita – 4-3-2015

    Friday, April 3, 2015 F: And, Miss Rita, I hear you ready to come in, at just 6 a.m., after I have been writing to myself for half an hour. R: It is the writing to yourself that I wish to remind you not to overlook. One pitfall of regular communication with others is that…

  • 73rd talk with Rita – 4-4-2015

    Saturday, April 4, 2015 F: 3:15 a.m. So, Rita, you said “there is a vector to your life, to everyone’s life.” Would you care to explain? R: Of course, and you will find it obvious when once stated. At least, I think you will. It is the elaboration, and the implications on a wider scale,…

  • 74th talk with Rita – 4-5-2015

    Sunday, April 5, 2015 F: 5:15 a.m. Well, Miss Rita, I trust that you are as gratified by the response this work is meeting as I am. It occurs to me to ask, have we gone far enough that you can give us hints as to what you are up to? If this is to…

  • 75th talk with Rita – 4-6-2015

    Monday, April 6, 2015 F: 5:10 a.m. Here we go again. Shall we begin as you advised me to yesterday, Miss Rita, with queued-up questions, or do you have something different in mind today? R: Everything connects. I think you will find, in the long run, that one’s plans and short-term maneuverings mean little as…

  • 76th talk with Rita – 4-7-2015

    Tuesday, April 7, 2015 F: 2 a.m. Back again, Rita. Feeling pretty buoyed up. Shall we continue down the list, or do you have something in mind? R: Let’s finish the deferred questions, though there are some you did not print out, that we can get to another time, when Charles lists them for us.…

  • 77th talk with Rita – 4-8-2015

    Wednesday, April 8, 2015 F: 5 a.m. Good morning, Miss Rita. Shall we continue down the list? R: Let’s answer Al [Dahlberg]’s questions about the future of TMI. F: All right. Between us, I’d like to know if you and Bob [Monroe] are consulting, just as I would like to know your continuing relationship, but…

  • 78th talk with Rita – 4-9-2015

    Thursday, April 9, 2015 F: 2:40 a.m. The sound of rain on the roof, or against the windows. Is there anything cozier? Yours at no extra charge, Rita. R: Yes, but you get it only one day at a time, which gives you focus at the expense of diversity, and us the converse. F: Shall…

  • Robert Henri on the surface and the depths

    I have come across the most amazing book. Found it in my library, can’t remember buying it. The author is artist Robert Henri (google him) and the book is The Art Spirit. Published in 1923, it could have been written yesterday. As for instance the following quote from pages 93-94: “In these times there is…

  • 79th talk with Rita – 4-11-2015

    Saturday, April 11, 2015 [Omitting my talk with Rita held April 10, as inappropriate for the public at large.] F: 2 a.m. Okay, Miss Rita, I can’t sleep – a cup of coffee a few hours ago, I think – and I hope I’m not too tired to do this. Yesterday’s session seemed not entirely…

  • Wonderful quotes about art (and life)

    Robert Henri, who was an artist to the core, it seems, was once better known to the public than he is today. He died in 1929, but these quotes from his book The Art Spirit have not dated in any way. And they aren’t about “art” as a profession, or even as an orientation, so…