Reading in an absent minded, distracted ways, exactly like walking through beautiful countryside with your eyes closed. We should not read in order to forget ourselves in our daily life, but on the contrary to take control of it again, with a firm hand, with greater awareness and maturity.
The experiment...succeeded,it was like waking from the nightmare that had lasted for years,I inhered freedom the air,the sun,I had solitude and my work...At the age of 40,I began to paint,not that I considered myself a painter or intended to become.But painting was marvelousit makes one happier and more patient...in a way I only call magical.