"Perhaps the sequencing of events in a linear, less quantum interpretation exacerbates our inability to comprehend anticipatory projections of emotional responses, as our dogmatic beliefs that compel us to perceive others' reactions as really having so much to do with us are within the primitive manifestations of Ego; yet, in fact, we all react in response to cues that may arise unconsciously, even from genetic memory......" [My 'alter-ego, Veristes', explaining to my more volatile, emotional Self, why....against my protestations.....I, like other upright primates, am queried by that reactive gizzard of a brain stem, to shake the branches and stamp my feet, in frustration.....without a bead of sweat on my forehead, and without the gesticulations of limbs or digits......as my toes clinch the ground...] Perhaps, the Mona Lisa is thinking: "Fu*k, you!", but her eyes are smiling, as she looks away....to her thoughts....Does she know what these are? Perhaps, she has intellectualized her emotions, as she restrains her clinched left arm from reaction.....
A REVITALIZED UNCOMPLETED DRAWING FROM AN ABANDONED SKETCHBOOK.....CIRCA 1972.......
ONE OF A SERIES OF DRAWINGS THAT I DID WHILE VISITING FRIENDS IN SOEST, HOLLAND.......MY FRIENDS TOOK A TRIP TO RUSSIA, LEAVING ME ALONE IN THEIR HOME FOR A WEEK....DURING WHICH, I FILLED A 32CM x 46CM, SPIRAL TALENS SKETCHBOOK WITH 'AUTOMATIC DRAWINGS'....DONE, WITH A LITTLE CONSCIOUS INTERFERENCE AS POSSIBLE.......THEY WERE 'INTENDED' TO BE PROTOTYPES FOR A SERIES OF MAJOR ARCANA TAROT CARDS.....THE OLD 'TALENS' WAS LEFT IN AN ATTIC, THEN A BASEMENT BOX, THEN ANOTHER BASEMENT BOX, THEN IN MY GARAGE RAFTERS.....FOR OVER 40 YEARS, BEFORE BEING REDISCOVERED BY A FRIEND THAT WAS 'CLEARING OUT MY GARAGE'.......THE PAPER IS BRITTLE AND DAMAGED BY LEAKING ROOF WATER, HEAT AND HUMIDITY, ALTERNATING WITH FREEZING COLD....AND SOME 'CHEWING' BY RODENTS AND VISITATION BY PAPER-EATING INSECTS.....I SCANNED 'THE REMAINS', THEN PHOTOSHOPPED THE SCANS....TO REMOVE AS MUCH DAMAGE, WORM HOLES, ET CETERA......AS I HAD THE PATIENCE AND INTENTION FOR.......

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