Forging New Channels, Forgoing Trails Long-Exhausted & Absurd

Mixed-media collage from late-high school or start of college, early Aughts.  Magazine and acrylic on 14" x 18" canvas paperboard.

Outside pressures yield chinks in the rigid armor of OCD patterns as I (literally) attempt rerouting aspects of behavior contrary to a healthy, well-rested regimen.

Lens filter found crushed in driveway, left by Erica (June 12, 2015)

"There is a crack in everything / That's how the light gets in." - Leonard Cohen, Anthem

I simply must curb my self-mandated walking routines, as they are not currently conducive to mounting a productive schedule, nor restoring depleted vitals.

Print under framed glass, one of three by me, with black matting.  A December 2002 etching traced from a 1973 design sketch (found in a book on fashion history).

"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.  With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do.  He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall."  - Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance

A green smoothie paired with ready-made liquid supplement are again recommended as baseline essentials by trusted counsel.  As emphasized in prior accounts, the aim is to incorporate items of potent nutritional content into my day, with a greater spectrum of ingredients carrying vitamin benefits.

Kale NutriBlast blended from frozen banana, Maine blueberries, yoghurt, ice, & warm tap water.  Also:  Orgain chocolate shake, pink Alstroemeria (June 19, 2015)

"To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early, or be respectable."  - Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray