I ponder the three silly drawings I did earlier and what they could mean. I'd been reading a small book I got about Calder, and had read quite a few pages. Then the urge to do art and not just merely read about it came over me.

The first one, of the content fat lady, what could it mean? The border of her skirt looks like a deck of cards she is shuffling. The words, "not in the cards" came to me while doing it. And who are the two beings beside her? Is the lady me and the beings my readers? (I hope there are more than two!)

"Not in the cards," that ascent into the tall monument? Julia and I made no dalliance yesterday. We got up at 7:00am (4:00am Arizona time!), washed and dressed, but did not stop to have tea. We instead rushed down to the restaurant, ate and got on our way. We're knowing our way better to the 'Foggy Bottom' metro station so we got there fairly quickly.

After the walk to the monument's ticket dispenser, we were there only 50 mintures after the 8:30am opening time. TICKETS ALL SOLD OUT!" said the big red sign. I was disappointed and we began the long trek on foot to the National Gallery of Art. Julia assures me, having been up in it as a child, that it is not THAT big of an experience. Certainly Wikipedia has photos of the views obtained at the top and there are even photoes online of all the commemmorative bricks within its inner walls.

I've no wish to camp out there at the wee hours of the morning (that would be now!) for this experience, so I am content.

The other aspects of that drawing, I don't know. Am I saying, were I thinner, I wouldn't have so much CHAFING? Oddly, I suffer more from it than Julia. But I think this is more due to my legs being shorter than hers. I must make a great many more revolutions of legs to cover the same distance as she does.

Moving on to the second picture, the bespeckled lady as 'BA spirit', with her wings. Am I saying that despite these limitations, my spirit has flown much here? Indeed it has...

The third peculiar drawing, "Wants In", a spirit confronted with a boundary might reflect what disappointment I still might harbor over the 'no more tickets' available.

But it is slight. Not having spent time at the monument, it did allow us more time at the National Gallery of Art. This is another majestic place I recommend to all students of art: