It is great to have F(f)riends…

“It’s a poor sort of memory that only works backwards,’ says the White Queen to Alice.”  ~  Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass

A friend, who is a Friend at the Minneapolis Friends Meeting, called me today and shared Carroll’s quote with me. What struck me about this quote is that it addresses an experience and the concept of time. I have read in several places that, according to quantum physics, time is not a linear analog; instead, it is one moment stacked on top of another, and we experience time all at once. Therefore, our planning and setting of goals is a form of remembering a time in the future. I know, deep, huh? I am not a physicist, but these concepts inspire my work as an artist.

Door05192024, Mixed Media, Pen and Digital,
Door05192024, Mixed Media, Pen and Digital, Hendricks 2024

What’s one small improvement you can make in your life?

Making my planned drawing look as natural as my spontaneous drawing similar to the drawing below. 

“I am trying to be unfamiliar with what I’m doing.”
― John Cage

Title: Horizons-05-13-2024, Sakura Pigma Micron Pen drawing, A spontaneous sort of drawing started during Quaker meeting for worship.
Horizons-05-13-2024—Sakura Pigma Micron Pen drawing.

I am currently listening to “Where the Heart Beats”  by John Cage. I knew Cage was a musician but never understood his music. Where the Heart Beats is a great read and an excellent audiobook. The man had a unique way of looking at the universe, both its natural and spiritual sides.

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