Things don’t usually turn out as we expect them to …. at least, not in my life. As I get ready to begin my journey back to the UK, from Italy, tomorrow, it is clear that matters have not taken their anticipated course. I hoped to do quite a bit of sketching, and although I have done several pieces it has been a thin harvest. We have spent quite a bit of time in areas that were of crucial importance to Italy in the Great War, and although this kind of thing really escited me on my visits to Friuli, here the response has been almost entirely intellectual, and not artistic.
I do know from past experience that something will emerge soon. All I need to do is keep an open mind. I am looking forward to tomorrow’s journey to Milan, and I will just need to see how things go. Meanwhile, tonight is our celebratory dinner at the end of the holiday. One thing at a time!