Thought for the day (25 Sept 2005):
"The two psychic poles are here contrasted with one another. They are represented as logos (heart, consciousness), to be found under the fire trigram [Li], and eros (kidneys, sexuality), under the water trigram [K'an]. The 'natural' man lets both these energies work outwardly (intellect and the process of procreation); thus, they 'stream out' and are consumed. The adept turns them inward and brings them together, whereby they fertilize one another and produce a psychically vital, and therefore strong, life of the spirit."

--a footnote in The Secret of the Golden Flower: A Chinese Book of Life, p.31

Read on for day's notes and mockup of work in progress...

Follow up:

Brought to eye/mind today:  flow
Thank you, Lord, for...for clarity concerning the fence.

Today's Log:

• Read a TIME Magazine article about J.K.Rowling and her latest addition to the Harry Potter series--The Half-Blood Prince. The article mentions that in the book Harry is psychoanalyzing Voldemort. For some reason this seems odd to me, coming on a day when I'm looking at Himmler's (Head of Hitler's SS) motivations and intents.
• Looking at reverse flow of energy for female.
• Applied gesso to the canvas for "Yellow Lily." A mock-up of the painting linked above.
• Set up guides for aligning fence slats when putting them up. It took me a while to figure out that I need to cut them to length (didn't have to with back section).