Heard Jorgen sing Tonite

I got to the room 23 class early tonight. The Last Class of the session, ya know with the next one two months away.

I scanned the room.

Jorgen's picture was on the wall but it was ajar. at a crooked angle. Out of respect for my mentor, the late Jorgen Hansen, I went over to straighten the painting. Not that this painting was so outstanding. Better portraits of the Dane were surely during the King's twentysome year reign in room 23. This was just the one on duty now.

As I straighten the painting, a folded envelop slips out and falls. Instinctively my hand jerks out and I intercept the paper before it escapes to the floor.

On the envelop I read the Fourscore and 3 Leons ago speech that somehow Jorgen wrote on the letter and I am the Messenger reading aloud his message.

Tonight? Jorgen's picture askew so I went to straighten it and I hear him singing, like he used to sometimes, being Bob Dylan 'how do you feeeeel.....'

I say, 'Jorgen, I want to be an artist'

I hear him shaking his head. Don't know how much he is amused but I hear him say,

GET ... A... LIFE!!!

He is still a guru supreme. A reminder that you need to have Life to experience first to explain later. And how did HE know from Beyond that I happen to be reading two books at the same time. This isn't unusual, two books. It is just that they both have the same title.

LIFE.

One is the Life of Chuck Close the artist.

Two is the Life of Keith Richards the artist.

There are lots of life lessons here, different for different folks.

and that is our goal, isn't it?

to be different.