This came from my meditations at New Years:

(from my journal)
"I spent time in quiet reflection. I remembered those who have passed on, toasting them with sparkling apple-cranberry juice in my special goblet. Then I thought of what I'd like to accomplish in the year to come. There are so many things, but the proof comes in the doing. We will watch here together to see how the year unfolds.

Meanwhile, I hope for a happy and creative one.

In the evening, after looking at Jean Cocteau's art, I felt the itch to grab a pen:

A semblance of life...

I looked up 'semblance' in the dictionary to learn its subtle meanings:

Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Old French sembler to be like, seem -- more at RESEMBLE
1 a : outward and often specious appearance or show : FORM <wrapped in a semblance of composure -- Harry Hervey>
1 b : MODICUM <has been struggling to get some semblance of justice for his people -- Bayard Rustin>
2 : ASPECT, COUNTENANCE
3 a : a phantasmal form : APPARITION b : IMAGE, LIKENESS
4 : actual or apparent resemblance

Lots of possibilities there, it could be superficial or actual resemblance. Meanwhile, I hope that when you look through your monitor screen at my pages, you'll find 'actual' resemblance of life!

I am looking forward to all the possibilities for this that I can find.

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