landscape

A beautiful late summer/early fall day here in Bloomington. Went out and painted this landscape, in the field I mentioned in the previous posting, earlier this afternoon. Had an informative studio meeting yesterday with Eve Mansdorf, who suggested I do some plein air work.

I want to pass along a note on another topic.

This is a quote from an article in the New York Times describing John McCain's VP pick Sarah Palin's interview with ABC:
"Ms. Palin was clearly caught off guard when Mr. Gibson asked, "Do you agree with the Bush doctrine?" Seeking direction, and perhaps time to formulate an answer, Ms. Palin leaned back, smiled stiffly and said, "In what respect, Charlie?" Initially unwilling to define the doctrine, Mr. Gibson said, "What doyou interpret it to be?" Ms. Palin asked, "His world view?" Mr. Gibson said, "No, the Bush doctrine, enunciated September 2002,before the Iraq war."

I don't know what the "Bush doctrine" is either. But I'm not running for the second-highest elected office in the most powerful country in the world.

It can be hard to care about such things when it's so nice out, but we need to care at least a little. It is too easy not to register and vote.