12 May 2005

I finally got a photo of this large wall hanging (91"w x 81"h) and so I present, "Lila and the Red Hand", an image of a dream. The dream happened on a magical trip to Mt. Shasta in California for New Year's eve, 31 December, 1978. The page has links to many other Red Hands on my site, including a new image of a stained glass version.

Doing a web search on "red hand" was disturbing. Up front were terrorists using the term. The ancient archetype apparently has been subverted.

Having a cataract removed from my right eye and getting a new plastic interocular lens has made the world look sharp and brilliant. It's like calibrating one of the screens on a dual-monitor system. It's like setting the white point correctly. Now the previously better eye (or screen) display looks dull, fuzzy, and yellowish. I wonder how my web pages and images were colored previous to the breakthrough surgery? When I get both eyes done, I must review the site. I might be forced to abandon or redo it completely. I'm hoping since colors are relative to each other, that my choices were not too far off.