I look forward to more art essays.

元気になります Genki ni narimasu! be in good spirits, ne!

I hope things get better.

from whatever's been plaguing you. You are one of DU's treasures...

had started to be forgetful -- all due to stress I think. A bad case of shingles knocked the shit out of me and continues to plague me (now called post herpetic neuralgia). Then I developed nemular dermatitis that I am fighting today. I think all the physical pain added to the whole mess. Plus I am the caregiver of a partially disabled husband. Stuff happens...

chronic pain can be. I have had at least 10 bouts of shingles--all but one on my right sciatic nerve--since 1998, so I pretty much have permanent nerve damage down my right leg. I didn't think you could get shingles more than once, but I was wrong. My doctor said only about 3%of people get multiple bouts, lucky me. It runs in my family--my grandmother, dad, aunt, and 3 first cousins have all had multiple bouts, but I am the winner. Woo hoo!

Well, I sincerely hope your PHN isn't permanent and that you have a good pain management doctor. That's literally been a lifesaver for me. I think I would've checked out years ago without my doctor.

So glad you checked in and that you're doing better. Hang in there!

It involves insertion of a tiny wire in beteen your top vertebrae. But for some strange reason, I have to be seen and evaluated by a psychologist before I can get the Qtensa! I'll see the psychologist in a week or so and then I can schedule the Qtensa. I suspect a rip off...it's a scheme to get more $$$ for psychologists...

I've been advised to get a shingles shot so I will do that. The co-pay on it is high but it's worth it.

I am getting phototherapy for the dermatitis. It's a full body treatment with UVB rays I've been told it takes time to get the treatment to kick in (I have to start turning pink and I haven't yet. Meanwhile more spots are appearing and my topical meds don't seem to help much. The itching is horrible.

You are such a valued member of the DU community.

I wish you the best. As always.

I guess we have kindred thoughts..

I don't always catch them, but when I do, the art posts are always a great read

need you. and, we love the art essays--such moments of beauty in what can be really crazy, scary times.

Love and hugs to you.

It's not easy, that's for sure.

Here's to feeling better:

I always love seeing that avatar.

Have to do.

Still count myself fortunate to have seen so many of his paintings, especially the collection in Amsterdam.

Maybe someday.

I'm a train ride away...

please

Getting back some of our lovely cool breeze tomorrow and hope that helps.

Hope everything works out!

I hope it does, too.

Late last April I went to Sicily and my travel buddy and I cliimbed up Mt. Etna, which I thought was a symbol for struggling with my own personal Etna. When I saw these tiny yellow flowers up at the top I rejoiced...

and you are so very good at focusing on that and reminding the rest of us of that. You spread tiny yellow flowers in your posts here and I know you'll keep finding them wherever life takes you.

And I was able to see the last painting Caravaggio did at long last: the burial of St. Lucy. It was my first art essay on DU but I had never seen it in person til that trip...

You've all movedme to start looking for essay topics to write. I am thinking now of Whistler...

Motherly - Mother nature decided it was time to help you heal

hoped to visit there. I have been to Europe, more than once, but my travels were always in Spain, France, and England. SOMEDAY I hope to visit Italy and Sicily.

So glad to see you posting, and I'm so sorry to hear of your struggles and personal issues...

Those can really muck up your life. I know it only too well...

Please take care of yourself and return to us when you're able!

We all want your heart (and all of you!) to heal.

That is something I always try to get right.

Glad to hear you are on the mend. Looking forward to reading about Bernini!

Take me with you to Florence? LOL!

Your art is most inspiring.

I saw the original in Rome some years back.

Glad you are okay

the reason I ask is that I am having real problems uploading art off Google to my file folders (from which I upload the art images you see in my essays). I go the usual route of uploading by copying the image location and pasting that into my essay when I put it online. It won't let me "paste" into a folder.

I'm working on my next essay on Whistler's beautiful ladies which is a manifestation of his devotion to aestheticism.

I used the process for all my other essays. Without it, I'm unable to do the essay (well, I could but with no images of the art, it wouldn't hold to much interest of the viewer.

any suggestions?

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bracket-img-bracket with the image address?

Maybe copy the image address from the original source and not your Google folder. (Google Drive?)

I've been using this process successfully since way back when I was doing the art challenges. It is a bit cumbersome but has always worked in the past.

I finally called my computer guy as a last ditch resource. He'll come by Monday since he is nearby and perhaps come up with an alternate strategy -- either that or get MS Word (I currently have abi word which he says is "just as good" as Word).

I did try copying from the original source and still no paste functionality (shaded out).

The good news is that I will be going into the city to the Frick Collection with a friend to once again see Bellini's wonderful St. Francis in the Garden (I did an essay on it a while back here on DU). And of course the Beautiful Ladies by Whistler. His method of attaining translucency and his idea behind naming his art with musical terms is fascinating. I think DUers will enjoy knowing more about the artist. I'm eager to get started. It will be especially helpful to have your assessment...but right now I am in the research process In the meantiime I will post the Bernini St. Teresa which you saw in Rome (lucky you).

Saw Leighton's Flaming June there last year.

Here is an idea. upload you pictures to a site like http://imgur.com/
and copy the address from there, I use that for the photo contest threads.

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I've yet to figure out imgur but I did try...that may be another option...

upload your photo, and copy the address. Remember to bookmark for later access.

Here is one I uploaded

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=1rt2es&s=9#.V8MKPa3Sk_h


I just click on the image and then right click the photo and copy the address.

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