Gulley Jimson and I used to be best friends, even though he is made-up. Wayward human and color appreciator,he is a main character in Joyce Cary's novel trilogy,one of my favorites. Irish Joyce Cary studied to be a painter, served in the British military and civil service in West Africa (where I grew up). William Blake, intoxicating painting, a complete devotion to color and the creative passion, and a disregard for pennies and those without appetites - how could I not acknowledge these roots?
I recently discovered there exists such a group called the Cloud Appreciation Society! If you're a reader and a cloud lover, I suggest these two books, as others have: The Theory of Clouds (a novel) and The Cloud-Spotter's Guide. Here are two of my views from my Pittsboro-GPS point in the world.
