Got paid today. Spent most of the day trying to spend the money on a camera for my daughter. Without much success. Should have gone to the studio today but abortive shopping instead. Missed a genuine bargain priced camera because we dithered. The shop assistant bought the last one. I call that insider dealing. Said daughter wished for snow on a shooting star, but got slush instead. Even that is a treat in London. Slush seems to sum up the day. Economy still going south but Jonathan and Russell will be alright. Above painting shows Icarus skimming the tops of the waves, just before splashdown. Icarus is a favourite subject because flying figures are always interesting. I hate paintings of people slumped in chairs, or sprawled on a bed. Rare interview tonight with Lucien Freud on the news, talking about saving two Titians for the nation. The interviewer tried to get him to talk about his painting methods but for a genius with a paintbrush he can be infuriatingly inarticulate.
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