Euphrosene Labon

Given the unemployment levels, shouldn´t responsible television programming include more on getting people back to work, motivational type programmes and not the dire dross that I have sometimes turned on. Example: Loose Women, which seems to have won an award for best factual programme.

FACTUAL????

It´s a bunch of squealing, gossiping, generally clueless women, who do not even give their guests, such as they are, an opportunity to talk.

I admit I haven´t watched it accidently or on purpose in years, but from reading internet and media comments, seems like nothing has changed. But the media is just as bad.

I wonder if my current run of gloom is because of the dreadfully dumbed-down Britain I am living in. When I was in sales, I used to look up to journalists of all persuasions, believing their likes and dislikes, translated to newsprint, meant they were really interesting and special people. Lord, what a major disappointment.

Take yesterday, when Tony Blair was questioned by the Iran Inquiry team.

As an aside, the questioners seemed totally in awe of him, so his deodorant was presumably not put to the test! I am still appalled by that garden party chitchat kind of questioning.

Anyway, the thing that seems to have tasked most journos, was not the Iran Inquiry, but a winner of Celebrity Big Brother, FFS!

Although I have never watched any of the programmes, hearing who was on it was unavoidable, as was hearing who the winner was. All I can say is if that is celebrity, I have every reason to feel deeply gloomy.

Yet I don´t have a depressive sort of personality, being able to bounce back quite quickly from virtually all situations. So it has been a slight concern that for several nights, and a couple of mornings, there has been a real gloom that not even my particular divine delusion can immediately negate.

Meanwhile, one of my Twitter friends has been imprisoned, again. I have to admit, I didn´t put 2 and 2 together. Actually I frequently take people on trust, then discover they have (not the Twitter friend, to the best of my knowledge on those matters) rather dubious professions. Or are not the sex I believed them to be.

Honesty and the internet - definitely an oxymoron.

Later: after manic day of stuff, I watched The Duchess and The Women, back to back. The former was definitely better than the latter.

For some reason, I feel like shaking Meg Ryan, plus she eats revoltingly on screen and always seems to wear ghastly flat shoes.

Euphrosene Labon Mind Body Spirit Artist Author Writer

Euphrosene´s Gallery of Contemporary Spiritual Art & Cartoons

Loose Women, Tony Blair, Iran Inquiry, Celebrity Big Brother

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Interesting piece on sleep paralysis in the Daily Mail today. I´d have more respect for science, if they could at least acknowledge there might be something paranormal as well. My own experience certainly was.

I was shocked awake and saw the creature sitting on my stomach, huge dark eyes staring into mine, but my mind instantly realised it was something to do with C and witchcraft. Luckily for me, I was in my unconditional love phase, and it went, but not before I felt intense, tangible fear.

Meanwhile, loyalty is a truly admirable quality. So why is it that the beneficiaries of impassioned loyalty so rarely deserve it?

Spent almost the entire day doing more stuff re holiday. Meaning trying to get foreign money and failing. I did do some art playing and think there is mileage in using marker pens WITH water. The effects are rather splendid. But it would have to be planned first so the work doesn´t look messy.

On the other hand, trying to write with the Wacom let alone draw was a complete nightmare. The will to learn is not yet there, if it comes at all. It does not feel like some higher self is working through me. Perhaps my higher self isn´t keen on them either!

Euphrosene Labon Mind Body Spirit Artist Author Writer

Euphrosene´s Gallery of Contemporary Spiritual Art & Cartoons

sleep paralysis, Daily Mail

Sensing an alternate reality is not, in my view, a sign of mental illness. There are many things we don´t understand, and some are more sensitive to those other dimensions. However, having a persecution complex or looping, as Ma used to do, are signs of a disordered mind - ie a mental illness.

I once put a proposal in for a book on mental illness and surprised myself at discovering how many things are now classed within it. Paranoia, obviously, is one. Seeing insult and injury where there is none. Obsession, another. The list is enormous.

Later: detours and challenges with website, and discovering how much redrawing I will have to do for the Brick Tips poster images, so the rest of the piece on mental illness will have to appear another time.

With the 30 in one poster, I could, just about, get away with small symbolic images. To do separate postcards of each will need better drawings and more words. I already feel overwhelmed at the task. Well, sort of.

PS Saw excellent documentary on the Mumbai Terror attack, missed yesterday and caught on More4. And, just now, another excellent documentary on Red October (the true story). Fiver, if you want to watch it on demand. Much better than the rubbishy Sean Connery film.

Less impressed with the History of Christianity. Not as grabbing as I thought it would be.

Oh I forgot, Jonathan Dimbleby´s Russian travelogue (yesterday BBC3) was also definitely worth the watch. Check it out on BBC iPlayer.

Euphrosene Labon Mind Body Spirit Artist Author Writer

Euphrosene´s Gallery of Contemporary Spiritual Art & Cartoons

mental illness, Ma, Brick Tips, BBC iPlayer