I am having a bit of trouble getting into a day to day routine due to my apartment needing multiple repairs, and also the owner likes to have the cleaning lady come once every couple of days which makes it difficult to set a morning running schedule.
During the cleaning/repair time I walked to Mertasari Beach and did a few exercises under the hot, covered sun. The skies here in Bali are like everywhere else on earth in 2019 - devoid of blue and covered in a white murky haze. One of my greatest sources of satisfaction has been taken away and I find that I am looking inside my own consciousness for any sort of light, beauty, and peace. The earth is dead and all of the hell beings upon it will soon be opening that dark door of mystery.
My arms have become red and blotchy, a rash which is somewhat itchy. I am concluding that it is caused by the tanning lotion which I have been using for the past few days. The lotion was provided by the owner of the studio, and since I rarely use lotion it can be considered the top choice of cause for the rash. I will stop using the lotion and hopefully within a few days the rash subsides.
Unlike in 2012 when I had a rush of photographic inspiration, I have made very few pictures, it is difficult to want to document such a state of things, it is like being locked in a room bright with fluorescent light - harsh, ugly, ridiculous - that is what this place is now, a hospital for the insane and karmically challenged.
