I almost didn't make it out of bed yesterday. A day of failures - a disappointing interview, a missed therapy session - and periods of sleep in between. I almost rescheduled on my friend. But I had not seen her in months, and I missed her dearly. The house, as I left, was awash in the full piercing greys and blacks of shadow. Clouds tarped over the sun and the sky, draining everything of its color. But as I went further and further away, those dull grays parred to reveal the most beautiful paintings of blue and yellow and orange....