It's all rather ridiculous

'It's all rather ridiculous: is the rest of the day worth it?' A notebook drawing by JVL, 2004.

The drawing on the right-hand page was a response to being taken aback when listening to Magdalena Kozena singing the aria 'J'ai verse le poison' from Massenet's opera Cléopatre on the a radio one morning . It was so marvellous that there was little point in doing anything else practical during the day but produce this drawing.