“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(Yesterday afternoon, November 28, while working in my studio in the back of our apartment, I had a vision of a painting. I recognized it as mine, or one I will do, of Bill Gallagher. I have been thinking over ways to do portraits of both Bill Gallagher and Bill Macdonnel.

(His head was bare and his hair blowing in a wind. The portrait was life-size, from the knees up, very dramatic and bold in concept and detail, and very effective pictorially. I was delighted to see it, and was at once sure I was capable of producing such a work. The Gallaghers visited us Saturday evening, December 2. I did not see them arrive, but witnessed their departure. I had not mentioned the vision to them, and asked Jane to wait before she did so. As Bill Gallagher walked down the hall away from us upon departing, I saw that he wore a long black coat with I believe a hood upon it—a garment quite like that he wore in the vision, and one I possessed no special knowledge of in his wardrobe.

(The vision had one oddity—I stood at my desk working at something else when I became aware of it to my left. It was large, framed, and cocked at an odd angle to the floor, as if propped up by invisible hands. While I stared at it it appeared to be solid, and very nearly animated—note the wind effect mentioned earlier.

(“Now that I have conscious memory of seeing the vision, I’m wondering just how much this memory is going to influence my actual production of the work.”)