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(Jane called last night. I worked on Dreams but an hour this morning, and once again, told her that I was concerned about lost working time on the book. She said she’d been very blue as I left last night, but that the period had passed after a while and she’d felt fine. I’ve also had a number of blue periods lately, but try to keep going anyhow.)

At the same time, you both should — and do — try to turn your minds in other directions, so that the periods do not linger. Generally speaking, you have handled such situations well, and what I said about your activities in Framework 2 does still apply.

This will also be reflected in your concerns with books and [your publisher] Prentice-Hall — with any of your business concerns. It is a good idea, then, to remember that regardless of appearances at any given time, those issues are being settled to your satisfaction. Your letters have an effect, whether or not it seems that any given questions are being answered.

(I told Jane I’d had another one of those long, involved, being-pursued dreams last night, this time involving my brother, Linden, who is 13 months younger than I am. I can recall little of it. It worked out okay, yet it reflected my state of mind often these days — my fears, probably on a lot of subjects.

(I do think Seth offered an excellent insight when he said that the blue periods on both our parts were ways of expressing fears. Without thinking about such bouts particularly, I suppose I at least had taken it for granted that the blue periods reflected weaknesses on my part, say — times when I should have known better or wasn’t doing well. I dare say Jane has the same ideas. Now we can appreciate that the blue periods are therapeutic.