what we keep, and what we cannot

ALT: water soluble graphite and crayon. a coiled nest of brambles, and a line of 5 winged red shapes below, within, and escaping into the clear air above. just learned of an old friend gone into hospice, and at my age I guess I’d better start getting used to hearing this kind of news. sigh.

flightbutt

ALT: crayon drawing , the backside of a bird with wide wingspan stretching beyond the paper’s edges, soaring over rolling hills, toward the blue beyond. there are also clouds and a crescent moon.

succession of blooms

ALT: water soluble crayon drawing that shows a purple flower blooming on a long stem, and a pink one enclosed in a green and blue circle, next to a warm, sunny egg of a shape, cradled in green curves. below there’s a horizontal blue strip you could read as water if you wanted to, and a brown shape like a rock or patch of fertile soil.

trick rider

ALT: crayon drawing., sort of abstract expression. it’s a purple horse, with someone standing on it with one foot in the air. background orange and green.

clearing brush

ALT: water soluble graphite and crayon. two angled shapes that look somewhere between arms and boomerangs, face each other on a field of tall grass. maybe they are parting a path through. I spent the earlier part of the evening pruning bushes and moving brush piles, if that helps any with the explanation.

struggle on

ALT: water soluble graphite and crayon, abstract. it’s vaguely body-referential, but contorted and certainly missing parts. graphite line drawing has washes of brown and green for a bit of color.

songs on the wind

ALT: water-soluble crayon, abstract. a number of green curves like flags or ribbons seem to float in a blue sky. there is also a red thread, curved and snarled like an old river, floating through it all.

face

ALT: crayon drawing of a face. nobody in particular. it’s drawn in blues, on an orange background. possibly masculine, big sad eyes looking over your right shoulder.