I’ve had a stretch when I really haven’t felt inspired to make these drawings. So I sit at my work table and find a way to break the blank space of the page, and spend at least just a little time filling it with lines and colors. Is it worthwhile? I really don’t know. But it does feel like I am at least using something like a language for my experience of being an alive human, even if all I’m saying is a brief expletive or a frustrated bleat.
ALT: water-soluble crayon. two blue circles balance, one below a horizon line and one halfway above and below. between them a straight dark diagonal, with arcs at either end that connect and balance the circles. the ground and sky are sunset colors.
ALT: crayon and ink. a heron-like bird, looking downward so that body shape appears a compact ovoid. mostly orange background, and spiky blue feathers.
one of my singing communities lost a sweet and lovely voice over the weekend. she was a model of grace and will be sorely missed.
ALT: crayon drawing, abstract. it’s shaped something like an angel with royal purple robes, cradling a heart at its center, looking back as the wings sweep it onward.
ALT: water-soluble crayon, abstract. you could see it as a blue triangle tipping over, maybe caught by the purple triangle behind it, all watched over by some vaporous green being. Or not.
ALT: ink, abstract. orange and black scribble across the page horizontally, on a purple and black cloud, with some blue streaks beneath. above, three marks like exclamation petals thrown, orange and black, in a mist of black specks.
ALT: water-soluble crayon. a person stands within an orange circle opening onto a field of blue. they look sideways, neither in nor out. hands and feet all planted on the very edge of the opening.
ALT: water-soluble crayon, ink. it is a pair of dark eyes set in blue and purple clouds, over a field of green leaves. in reality, there is very little green under the foot of new snow where I live. but the green lives on in slumber.
ALT: ink and water-soluble crayon, abstract, calligraphic. on a ground of blue-green wash with orange veins, two figures are scribbled in ink. maybe dancing, maybe marching.
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