dancing willows, sway and bend
ALT: ink drawing showing two willow shoots cavorting in front of two egg-shaped, sky-colored openings in a dark purple ground. One of the shoots has just 3 leaves, and exposed roots, the other coming up from below has all of 5 leaves, and you can’t tell if it’s in the earth or not. Oh, and there’s something like a full moon in the upper sky-hole.
my ah-ther-itis is acting up
ALT: ink drawing mostly in blues and purple, of an angular figure with red anger spots in the hips and knees, and lots of slashing exclamatory lines. pale gray letters near the head say ow ow ow ow. Hands are on face, eyes are big and hair is standing straight up. Sigh. Yes, I took an advil, and slept pretty well after all. And I don’t like to complain, but pain really does suck.
choose your weapons carefully
ALT: ink painting. A gray mountain under a dark purple-blue sky with polkadot stars. And also one big yellow poorly drawn star and a round yellow and red thing that I guess could be a moon. For some reason there’s a sort of vase on top of the mountain, empty but with a coupld of flowers drawn on it that are shedding petals. Under the mountain sits a creature with antennas and claws and snake-like eyes. It’s grasping a thing that looks like an old rooftop antenna. there are a bunch of little red triangles floating around it. I don’t know, that’s just how it came out.
we live in houses (unfinished)
ALT: line drawing of three characters that seem to be partly buildings. The left-most one (biggest) has two legs, boots with windows, also face windows and a balcony bill like a duck. The middle one is cat-shaped, with a chimney tail, window in its closest ear, and maybe a doorway between its front legs. The right-most one is sort of like a peg or furniture ornament, but with some kind of angular fins coming out of its head, and about 6 legs like smaller pegs, that are each sitting in a bucket. The whole thing is just outlined; if I have time and inclination I might paint in some colors and more details.
wake up. it’s spring.
ALT – ink painting of two bulbous roots with faces that look sleepy or surly. The one in front also has a hand for some reason, and it’s reaching toward a mushroom. Both of the plant folk have leaves coming up out of their heads like plumes of hair. There’s a blue and gray sky above, and they’re imbedded in earth that has scribbles in it that I guess stand in for the compost and other dirt critters.
on a mission
ALT: sort of Thurber-esque ink painting of a wizard going someplace accompanied by a cat at his feet and a flying owl. A crescent moon and a single star overhead. The wizard is of course identifiable by his pointy hat, blue robes, and flowing beard. And red socks.
just stepping out for a moment
ALT: ink doodle of some creature with a big head, pointy ears, and a tail like a cow. They are wearing a polka dot skirt of sorts, and shoes with the laces properly tied. They have rosy cheeks that match the skirt’s dots. They are shown in profile, no apparent arms, but one leg outstretched as if to leave the picture.
a moment of pointed serenity
ALT: ink and crayon drawing. Three chicory-blue flowers with pointy petals stand in a group among stems and leaves. There’s a little snail on a leaf. The background is plain washes of pale peach and blues.
the looming inevitable
Watching the descent of the US government into authoritarian oligarchy reminds me of the way I felt in January and February of 2020, watching the pandemic make its way to our shores while people who were in a position to take useful action instead were dismissive of the people who had information and experience. It’s horrifying.
ALT: ink brush painting of a breaking wave preceding what might be a massive wall of ocean. The colors are gray, yellow, reddish and purple. It didn’t come out looking as ominous as I was feeling it to be, but there are three little pips right under the curling breaker, and a few more surfing over the top of it.
hope springs
ALT: ink line drawing of a tree with no leaves, sun and moon shining behind it and a blue stream curling around its base. Two little flowers in the foreground.
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