Drawn and read from right to left, lower row to upper row. Process: On a blackboard above a flower I saw it said “Yulija loves Hector.” I encircled the words in a word balloon, a talking flower. Next to it, delighting in love, a bee says “Hooray.” At the other end of the bee a stinger too close to a Jersey frog. I note an observation: “Frogs are practically balloons.” I wonder at this and remember a frog’s inflated throat, very like a balloon. I draw a frog so. Next to it another not tied to a string but stuck on a pole. I write, “Frog on a tadpole.” I note another likeness, the frogs on their sides look like pigs with long legs. “Pig with long legs.” I write. Midfebruary 2012 at the Intrinsic Cafe, Newark, New Jersey.
the classic haiku close(d eye drawing)
My final offering for the evening, again for Freeman Ng’s Haiku Story. I like this one a lot. It reminds me of this.
Ketchup or Catsup: preference in Black and White (5)
Again, I just sent Freeman a bunch of black and white samples of my work for a print dummy. I’m illustrating his haiku and we’re seeing what some different styles look like in print. I’m posting a few I sent to make up for a week without posts. None of the ones I’ve chosen so far are striking me as very haikuey right now.









