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Since today I’m posting some messier stuff here’re two old drawings I did with my eyes closed. Nice yellowing tape, right? They’re probably from somewhere between 91-93. The first one illustrates the end Absolom meets, (II Samuel, 18: 9-15) the second illustrates the beginning of a new age.
I love looking at these, it’s like looking at someone
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This is one my favorite messy, unfunny cartoons. I drew it as a note to remember something I read in Bakhtin’s Rabelais and His World. I won’t tell you what it refers to, either you read the book and you know or you should read the book. It is a great book!
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This is a follow up to my previous post about Bakhtin’s book Rabelais and His World here Puck is applying love potion to a fortunate dreamer. Below is an image of the play within the play, which I always associate with Puck’s secret visits, probably because both shapes occur in MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM. Both these
Since in my post on Seurat …I quoted Rilke’s “cell of my art” statement, I figured I might as well post one of my favorite all time comparison lessons on that style “commandment.” Above are two well known paintings by Van Gogh. One is painted by the artist we know Van Gogh becomes and
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We moved into the new house this year and we’ve been making all sorts of choices about what’s kept and what’s left behind. We used to draw on this blackboard when we talked on the phone back when we lived at Maya’s family house when Maya was in Grad School. We stopped drawing on it when
Encouraged by the break out success of my first “for discussion” post…, I choose this night of all nights to instigate a second rich conversation. PUNCH DRUNK LOVE is a wonderful movie. I see it as a meditation on the reality and formative power of things like the will.
The will too is a real
So at the Project U.S.E. holiday party, Marie P… was my Secret Santa. Which means I was guarranteed a gift that was hand-crafted and super-thoughtful, lovely, clever and fun. It was especially nice because it was all of these things and personalized for me. It was based on conversations we’d had. It was a very pleasant surprise
