Dispossession

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Inks: J.H. Poussiere d' Lune, R&K Scabiosa
Yes, I know I spelled dispossession wrong on the page.  Whoopsie.

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I have so many interests that I must rotate them due to a lack of hours in the day; which is to say that if I'm focusing on writing, I'm not drawing much.  If I'm drawing, I'm not really writing.  If I'm crocheting or taking photos, I'm probably not writing or drawing.  To be able to write a poem every day, post a drawing every week, make a blanket to keep me warm, and continue developing my photography all at the same time, I'd have to quit my day job!

Maybe in a perfect world... but in the words of a fictional character, "Nothing's perfect.  The world's not perfect... and that's what makes it so damned beautiful."

My Shadows #5: Terminus

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Inks: J.H. Terre de Feu, Diamine Brown, R&K Scabiosa

Quotes:

"Take a lesson..." --Gemini Syndrome, Pay For This

"I remember..." --Nonpoint, That Day

(Yeah, I use vintage wine glasses for my paintbrush water.  Old jam jars, yogurt cups, or whatever people normally use are just plain ugly.)

I took my sketchbook to the last round of the CrossFit Open intending to draw people doing burpees and thrusters, and dropped it after the second heat to make myself useful as a cheerleader.  The unfinished page eventually became this.  

CrossFit's about realizing with every step forward that you're a stronger person than you were yesterday.  

Shadows 4: Yours, Not Mine

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Inks used: J. Herbin Terre de Feu,  F.W. Sepia

While spring cleaning, I came across a box of pretty collage papers that I'd acquired for another project.  The other project didn't pan out and I've always liked the look of altered books and scrappy art journals held together by little more than glue and string.

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Since I'm not trying to impress anyone, any more, it might be nice to try mixed media collage myself rather than idly admiring other artists' work.  In the world of art college, it was an unspoken rule that Professional Artists didn't do amateurish hobby crafts if they wanted to be taken seriously.  I don't think visual journals should be so easily filed in the same category as paint by humber kits or stringing beads on wire according to a pattern someone else made.

Maybe that's just me.