Don’t bend; don’t water it down; don’t edit your own soul according to the fashion. Follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.” – Franz Kafka Box Breathing: Box breathing is a technique that helps to control and regulate breathing, which calms the mind and reduces stress. It involves inhaling for four counts, holding for four counts,Continue reading “July Notes”
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May Notes
Aphorism (from Greek ἀφορισμός: aphorismos, denoting ‘delimitation’, ‘distinction’, and ‘definition’) is a concise, terse, laconic, or memorable expression of a general truth or principle. Aphorisms are often handed down by tradition from generation to generation. The concept is generally distinct from those of an adage, brocard, chiasmus, epigram, maxim (legal or philosophical), principle, proverb, andContinue reading “May Notes”
100 Faces (31 to 36) and Some Dragons
100 Faces (25 to 30)
100 Faces (9 to 24)
100 Faces (1 to 8)
I am joining a quest to draw a 100-faces. I will do them in pen and ink for my first round with a goal of 8 to 10 per day (and per page – so smallish) in a 9 by 12 sketchbook. Then I will move on to more extensive / bigger for another 100.Continue reading “100 Faces (1 to 8)”
Selfie Sunday
Selfie Sunday
February Notes
“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.” – Neil Gaiman Anteambulo – forerunner; one who proceeds another to clear the way Atavism – recurrence of or reversion to a past style, manner, outlook, approach, or activity. Derives viaContinue reading “February Notes”
Holiday Card
I love making postcards, artist training cards and notecards. I designed and made several this holiday season. This year spent a couple of weeks playing with designs in my sketchbook. One of my 2023 goals is the get back into that practice. These are my finished postcards.
