Friday, April 24, 2015
Sunday, April 19, 2015
Monday, April 13, 2015
Tuesday, April 7, 2015
Bugs for Breakfast
detail of bug |
insect on balustrade April 7, 2015 ink, charcoal |
Sunday, April 5, 2015
Easter Thoughts
Sacred Heart Church, South Natick, Massachusetts April 5, 2015 |
A little further away on my walk, Pleasant Street crosses the Charles River. I descended a steep bank on the sunny east-facing side and drew the arches. The water is high and moving swiftly downstream to Boston Harbor 30+ miles away.
Pleasant Street Bridge charcoal, ink April 5, 2015 |
View of the isnad and dam from the Pleasant Street Bridge charcoal, ink April 5, 2015 |
Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Snow flurries
As I was sketching the other morning, snowflakes started to swirl around me. They fell in the pools of black ink in my drawing of the water in front of me.
I had to leave before the ink dried and when I opened up my sketchbook at home, the pools of ink had dried and smeared. It almost ruined the drawing and I thought I should fix those parts that were diluted by the added snow and the blotting that happened while I walked home. But, after reflection, I decided that I liked the result: the finished image displayed the balance between my intelligence (such as it is!) in the world and the world itself. We have détante here between order (such as it is!) and the benign chaos of Nature.
This makes me think of Jackson Pollock who asserted that when made his famous "drip" paintings he became Nature itself. I'm not so sure. But then, I'm not sure of many things. In the end, it's a philosophical question and these, we know, have no answers. Best to just enjoy the ride.
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