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Illustration Friday-Silent
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Inspired by a visit to Russia shortly after the demise of the Soviet state. There weren’t many visible signs of the increasing economic disparity but what was there was greeted with silence and denial.
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Returning schizophrenically to a painterly style for this topic. “Stripes” reminded me of learning calligraphy when I was younger and the tedium of making guidelines. That idea morphed into the reality that so few people use handwriting at all these days, let alone learn fine penmanship. But it’s never too late.
4 commentsIllustration Friday-Swell
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Where this came from is anyone’s guess. Could be seeing “The Help” ( a movie I begrudgingly attended but ended up liking a lot…although I wanted to throw my popcorn at the screen during several scenes). Add to that images conjured up when I let the topic roll around in my brain for a while and then try not to overthink what spills out.
1 commentIllustration Friday-Obsession
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Okay so maybe I always think of compulsion when I think of obsession. And maybe I do that uncontrollably. It’s a good thing I can stop whenever I want.
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I tried to keep this week’s illo all about nature and flowers and stuff, as befitting the standard definition of perennial, but the events of this week in Norway prompted a more serious response. In fact I’ve been a little depressed all week because of it. So forgive the “loose” interpretation, but sometimes it seems human beings are bound and determined to self destruct—violent extremism rearing its ugly head as reliably as the weeds returning to my backyard every spring.
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