Sketch 585

Considering meditation, obsessive drawing, and sand-painting mandalas.

Pen and ink, 7” x 5.5”

Sketch 584

Watercolor, 12”x 9”.

Sycamore bark

The universe curls.

Pen, ink, brush, 5” x 4”.

Sketch 582

She's landing at 9.

Pen and ink, watered lines, 7” x 5.5”

Silky O'Sullivans

Took some friends down to Beale Street to hear Barbra Blue sing.

Watercolor over pen and ink, 7” x 5.5”

Abstract Faces

Filling an entire moleskine with abstract faces is more difficult than expected, often devolving into familiar cartoonish features.

Pen and ink, 7" x 5.5".

Whole house creaking

Reading in my reading chair while the wind makes the house creak.

Faulkner uses the word phaeton, page 801, and mentions Overton Park, Memphis on page 814 in the Library of America edition of “The Reivers”.

Pen and ink, 7" x 5.5".