Time is something that happens on the outside but not on the inside. Currently 73. Living on a small island in the Philippines.
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A New Chance
A new chance
Ballpoint pen
Los Angeles 2014
I was in a lecture once and the professor asked,
"Why are babies young?"
That's a pretty deep question if you think about it.
How is it that the weathered old cells of two adults can come together to create a fresh new life?
The professor went on to give a scientific explaination which to me just lost the plot.
To me, when conception occurs a new reality begins.
A new miracle.
A new chance.
The next generation
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For the past two days I've been playing with the zygomatic process. It gives some drama to a drawing. And I've always thought it had the coolest name in all of human anatomy.
This morning as I lay with my wife she thought I was massaging her head. And I was. But I was also appreciating her zygomatic process.
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End of the night
8B pencil in my watercolor moleskin
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A friend of mine once told me that at any given moment we are everything that we have ever been, plus that little bit of what we are at that moment.
I think about that often.
End of the Night - The Doors
Take the highway to the end of the night End of the night, end of the night Take a journey to the bright midnight End of the night, end of the night
Realms of bliss, realms of light Some are born to sweet delight Some are born to sweet delight Some are born to the endless night End of the night, end of the night
Jim Morrison
"Into the mystic" Van Morrison
Let me tell you a story.
We used to live in Los Angeles California.
Don't get me wrong, I like Los Angeles. And I love Southern California but..
One day in 2020 I was driving home from work listening to a news panel discussion on NPR. They were talking about the war in Ukraine and at one point one of the panelists asked, sort of off hand,
"What should the US do if Putin decides to use nuclear weapons?"
(!)
True story. I actuality pulled the car over and sat and looked at the radio speaker as the panelist discussed our options in the event of nuclear war.
I just sat there and though,
"No."
When I got home I told my wife I was going to quit my job and that we were going to the Philippines.
And she said,
"Great."
We had been planning this for a while so she was happy to hear I had finally decided to make the move. We had a house waiting for us. And family. We were only staying in LA for my work But my work had suddenly become not worth it.
It was like a massive weight had been lifted from both our shoulders.
So.. We packed up our kids and left.
Just like that.
Into the mystic.
Precious cargo. Sunset over Negros Occidental, Philippines.
Que Vida?
Colored pencil on paper
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Que Vida?
What life?
I drew this this morning, and all the while, I kept checking the terrible news. The Middle East is plunging into war.
And that, my friends, is why I and my family are on the other side of the planet.
Hiding.
Jeesh...
Que Vida - Love
After Egon Schiele
Pencil drawing
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Egon Schiele was the bad boy of European art but he drew like an angel. Redrawing his art is a double edged sword. I learn so much from his drawing but I am forever humbled by his genius. He created masterpieces while still in his teens. He gave us nearly 4000 works of art and then he died tragically at 28. Damn.
After Egon Schiele
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Black Sharpie
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