Artists will tell you that their creations “talk” to them. And my experience has been that with many of the things I make, it feels more like a collaborative effort than something entirely my own.
So it is with this series. The woman I am drawing has been at me to let her be more herself. Let the look, the conversation, and the philosophy be less me and more her.
Weird, isn’t it?
You–YOU–have a big fight ahead of you, no question. YOU choose what you are fighting for. YOU choose the rules of engagement–one choice may be to adapt the rules of engagement of whom you have chosen to follow. And YOU choose the degree of intensity to bring to the fight. Given all this, and given the justness of your cause, I wish you well. I hope you win your fight.
You can’t say Science without a Sigh.
Apologies to Yo Yo Ma. Sir, one of my self-imposed rules for my “n.e.s.” series is to draw it without looking at any photo source. Some day I hope to do a portrait of you that is worthy of you.
Rules are not made to be broken. They are made to be kept. Nevertheless they are broken. The breakers of the rules are scofflaws and/or the new rulemakers.
Don’t pry Mary, nor suck on Dairy, saith the Pundick.
“In medias res” is Latin for “In the middle of things.” If the movie you’re watching starts with a guy falling toward the ground without a parachute, apparently to his doom, and he’s wearing a tutu and has explosives strapped to him, the moviemakers have put you in medias res without a paddle.
I suddenly find that my 1500th blog post is here. Often on even-hundreds posts I will have some theme: #100 was about my daughter Kate, #600 was about Gratitude, etc. This time round I had my enigmatic “n.e.s.” series going, and though I have high hopes for some worthwhile things occurring in many of the 480 segments, the series is really more preparatory than valedictory. I hope by its end to have the chops to launch some sequential art–either a graphic novel or a continuing comic book–with no hint of “Amateur Night” to it. And I will mine the segments for themes, dialogue, and layouts.
Meanwhile, we are in medias res with segment #21 of 480…
“Words, words, words.” Hamlet, scornfully
Further, Deponent saith not.
Here is some minimalism, and yet still content-rich enough to include a bad pun.
