The Advice Columnist

Take a generous helping of Chaos (This is Life)…

Add your thoughts, daydreams, all you've learned…

And try to stay upright and balanced…

With the full awareness of the meaninglessness of it all.

Salut!
"Unsubstantial Things"
colored pencil, watercolor, ink, acrylic
09-14-13

Little Dragon's Little Fire

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Little dragon cheered up in front of the small fire
09-04-13
mixed media

Godforsaken

"A 'godforsaken' place? Oh no. The hunting is really good here"
mixed media
09-01-13

How can any place be "godforsaken?" God is in everything, even this abandoned field and that forbidding chateau in the distance. In the field, mice scurry and horde grain and prepare for winter. The hollow tree is filled with brown leaves and dry rotted wood. Mrs. Owl thinks this tree will be very cozy.  She also thinks that the cook in the forbidding chateau might have some scraps of fish on Fridays and that Tern ought to inquire. Godforsaken? It's an impossibility since God (whatever God is!) is everywhere and is incapable of leaving or forsaking anything. So, get moving. Don't blame your bad mood on God!. Things might just work out.

Mrs Owl
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Owl and Tern
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A "forbidding" chateau
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The Quiet Bird

"A Quiet Bird in A Quiet Place"
mixed media
8/20/13

Crystal Cities (August 2013 update)

08-10-2013
watercolor and charcoal, wax resist

I began drawing these types of pictures I call "Crystal Cities" in late 2008.
I have most of them archived on flickr: paintings | sculpture | exhibitions.

They took on a very special life of their own through 2009 and 2010. Then other subjects captured my interest and I lost the original fire the Crystal Cities had for me. But I come back to them eagerly as I see fit. These two are from my sketchbook and were made in the last few weeks. There will be more. I have grand plans for them still.

I hope your summer is still fine. Bonne journée!

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08-08-2013
colored pencil

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