The New Year

I am suddenly so sad today. It's that vague but crushing sadness of the New Year;  a Sunday sadness that knows your real name and pulls without words, but remorselessly, and with a precision that feels like Love. It feels like having to say goodbye (to what?) when you're not ready to say goodbye. A… Continue reading The New Year

a creative dilemma

Friday night. After midnight. Increasingly aware (on account of my poor typing these past few days- I miss the proper keys!) that my fingernails seem to grow like weeds again. Like it's summer again. Been stretched a bit thin lately, again– working on a number of projects for clients (four web sites, the museum, a… Continue reading a creative dilemma

the heat of summer…

and I hear fireworks in the distance. Summer.

I should have gone for a bike ride, or walked to the park– something outside, as it’s another beautiful day.

But I've been sitting here in front of the computer all day, getting very little done; seemingly no great ideas to add to my current projects, and utterly uninspired. Stuck. Stalled. Frustrating to attempt to be productive and fail.

Tempuratures at an all-time high

Another drawing-in-progress of an old photo– Update: click to see finished drawing. Well, it's no longer winter, but this drawing remains (as yet) unfinished. In other news, more of the same: strange, unsettling dreams to accompany the busy time that is Spring. No complaints!  I would add some of the dreams here, but there is… Continue reading Tempuratures at an all-time high

darkness in sleep

Ghastly and morbid, dreams of the past few days. Mutation, illness and other catastrophes have been casting themselves against a backdrop of art, work and money. May none of them prove portentious!

Burning the candle at both ends

February sped past, huh? I know, I'm always writing about T I M E. The graphic design business has picked up again– here i am suddenly working on about seven or eight projects at once, after the dearth of projects that was known as January. It goes this way. Additionally I have been working on… Continue reading Burning the candle at both ends

winter

At times anxiety sets in. At times, everything feels uncertain. Winter is not a great time for such feelings, but is often the setting in which they arise. The early darkness, the lull of the post-holidays; any number of things can be contributing factors. Time to stay busy and active.

Twas last year at around this time

That i began *anew* this blog (on WordPress). How quickly a year passes! I've just had a glance through things in blog form, having begun this dubious experiment in '05, and it has been helpful in the recollecting but I'll add that it's also made the space of nearly five years feel rather compressed. One… Continue reading Twas last year at around this time

Looking forward