I’m reading Olga Tokarczuk’s epic, The Books of Jacob, set in the 1700s in an area that’s now mostly Poland and Ukraine. The borders are ever-shifting, but unlike now, in that pre-industrial time, animals are ever-present in daily life. Actual animals and ones made by art to stand in for either people or their ideas andContinue reading “Animal”
Monthly Archives: March 2022
Israel Travelogue (2008)
December 25-26th The first leg of the flight, terminating in Madrid, Spain, is uneventful. Three of its eight hours are killed by two dreadful Hollywood offerings: The Rocker starring Rainn Wilson as a middle-aged loser who lives out his dream by playing in his nephew’s rock band, followed by The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2, in whichContinue reading “Israel Travelogue (2008)”
Five steps in drawing the mouth
I’ve been plundering how-to-draw books for phrases and diagrams to collage. It feels right because it fits with the book I’ve been working on and also because it’s a thing I’ve thought about forever and ever: can art be taught? I believe you can train a chimp to render a “realistic” likeness, but is thatContinue reading “Five steps in drawing the mouth”