Falling Off.

So it appears I have fallen off of the bandwagon. I am struggling to get back on. Hopefully summer and my art class will help me along. In the meantime a little story-poem I wrote up a while ago. It needs more editing, as does everything I write, so I will put it up anyway.

A photo I took of a dear, lovely friend. She is blowing out a match, not smoking. I think she looks like a platinum ghost. 

Night Ghosts

While I waited across campus

For you and your three stripe sneakers

I saw two shimmering platinum ghosts

Umbrellaed by purple lantern light

They spoke in a soft hiss

With teeth of glass

And breath of smoke

I was hushed and still

But my bones trembled

They heard the trembling

And merged with shadows

Thrown on the damp asphalt

By swaying eucalyptus

On Saturday I was An Angel Shining Fair.

Here are some photos from a long time ago per usual. Campus in winter with a yellow theme.

   

 (an adorable member of the infamous gang of Berkeley squirrels.)

  

I posted this video for the sake of the song, The Boy Done Wrong Again by Belle and Sebastian, which is beautiful. I know nothing about the movie from which the clips are culled, except that it looks interesting, is called Boy A and it made me realize that every time I watch Andrew Garfield and think to myself that I don't like him I realize that in fact I like him a lot. Not sure where the initial distaste comes from. It's weird.

Working Late.

This is what happens when I work late and everyone else is leaving to enjoy the beautiful evening.

Verse About Springtime

“Blues will be had”
The choir sings
As I swan dive off endless balconies
Into balmy nights
And the most pleasant sense of unease

It's a Drag.

Despite the loveliest of sunshine these past days, things seem to be dragging. Summer couldn't come fast enough as far as I am concerned. This is a little sketch I did very closely based on some photographs by Andreas Laszlo Konrath, a photographer my sister introduced me too. His portraits remind me of how great faces are. You can see them all here under stories: http://www.andreaslaszlokonrath.com/

There is a very bizarre sort of perspective going on here, and they are strangely conjoined at the shoulder, but I am okay with it. It's not very original to draw someone else's photographs but I couldn't resist. Someday I will draw my own. 

And the song of today is.....

Spring Breaking.

Went on a little in-between rain walk with my sister. These are a few of the results.

She is the most beautiful of sisters. This week spent on the couch in my dripping wet hometown would've been unbearable without her. 

Soaked to the Bone.

Its been a rainy, lackluster spring break. Haven't done much of anything. Here's a little bit of a work in progress, taken up immediately after watching Jules et Jim. Oskar Werner has the face of angel. 

The drawing was inspired by this photo of him. The movie poster is also rather incredible.

And this is a rainy day song, performed by a very young Yves Montand. 

My One and Only.

A little something I got around to ripping out of my notebook and scanning. I suppose I have been watching too much Buster Keaton*.

(I apologize for the image quality. Low tech is the name of the game)

* The investigation continues, but as far as I can tell this may be impossible. He is just so wonderful to look at. Commence your own investigation here: