The Book of Symbols, Day 44: Salt

Day 44: Salt, prismacolor pencil, 7x7 in., Otto

The alchemists were aware of the paradoxical properties of salt:  it is necessary to life and poisonous; it enhances food and can make it bitter, it stings and it heals, it kills microbes and can destroy tissue.

- ARAS

The Book of Symbols, Day 9: Comet

Day 9: Comet, prismacolor pencil, gel pen, 6x6 in., Otto

What we now know about comets is that seemingly random, they actually make cyclical returns; perhaps the changes they portend can all be said to have continuity, to be part of a larger pattern.

- ARAS

The Book of Symbols, Day 6: Moon

Day 6: Moon, prismacolor pencil, 6x6 in., Otto

And still, in the night sky, her "same clear glory extends for ten thousands miles."   - Tu Fu, Full Moon

The Book of Symbols, Day 2: Breath

Day 2: Breath, prismacolor pencil collage,6x6 in.,Otto

The Tao is the breath that never dies.  
It is Mother to all creation. 

- Tao Te Ching

Organize That!

Did I mention I've been (re)organizing my studio?

Yes, yes I have... 


( there are those lousy Prismacolor graphite pencils which I'm going to give away, the great Faber-Castel 9000 graphite pencils in the tin, and the absolutely fabulous Tombow Mono Professional drawing pencils in that nifty black roll-up)  

Here we have just one layer of my gel pens - in color wheel order, of course...

dry pigment in bottles from my days of making egg tempera paint from scratch...

and piles of various drawing materials through the ages.

Inkling Note: more moon phases

here's my clear light image which ended up looking like a lunar eclipse,

or a crescent moon...















and this obsession with moon phase watches clearly continues...




just check this out!












Now this is what I desire most -

a watch that shows me the day of the week and the month of the year
(both spelled out as words, not just as numbers!)...

the date, the phase of the moon, the hour of the day...

and has a second hand - so I can tell if the whole thing is working or not!





and this guy is definitely out of this world!