The above is a snapshot of where I’m at in my sketching. While I would love – and will continue to aspire to – sketch nice scenes of trees (really, just trees, nothing too fancy) I keep coming back to these little efforts that make me smirk.
Do people groan at visual puns? I’d really like to know.
I’ve been doodling things like the above for years but never put one in my sketchbook til this week. I was sitting there thinking: Be inspired. Be inspired. When some other part of me spoke up and said: Y’know, it’d be funny if…
A few years ago, I came across William Steig’s book The Lonely Ones in which he draws caricatures of emotions like greed and envy. Totally kindred spirits. A sort of visual poetry, a bit campier than Magritte.
Here is a drawing inspired by this week’s poem by Bill Knott.
As Usual – Bill Knott *
Immediately I’m dead
Body laid out straight
Please don’t hesitate
Just cut off my head
Lift it and lay it a foot
Or so below my feet
Shift it till I look like
An exclamation mark
Overt sign of joy pain
Surprise consternation
Despair exuberance
As usual a metaphor
Meant to make up for
My lack of coherence
***
Happy cohering!
Jose
* from his book The Unsubscriber
The Friday Influence 
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