When the Halsmans Met the Nabokovs
I had the opportunity to write about Philippe Halsman’s portraits of Vladimir Nabokov. The story’s up at Magnum Photos.
Post-It Doodle of a Building That Wakes Up
Post-It doodle of a building that wakes up to a bear mowing its rooftop lawn
Here it is before the colors came in:
Recent Post-It Doodles
Here are some of the doodles I’ve done recently — they include an iguana who borrowed your lanyard to get into a conference for free and a moray eel who is really into Pavement.
Another Social Media Break
I like to go on little social media breaks now and then, which means that all the stuff I’d usually post on Twitter or Instagram or whatever gets moved to over here, though the index card below and nearly all the Post-It doodles in the next post were up on the usual places.
Index Card With Everything I'm Doing at AWP
Here’s everything I’m doing at AWP (the more readable version is in the events page)! Are you going? Please say hi! I’d love to see you!
Today's Index Card on the Difficulty of Transitions When You Are Three And Also When You're an Adult
And also when you are a writer
Today's Index Card: A Topology of All Possible Sequels
A topology of all possible sequels.
Today's Post-It Drawing of a Lonely Double-Breasted Blazer
Today’s drawing of a double-breasted blazer in a closet in Ft. Lauderdale idly wondering whatever became of his owner.
Here’s the pre-coloring-pencils version:
Today's Index Card on Imitation Slippage
I tried and failed to draw a Ray Johnson snake from memory:
Which led me to think about failed Johnson bunnies and also U2’s Zooropa spaceman doodle that I copied and messed with until it became a dude buried at the bottom of a page:
Today's Drawing of the Lizard People's Inevitable Invasion of Earth
Today’s Post-It doodle of the lizard people’s inevitable invasion of earth:
And here are the lizard people in black and white:
Today's Best Snowy-Day Stick
Snow! Stick!
Today's Best Drawing of a Seahorse Who Is Really Into Pavement
The all-ink/no-color version follows below.
