illustration friday: magnify

Objects in water (like our problems) often appear larger than they are.

"the last straw"

hint: salvation is always around the corner

Mom, still thinking about you

August 21, 2003 is the day my mom passed away. Life has never been the same.

Illustration Friday - Caution

Caution: one day things are all bright and cheery and the next thing you know, kaboom.

(So enjoy each moment!)

Willie's moleskine - The Movie!

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A different kind of list

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Illustration Friday: Impatience

Not worthy. The worst kind of impatience is when I'm impatient with me. Which is often. (I'm working on it!) :-)

illustration friday: modify

Home sweet home.

Ok, I know this is a bit morbid (and existential). Or at least it seems that way. But consider that when we die, our bodies are modified in a new way, and if we are able to accept the reality of our own dying, living becomes more meaningful. And (as some Buddhists say) if we become comfortable with the notion of the impermanence of everything, it is easier to let go of attachments, and attachment is what causes suffering.

How's that for a cheery way to start a Friday!!! :-)))))

why can't my head and body get together?

illustration friday: IDLE

Another day, another starbux...

3 x 2

Sandy and Tricia, Berry and Jim, Elahe and Mike.

"Love is an exploding cigar we willingly smoke."
--Lynda Barry

Illustration Friday - tango

So, this was drawn in a tiny cafe called Pan Y Arte in the Boedo district of Buenos Aires, Argentina, the birthplace of the TANGO! :-)

Illustration Friday - hollow

Is it just me, or does life seem hollow sometimes?

a drawing of a painting by joaquin torres-garcia

four faces x 2

eight on the eighth? :-)

Illustration Friday - Shaky

Some days it's so heavy that my legs are shaky.

Illustration Friday - worn

This is a painting called "It all looks different now that mom has cancer." I realize now (mom's been gone for almost 6 years) that I'm wearing different "glasses" now, and it feels a lot less dark than it did then. Still miss you mom!

Illustration Friday - drifting

as usual, my mind is drifting... ;-)

Illustration Friday - unfold

Death changes people. It is one of the most profound ways in which life unfolds.

Hug someone today. And remember all there is to be grateful for. :-)

Illustration Friday - craving

Imagine having all the things you crave. Yum.

i have no idea what this is

Illustration Friday - adapt

I'm out of the comfort zone. So I'll have to adapt. :-)

Have you taken a risk lately?

3 hairballs

Illustration Friday - cracked

Can you crack the code of this message to fellow blogger Rottentuna?

current state of affairs

san francisco highlights (heart still there)

To see more, check out the set at flickr. :-)

Illustration Friday - contagious

No escape.

My optimism is contagious. ;-)

how exactly does one hold that thought?

Illustration Friday - parade

breakfast with Bill

I rarely post drawings as fresh as this one. Had breakfast with Bill Ross, fellow blogger, illustrator, deep thinker and aspiring screenwriter. If you look closely you might just recognize this sketch here. :-)

Illustration Friday - heirarchy

It's all about choices, ain't it? :-)

poo hoo

The colonoscopy that never happened. Thank goodness. :-)

always changing

Photos from the Deep Ellum arts festival.

Illustration Friday - theater

Lost on the way to the theater, where I have a part in a play, in which I play a man who is lost on his way to the theater. Again. Seems he is always lost.