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The Way-Back-in-the-Woods Pines
I haven’t done a water study in a while. Feels like a good morning for a bunch of unconnected sketches.
The finger of water roved over the hard packed dirt like an ant scout looking for the lowest path. In places it paused for orders—or more volume—then ranged forward enthusiastically.
The refraction of the plexiglass merged effortlessly [...]
Speaking of Coupling
Yesterday was not what I’d planned. I meant to write about the dialogue of Coupling. Watching Star Wars: Episode II last night reminded me. It turns out that no matter how much glamor you throw up on the screen to dazzle the audience, you can still fail big because you can’t get the right words [...]
Day 97: Five More Water Sketches
The home stretch to Day 100 is proving tough indeed. Think of this a regrouping.
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The morning water draws a line from bank to bank. Bare aspens stagger out of the beaver pond and climb up the flooded slope. The edge is crisped with ice.
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The first pellet of rain draws a line from [...]
Day 89: Five Times with Water
The dip and the stoke of the paddle in the clear mountain lake hypnotized me. Gravel, rocks, and boulders glided beneath me. Their refracted positions making them look magnified. I hardly noticed as the level surface before me bent sinuously into a hole of falling water.
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Plap, plap, plap, plap. Wake waves splashed out a brief [...]
Five Times with Air