The Great Sea
“I was one of the Great Seas,” he said. “But those days are long gone.
I am just a man now… a wrinkled old man.”
Then he walked away, leaving behind a trail of fish-shaped smoke.
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Illustration Friday – Primitive
I’ve chosen the definition “early in the history of the world”
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Paradise Lost
That day he felt that the weight of the whole world was pressing down on him.
It was the day that he lost everything.
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Illustration Friday – Heavy
Sky’s Wish
There was once a girl from the sky who wished to touch the ocean
and her tears fell from a cloud when she was sad.
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Waking
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
I learn by going where I have to go.
- Theodore Roethke
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Abandon
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pencil, acrylic and tea wash on old book paper
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Yellow Sea
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Her theory was that the color of the sea changed
according to how you felt when you were near it.
The sea was yellow for her that day.
A boy had given her a pretty flower
and it made her feel happy and sunshiney.
Illustration Friday – Theory
Little Wanderer
The little wanderer wants to visit a star but there are so many.
Should she choose the red one that smiles or
the white one that winks or the blue one that reminds her of home?
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Illustration Friday – Choose
Inspire Me Thursday – Whimsy
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acrylic on paper
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Night
Night was her only blanket.
She begged him to take her away.
Illustration Friday – Blanket
Inspire Me Thursday – Nervous
acrylic on paper
