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Saturday Art
Here's a comic instead of something else. As you might be able to tell, I've been reading Lynda Barry recently (if I could I'd send a copy of One Hundred Demons to everyone I know).
posted by Kaela | 1:34 PM
8 Comments:
Wow.
These are intense in their deceptive simplicity.
I think that state of mind you're talking about is what Zen folk call Flow -- a surrendering to the activity of the moment, when past and future (and therefore anxiety and regret) drop away and all there is, is what is. I seek it too.
That last cartoon looks especially like you somehow.
I'm gonna go hurt myself now, I think...
If you replace "art" with "writing," it's the story of my life.... Well, except the part about going to the beach.
Except now that I'm on a break from writing, I've been more relaxed about things. I keep meaning to blog about my "break."
I like the cartoon format! Is it something you've done before, or an experiment?
i have long been of the opinion that kaela should draw comics. not to say that you shouldn't do other art, kaela, but i've always liked your comicky things.
possibly i semi-secretly would like to draw comics, and if i could draw comics like you do, i *so* would.
Yes, blog about your break. I'm curious now. Reasons? Intentions?
me, too.
mom
(thanks for all the nice words!)
I've never done a frame by frame comic like this but I've been reading about them A LOT recently. My thoughts were beginning to take on the format of a comic strip so I just wrote them down. I'll have to try it again next time I have something to say.
Your cartoon has a lot of character. You manage to express so much, with such simple lines. I'm not sure how you accomplish it, but its amazing.
As for feeling as if you need an escape, I think we all feel like that sometimes, even if we are sure we are the only one. Have you ever tried, meditating or yoga? The good feelings you experience from running and art sound kind of like the Buddhist "being in the moment". It's something to thimk about.
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