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I was ‘barely old.’

In 2015, when I did this drawing, I was barely old.

Leonard Cohen already said the more poetic almost young.

Ten years later & more than barely old I am committed to my most energy-intensive work to date.

A whirlwind out-of-the-blue arrived to stir the cauldron.

I completed a large work which became the first half of an unexpected diptych.

Work #1 (of the diptych) discussed here.

Work #2 (of the diptych) discussed here.

When I made the first mark on the first roll of paper, I sensed the volume of energy arising.

The whirlwind stirred up a triptych. An unexpected triptych.

One-third of my way into the final roll of 5′ X 33′ paper, I needed to deal with matters requiring my attention.

Celtic bird-man (in warm black watercolour) is where & when the project paused on Work #3.

This pause allows me time to imagine & sketch multiple possibilities. Unexpected possibilities.

I will complete this daunting 5′ X 100′ work as soon as possible.

This posting is an update of a previous posting.

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The Pen & the Plan: @ 50% Complete

I am now 50% complete working on the B&W roll of 5′ X 33-35′ paper. When I complete this second roll of paper I will have a diptych. I considered a triptych but talked myself out of it.

Brushwork with inks & gouache + drawing with water-soluble graphite pencils create different blacks and different whites in contrast.

I repeat & develop two images that begin the first blue roll of paper. The moon-ish figure and the dna figure (below) & seen above.

https://poemimage.com/2023/05/01/druidica-blue-deja-vu-cave-art-for-the-new-psyche/

A fountain springs from ‘bird-human’s’ hand and at the same time is a swan’s neck.

Within the fountain or swan’s neck a series of images depict a beast ‘vomiting’ a seed which shoots into the earth (mound), takes root and rises.

The green bit of tape shows the 17′ mark. Animal shapes and double faces. A joker or fool. Figures in the mound. ‘Watery spray’ opening into what comes next…

Being 50% complete with this roll of paper equals being 50% through completing a triptych. The plan is for visual poetry on the third roll of paper. The challenge now, in completing the second roll of paper, is to move away from intricate detail.

The idea is to keep track of my hours (with the pen & the book) *after* each day’s effort.

I’ve organized (with high-tech paper clips) the rough sketches and ideas to complete the second roll of paper. I don’t know yet how I’ll use these ideas – deliberately composing or spontaneously expressing.

Previously in progress:

Beginning where I left off @ 25% with this face & beginning to elaborate.

Ceremonial crown inspired by the European deer-god idea Cernunnos. Antlers look branch-like as well.

Check out the previous work on this B&W roll of paper (and the blue roll of paper preceding it) @ https://poemimage.com/2024/01/25/the-pen-the-book-the-plan/