08-12-05
poor robin
digital photograph with audio

I was trying to avoid thinking of death that day. Then I found Poor Robin by my door.

(Click image to hear song. Music by Flat Old World. The song is "as old as the hills and not written by anyone." Recording copyright 1993, Rag & Bone Shop Music/BMI. www.ragandboneshop.com)

self portrait
pencil and ink on paper

I was thinking about how the past connects to the present, and how I got from there to here in terms of creativity, experience, and aesthetic development. It seemed to make some sense and left me curious about where I might be with it twenty years from now. For once I felt able to look at my own history a bit more kindly--probably a fleeting occurrence.

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