Bad Faery: drawing, illustration and studies with the Open University

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

The Big Draw: Day 22

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Music: ‘Gold Dust’, Tori Amos

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Tuesday, October 21, 2008

The Big Draw: Day 21

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Music: ‘Re: Stacks’, Bon Iver

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Monday, October 20, 2008

The Big Draw: Day 20

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Music: ‘He-War’, Cat Power

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Sunday, October 19, 2008

Seasonal detritus

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Having decided that I had spend quite enough time on thistles I went foraging for some new drawing subjects:

An ephemeral treasury of autumnal delights! And I am quite delighted with my finds, all gathered at the local park and well worth the torrential downpour I got caught it.

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The Big Draw: Day 19

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Fuchsia

Music: ‘Flume’, Bon Iver

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Saturday, October 18, 2008

The Big Draw: Day 18

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I decided that I had earned a break from the thistles…

Music: ‘I’ve Been Thinking’, Handsome Boy Modeling School feat. Cat Power

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Friday, October 17, 2008

The Big Draw: Day 17

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Bitter love, a violet with its crown
of thorns in a thicket of spiky passions,
spear of sorrow, corolla of rage: how did you come
to conquer my soul? What via dolorosa brought you?

Why did you pour your tender fire
so quickly, over my life’s cool leaves?
Who pointed the way to you? What flower,
what rock, what smoke showed you where I live?

Because the earth shook-it did-, that awful night;
then dawn filled all the goblets with its wine;
the heavenly sun declared itself;

while inside a ferocious love wound around
and around me-till it pierced me with its thorns, its sword,
slashing a seared road through my heart.
Pablo Neruda

Music: ‘Skinny Love’, Bon Iver

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