“Heavy is the head that wears the crown.” Any person who has been in a significant leadership position knows the meaning of that statement. A slightly modified version can be found all the way back in William Shakespeare's “Henry IV” and is often used to talk about the burden and difficulties of being a leader. Here … Continue reading A Reluctant King – Sheet-music Scribbles 2023
Purposefulness – Music-book Doodles 2022
I believe I've drawn this one before, maybe even a few times, but always with a different intention or meaning. This bird is intently moving forward towards its destination and the noise (music) of the world around it, won't distract it from its course. I'm feeling this is a subconscious message to myself in the … Continue reading Purposefulness – Music-book Doodles 2022
Vanishing Point, Up – Music-book Doodles 2022
In my frantic browsing on Pinterest, I often swipe past art that comes back to me later because of some unsuspected trigger. This is the case for a bunch of amorphous forms I've drawn... maybe the large block of colour behind them reminds me of Mark Rothko's fields of colour, where my imagination wanders in … Continue reading Vanishing Point, Up – Music-book Doodles 2022
Very Tall – Music-book Doodles 2022
In my frantic browsing on Pinterest, I often swipe past art that comes back to me later because of some unsuspected trigger. This is the case for a bunch of amorphous forms I've drawn... maybe the large block of colour behind them reminds me of Mark Rothko's fields of colour, where my imagination wanders in … Continue reading Very Tall – Music-book Doodles 2022
Passive Indifference – Music-book Doodles 2022
Maybe there are many stories to tell about these two who stand side-by-side; we can feel the attachment between them, the attachment they feel, but perhaps don't understand themselves. Both are looking straight ahead, but we can feel an intense awareness they have for the other's presence. If they had hands, we would surely see … Continue reading Passive Indifference – Music-book Doodles 2022
Happy Tummy – Music-book Doodles 2022
A minimally abstracted bird has eaten a very fulfilling meal of fresh worms and parts its tummy in satisfaction. Drawn intentionally as an ideograph (dfn: A symbol that represents an idea or a thing, rather than the sounds of a word, is called an ideograph. A smiley face emoji is an ideograph that represents happiness. … Continue reading Happy Tummy – Music-book Doodles 2022
Looking Back – Music-book Doodles 2022
Again, the possibility of building up tones and highlights with the simple wax crayon amazes me. I wasn't sure I could get the figure to appear on the surface of the green shape, if I started with my outline and then filled in the colours... So, I lightly coloured in the green square-ish shape, then … Continue reading Looking Back – Music-book Doodles 2022
Lonesome – Music-book Doodles 2022
The design comes from something I believe I saw (and probably saved) on Pinterest, and I played with it a little: the colours and dimensions are more my own. I think they're. may also have been something else in the inspiration: another bird or some detailed scenery... I don't recall. I feel the hazy, indistinct … Continue reading Lonesome – Music-book Doodles 2022
Head in the Clouds – Music-book Doodles 2022
Originally composed as a strange, bulbous figure with its head receding far into the vanishing point; signifying its mind was firmly lost in the clouds, as the expression goes. That is what I saw when I drew it, but that changed when one of my clever students turned the image upside down and declared it … Continue reading Head in the Clouds – Music-book Doodles 2022
Surprise – Music-book Doodles 2022
I just had an A-ha moment on this one... it reminds me of the little white antagonist in the old Pin k Panther cartoons: always with a look of angry indignation and incredulity. Maybe my bird just can't believe he was caught in a vulnerable pose; maybe there's a whole greater story going on outside … Continue reading Surprise – Music-book Doodles 2022
The New Renaissance Mindset 