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All of these are in ink pen in my 5×7″ sketchbook. Most are from life, some are from photos I took, and one is from a photo by someone else. I was walking through the lovely Warehouse District of Minneapolis after the march on January 23, wondering how I was going to hail a ride given how much the -20 F weather had drained my phone battery, but too high from the company of marchers to really fret. I looked up and saw a beautiful, pink, spiral fire escape, and (since I wasn’t going to stand there and draw) dug out my phone to snap it for later, but remembered that my phone wasn’t up for a text, much less a photo. I found a spot in the warm, my phone recovered, I got my ride, and once back in my friend’s home I looked up the fire escape. It was so noticeable that I was not surprised to find several photos. Gratitude to Kelly Schnell, who posted an excellent one in her Flickr account.
All ink pen on 5″ x 7″ or 17 x 17 cm sketchbook paper.
My period had come for Prayer—
No other Art—would do—
My Tactics missed a rudiment—
Creator—Was it you?
God grows above—so those who pray
Horizons—must ascend—
And so I stepped upon the North
To see this Curious Friend—
His House was not—no sign had He—
By Chimney—nor by Door
Could I infer his Residence—
Vast Prairies of Air
Unbroken by a Settler—
Were all that I could see—
Infinitude—Had’st Thou no Face
That I might look on Thee?
The Silence condescended—
Creation stopped—for Me—
But awed beyond my errand—
I worshipped—did not “pray”—
I did draw on Monday as I promised myself, though not as intensively as I do when I’m face to face with a model and surrounded by other artists hard at work. At home, there are the siren temptations of the kitchen (I’ve been drawing for ten minutes! I deserve a pot of chai!) and Perry v. Schwarzenegger (no, I can’t just listen to the radio and draw–I have to leap up and argue with the attorneys!). And this model does not sit still very long, so it was largely an exercise in 10-second gesture drawings. However, she finally slept in one position long enough for me to draw the one on the bottom right. Using the broad edge of a charcoal stick instead of a pencil was the key to showing fur in a way I’ve never managed before. Joy really likes this, so I’m going to dig out the fixative and give it to her for her office.
Sermons in Stones 
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