As can be witnessed by my portfolio of work - I also like painting skulls with meat on them - often referred to as 'faces'. I've been drawing faces - copying them from comics and magazines since I was about fourteen. I find there a few things more dynamic and engaging. Evocative, full of character. Somehow, skulls too, can have plenty of character.
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I was thinking when I woke up this morning about the process of writing this blog. Why I do it and what I anticipate can be gained by it. One thing interesting, I can say is that I recently found an journal from when I was about 24 - in a poem I was questioning why I write - why I speculate about existence - asking what it all means. I really enjoyed re-reading what I had written from the perspective of nearly three decades later.
I have done many things, experienced much over the last few decades. Some of it much more exciting and wonderful than ever expected. Some trying times, too. Worse than anticipated. Of course, for every path chosen, there are ten others that are sacrificed. When one gets older it's easy to look back at certain forks in the road and think 'what if..."