So I’ve decided that I actually am really enjoying making these doodles or drawings or whatever they are- it’s sort of meditative and calming to just start moving the pen and see what happens and I want to do more of it. I think I’ve harbored a lot of bad ideas about drawing- that it should look like something and not just be random marks. And that’s why I’ve tended to think that I hate drawing and am not good at it- it is simultaneously boring and frustrating for me to do realistic drawings; because I already know what it’s supposed to look like I don’t even want to bother because there’s no surprise or evolution in it, and also I’m not very good at making things look realistic and the less it looks like what it’s supposed to look like the more annoying it is, even if I’m not even all that interested in making something that looks like something. What a mess. So I bought myself this gorgeous book and I’m just going to start drawing or doodling or making marks or whatever and see what happens. No collaging, no painting, no cutting pages up. I’ll post photos as I go.

Snow! Just enough to make the trees look pretty.

Decorative scrollwork on the Macy’s building. I love this sort of architectural detailing, which just isn’t done anymore.

Bottom of a glass jar.

Giant bowl that I’ve had since college. I bought it specifically to make ramen noodles in. Now I use it at work for morning oatmeal.

Some lovely metal bits from Philadelphia Salvage- soon to become jewelry!