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Let’s be enemies!
Over the past few years, we’ve moved cities, homes, neighborhoods quite frequently. Every new house needs a new social life, but before we’ve been able to settle down to do that, we’ve moved again. Here are some drawings from a couple of years ago when we had just moved to yet another new house.
[It’s been so long since I made any friends that I’ve forgotten what one does with them…until I read this book with Orin yesterday: Let’s be enemies by Maurice Sendak. Friends do things together – like playing and birthday cakes and making sand castles.]
[I wonder what activities a solitary person like me will do with a friend? Work? Draw? Eat. Talk. Cook. Watch a movie? I need to do more things. I need to make new friends.]
“She always believes the solution lies outside herself. Tsk.”
Anteater
A life’s achievement
[Soo: Do you think I’ll ever achieve anything in my life?
Anteater: Hmm. Why don’t you? Why doesn’t everybody?]
No expectations
[Anteater: She doesn’t remember me when she’s happy – but it doesn’t matter. I’m happy loving her with no expectations.
Soo: Aww…I’ve just been working hard, that’s all.]
Monday with the anteater
Most of you know that the anteater suddenly landed up in my sketchbook way back in 2009. I like to think that he is the representation of all my absent friends, and for me, drawing a conversation with him is like getting a hug!
Here’s one from a Monday:
[Anteater: What are you up to?
Soo: I’m being exasperated.
Anteater: Aha. I’m being zen.]
His smugness kills me. And here’s another one (drawn for you, pacificleo!)
[Soo: I’m waiting for you to talk to me…
Anteater: Hmmm…?]
“There’s always resurrection after tragedy”
There’s a constant tussle between the anteater and me – he with his Stoic outlook in life and me with my existential angst. But then again, he has answers for every situation in life – which can be useful if you’re not given to much reflection.
So people like me, seek out the one with the answers – there’s time yet for the ones with questions.
Title by Maira Kalman from a Creative Mornings talk.
Lazy lines
So we got together and started a drawing club on weekends. Here are some sheets from my first session.
Conversation with the anteater, part 9
The feature: Technocrats on the Juice
Previous conversations
Part 1, July 2009 | Part 3, July 2009 | Part 5 , September 2009 | On Motivation, May 2010 | Creative block, Sept 2010
Advice from the anteater
A few months ago I was struggling to change my default drawing style. Since I started drawing with a Lamy my drawing has plateaued.
I guess this must be what he’s looking at
But anyway instead I read Elmer.
And I’m still on the plateau.
