Draw a picture of Batman

Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Kid drawings of Batman (from the #kidsdrawing tag on Instagram)

Here is how I think art works: If you’re depressed, draw a picture of Batman depressed. You’re still depressed, but now you have a picture of Batman.

Page from Lynda Barry’s “Let’s draw a car and then let’s draw Batman”

UPDATE (9/26/2019):

When I was visiting my mom’s house, we found this drawing of Batman from when I was six-years-old.

The morning after

Wednesday, December 26, 2018

“I take the opportunity each day offers.”
—Andy Goldsworthy

I usually feel a tremendous letdown the morning after Christmas — major “What next?” pangs — but this morning the sun came out so we walked our cranky selves down to the beach and made a bunch of driftwood sculptures. (This afternoon we might watch Rivers and Tides.)