Last night Meg and I watched Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool on PBS and this morning I drew a zine about him for Owen’s lunch.

One thing I had completely forgot was that he started drawing and painting in his 50s. He said he thought painting helped with his “demons.” He wrote in his autobiography:

“It keeps my mind occupied with something positive when I’m not playing music. I get obsessed with painting just like I get obsessed with music and everything else that I care about.”

A couple of his drawings:

(The one on the left reminds me a little of Kafka’s drawings, and the one on the right a little of Miguel Covarrubias.)

You can see more of the paintings here and in Miles Davis: The Collected Artwork.