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Nina Simone

To love somebody - Nina Simone

Nina Simone

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Here's another one.

I should maybe do more of these.

Untitled

red and black sharpies on manila paper

Los Angeles 2018

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New Mexico

red and black sharpie

Somewhere in New Mexico 2010

In 2010 I moved from Miami Florida to Los Angeles California. It was a great trip. I packed all my stuff in my Honda and took two months off to drive across the country.

I wound up spending most of my time camping out in the mountains of New Mexico. I was traveling by mysef and let me tell you, sleeping alone in the pitch black darkness of the New Mexican wilderness was .... creepy.

Whoa.

I remember one day I decided to go for a hike. I walked up a mountain trail following a small creek into the wilderness. After I had wandered for a few miles I found, growing by the water, a wild cherry tree covered with cherries. The cherries were ripe and almost black and so sweet.

So I sat down by the creek and made a lunch of wild cherries and cool mountain stream water. In the middle of the wilderness. No one there except for me and God.

Me, somewhere in Nevada. 2010

During my trip I drew in my moleskine a lot. It was during that trip that I hit upon drawing with red and black sharpies. The above drawing is from my moleskine. I was feeling deep into the colors and imagery of the American Southwest.

I've returned to this motif several times since then. Here is one I did around 2016.

Arizona

red and black sharpie on manila paper

Los Angeles 2016

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Random pencil drawings

pencil drawings

Los Angeles and Calbayog City

Just for fun.

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ROCKERS, the movie

If you've never watched it, watch it.

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Ballpoint pen, Calbayog City, 2024

Ballpoint pen, Calbayog City, 2024

Ballpoint pen, Calbayog City, 2024

Our bedroom floor, Calbayog City, 2024

Our bathroom wall, Calbayog City, 2024

Recent drawings and photos.

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Peyote memories

ballpoint pen and alcohol

Calbayog City 2024

I think the only mind altering substance that I truly miss from my misspent youth is peyote.

Way back then, back before life's crushing journey had forced responsibility upon me, I found that next to the emotion of love, the mental state produced by consuming the peyote cactus was perhaps the most wonderful thing this side of paradise.

We, my friends and I, used to blend the peyote buttons in V8 juice.

We called it V9 juice.

"Watch out for that 9th vegetable," we would say.

And crack up.

Totally unrelated but here are a couple drawings I did this morning..

I don't know why but they got me thinking about psychedelics.

Peyote memories

ballpoint pen and alcohol

Calbayog City 2024

And yes, they do look similar. That's because I drew one of the drawings on the backside of the other drawing.

Why not? 🤣

Peyote buttons

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Tunji

The Band - The Weight

ballpoint pen and alcohol

Calbayog City 2024

I was fortunate enough to see The Band's farewell concert at the Hollywood Bowl in 1976. My friend's mother was a reporter for the LA Times and she had guest tickets but she couldn't go so she gave the tickets to us. It turned out the tickets were for the VIP section! What a great show. There we were, three crazy young hippies, high on peyote, sitting in front row center seats, along side a bevy of Hollywood dignitaries, digging The Band and all their guest artists.

Fond memory.

What a trip.

E ticket.

The Band

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Nuff respect for Donovan

Donovan - Season of the Witch (Official Audio)

Egon Schiele

ball point pen drawing in my moleskine

Tierra Mia Coffee, Echo Park, 2016

I love Egon Schiele. I made this drawing after one of his self portraits while sitting in a little cafe called Tierra Mia Coffee in Echo Park, Los Angeles.

Btw, Tierra Mia Coffee serves a Mexican Style Hot Chocolate that is perhaps the best hot chocolate on Earth. It's so delicious. Rich and creamy with little bits of chocolate. Seriously.

It's a nice place to draw too.

Here's another drawing I did that same morning.

Egon Schiele

pen drawing in my moleskine

Tierra Mia Coffee, Echo Park, 2016

Thank you Tierra Mia Coffee. I miss that place.

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Wicked game - Chris Isaak

ballpoint pen and alcohol

Calbayog City 2024

Today's drawing.

When I finished this drawing I had ink all over my hands and rubbing alcohol all over my lap... and a new face staring at me.

Art is magic.

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Excerpts from the Soundtrack of my life (210)

in no particular order. The Soundtrack of my Life continues…

Recent drawings

Nagai - Stronger

watercolor, ballpoint pen, colored pencils

Calbayog City 2024

Midnite - Jah umbrella

watercolor and ballpoint pen b&w

"Look into your eyes, see you are infinity" Vaughn Benjamin, Midnite/Akae Beka

Supplication

watercolor and ballpoint pen

Calbayog City 2024

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We, in this imminent fall, still dream

ballpoint pen and alcohol

Calbayog City 2024

Today's drawing

Cigarettes after sex - Opera House

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Kitten invasion

Every night I have two dinner companions. They love little bits of chicken or pork but their absolute favorite is shrimp. They go nutz for shrimp.

Don't Force Anything - Alan Watts

ballpoint pen and alcohol

Calbayog City 2024

Drawings from yesterday

Ink and alcohol

Calbayog City 2024

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ballpoint pen and alcohol

Calbayog City 2024

I tinkered with this drawing a lot. To the point where the paper is falling apart.

Audioslave - I am the Highway

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ballpoint pen

Calbayog City 2024

Our kitten invasion continues. There are three of them. All three grey and white and all three little bundes of kitten energy.

And cute.

I call this one Spider.

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pencil drawing in my Moleskin

Calbayog City 2024

We are reborn in our children.

pencil drawing in my Moleskine

Calbayog City 2024

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The 90s Song Ever - Quarterfinals 1

As usual, listen to both songs before voting, and define "better" any way you wish! (Although by now, you've probably heard all these songs many times over.)

A blue, so long ago

colored pencil and black sharpie

Calbayog City 2024

The Philippine Sea is a deep almost violet blue.

It came to me in a dream once.

And now I'm here.

But I'm not there.

And isn't that where I've always been?

This drawing is pretty much done, but it's not done.

In any case, I've moved on to the next piece.

Write that on my tombstone.

Samar, Philippines 2024

Akae Beka - The Earth is the Lord

I tried so hard and got so far

But in the end it doesn't even matter

I had to fall to lose it all

And in the end it doesn't even matter

Linkin Park - In The End (Mellen Gi & Tommee Profitt Remix)

Dédicace

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Un Amour Perdu

Depuis

Bien longtemps

The Little Dog

black sharpie

Hollywood 2017

I used to draw this little dog. I just thought he was cute that's all. Then one day I posted the above drawing to a Facebook group and not only did the drawing get removed but I got kicked out of the group! It was kind of funny 😎

Here he is again!

The Little Dog again

black sharpie

Los Angeles 2017

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Surrender

pen and ink on drawing paper

Calbayog City 2024

The ink does what it will. I just try to help.

Lost cause - Beck

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ballpoint pen and alcohol

Calbayog City 2024

I drew this this morning.

It's ugly and it's beautiful.

Sufjan Stevens - The Transfiguration

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Candy says - The Velvet Underground

pen and ink

Calbayog City 2024

Somewhere between right and wrong there exists a sweet spot.

Candy Says.

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Reading tea leaves

ballpoint pen and alcohol

Calbayog City 2024

These drawings are like reading tea leaves. I draw a bit then I splash alcohol on it and see what the smearing tells me to do next. This particular drawing I actually made on the backside of another drawing using the bleed through. Really fun when a face starts looking back at me..

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Snail shells

watercolor and pen

Los Angeles 2018

These were fun to draw