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The power of rituals

Something old, something new So many things in our lives have (or are) rituals, most especially for the beginnings of things and the ends of things.  We have: weddings buying a house funerals Quinceañeras retiring having sex for the first … Continue reading

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Inspiration

1% Inspiration There’s been a “meme” floating around lately in which a friend gives you some words as topics to write on (usually a paragraph or so each).  One of the words I’ve seen floating around is inspiration. That word’s … Continue reading

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A tree made of vectors

Previously, on Ninth Circle … As I mentioned last Friday, I’ve finally seen a tutorial (youtube, long) that helped me find a way to vectorize line drawings that isn’t LiveTrace.  LiveTrace was, to put it charitably, a complete disaster.  Let’s just say that … Continue reading

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The Windblown Tree

Art, meet reality.  Reality, meet art. A while ago I posted a sketch of a “leaning” tree.  In fairly short order, one of my readers (hi Mom!) sent me a photo from a trip to the southernmost part of the … Continue reading

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One of these things is not like the others

Hoot! Hoot! My big news this week is that I bought a car.  Finally, after about three weeks since I knew my previous one was totaled. Unfortunately, it took a bit more money than I’d hoped, so if you’re feeling … Continue reading

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Silver on the tree

Fridays are for … foliage? In any case, this tree is an experiment with the silver pen I picked up recently – adding leaves and multicolor tree action. It’s sparse, but I think that works for it …. if there were … Continue reading

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