Mystery And Manifestation

Blaze Foley - If I could only fly

black sharpie on paper

Monrovia 1996

Almost felt you touching me just now

Wish I knew which way to turn and go

Feel so good, then I feel so bad

Wonder what I ought to do

If I could only fly, if I could only fly

I'd bid this place goodbye

to come and be with you

But I can hardly stand,

I got no where to run

Another sinking sun,

one more lonely night

- Blaze Foley

black sharpie and colored pencils

Westwood 1986

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Uncomfortably human

ballpoint pen and alcohol

Calbayog City 2024

Self-concious raw desire is uncomfortably human - Anon

Sean, my 8yo son, told me this is the worst drawing I have ever done.

He might be right, but what does that mean̈?

Estas Tonne - Message from the stars

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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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pencil drawing in my Moleskin

Calbayog City 2024

For the past two days I've been playing with the zygomatic process. It gives some drama to a drawing. And I've always thought it had the coolest name in all of human anatomy.

This morning as I lay with my wife she thought I was massaging her head. And I was. But I was also appreciating her zygomatic process.

pencil drawing in my Moleskin

Calbayog City 2024

black pen & colored pencils, los angeles, 2013

Lines go where they want to. That's life.

There is no such thing as an incorrect line until another line is drawn next to it.

Colors, on the other hand, are like flavors.

Alpha Blonde - Jerusalem

black pen & colored pencils, los angeles, 2015

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Steve's mother

Ballpoint pen and red pencil

Calbayog City 2024

This drawing... I don't know.

But first off, I'm not Steve.

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A curious snail

Ballpoint pen

Los Angeles 2017

Do snails yearn?

Message to Michael by Dionne Warwick.

Love that song.

Do snails yearn?

Ballpoint pen

Los Angeles 2017

Come to me

OTIS REDDING

pencil drawing, calbayog, philippines, 2024

I haven't been drawing for a couple of weeks. I don't know why.

Shit happens. Sometimes shit doesn't happen.

This morning I went through some old drawings looking for inspiration and I found this drawing from last year.

I like this drawing. I probably shouldn't like it because it's half done, but who among us can claim to be complete?

And she talks to me. She has attitude. She's like a character from some hard boiled novel.

She exudes plot.

Magic that I will never fathom.

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if you look

black sharpie

Miami 2010

If you look closely at the edge of a black hole it becomes obvious that the entire universe is made of little tiny things.

black sharpie on manila paper

Miami 2010

Apocalypse

Cigarettes after sex - Apocalypse,

pencil drawing, calbayog city, 2025

Once upon a time we were alive,

and for just that moment,

we looked around, in awe.

Calbayog City, 2025

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