Adaptation or Impossibility?
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
Adaptation
Symbolic drawing of a bird with human characteristics in a nest made of bricks. Graphite pencil on Canson Mi-Tientes paper
Adapting and being flexible beyond our capabilities results in the loss of the essence of who we are to the point of impossibility.
This image began as two unrelated sketches on the same sheet of paper. I had drawn the sketch of the bird and at some point, I drew a human face on it out of curiosity and whim. The bricks were for another idea I had and suddenly, on my way into the kitchen to make coffee, this image flashed in my minds eye, for no seeming rhyme or reason. I love it when that happens because then all you have to do is put the image down on paper.
Here is the sheet of sketches:
Rough Sketches
Graphite pencil on bond paper
