itesser ink: progress, uncensored

I'm posting a little early today because my brain is working differently today. Normally I spend my time drawing, reading, listening, thinking and make notes on post its that I stick to my walls. Over 300 sticky thoughts cling on various surfaces in my office, each containing a singular plot or idea I want to explore in the future.

Most of them are beginnings, some are character points, some are bits of dialog or quotes, and a few are just imagery or odd collections of words.

Today, however, I have been presented with, instead of 100 words or less of contained idea, broad themes with a variety of angels. I'm not on plot points, I'm thinking in terms that term papers are written about. Term papers, theses, dissertations. The big things.

I read about death at the Cabinet of Wonders that spoke in many ways about how humans look at death, both through the lenses of religion and capitalism. It made me both want to read more about death, and to cling to life by enjoying it with focus, especially with the people I'm closest to.

Now I'm listening to Charlie Rose interview the Dalai Lama, and I'm thinking about diplomacy and all the ways details surrounding Tibet/China can be adopted, adapted, interpreted, and spun. This interview is another something that makes me realize what big deals diplomacy and foreign relations are.

Also, more drawing. Drawing is still happening.