Today's Suit: Grey

"Something Fine" Givenchy et Hepburn...

"In the end, as in the best love affairs, the only ones who knew the truth about the relationship between Hubert and Audrey were Hubert and Audrey. One need only see them walking together along the Seine, two lions in Winter, Hubert, his arm protectively around Audrey, sheltering her as she confides in him."-Audrey Style book. Something so beautiful, I love this photo. It's like they're the only two people in the world to each other.

Saltwater..

I've been listening to this band, Beach House. and one song really struck me as how i feel.. It's eerie how some songs just speak to you at the right moment. There's some people in your life that no matter what happens, they'll always be a part of you. That everything you see, or hear or feel remind you of them somehow. and that no matter what happens, you're glad they've been a part of your life. and that you'll love them all the time. i hope she knows this..

"Love you all the time
Even though you’re not mine
Love you all the time
Dream I’m in the saltwater

Timing’s gone all bad
Broken faith and a broken way
You couldn’t lose me if you tried
‘Cos I’ll be rollin’ to your side, baby

Love you all the time
Even though you’re not mine
Love you all the time
Broken faith and a broken way

You couldn’t lose me if you tried"

Chairs.

Everywhere I turn, the world mirrors you.
The chair becomes filled with someone else to lose
Somehow the conscious becomes the unconscious
And all my truths will become a promise.

Sometimes I dream that I might forget you.
And friends becomes strangers that you just spoke to
Books were just words typed to impress the paper
And chairs were just places that you saved for someone later

Once i sat next to you but i was really sitting alone
You were like a story i heard a long time ago
Now we try to bring the memory back and it doesn't add up
You won't believe it hurts until my heart cries tears of blood

I write a letter to you and all my words come out wrong
And the days that were once short become so long
Why can't you see i didn't pull the chair out from you
And that one day i will give my freedom up as my proof.

I ask you not to close up our box of memories
When i hear your tears i feel you don't really believe.
You see one person doesn't always sit in a single seat.
The music will someday stop and i'll fall at your feet.

at your feet..

a special request

from the country of mali..

love series #2

Earlier i did a post wondering where love went when it dies.. now i know it doesn't die. it stays with us and allows us to wake up the next day and keeps us going. to quote paul mccartney "Don't ever ask me why. Lord, I never say goodbye to my love. It's understood, it's everywhere with my love. And my love, she does it good."

love..

There are so many types of love. you can be in love, a friendship love, a motherly/fatherly love and then there is the purist type of love. a love that knows no bounds. you shouldn't underestimate love.. for more on this topic see http://notesonlove.blogspot.com

Up to my eyelashes

bear + girl

Lonely bear

RAY C

6/17

Rules..

again..

more old stuff anew

NYE 2004

old drawings dug up..

I wonder why there's a you without a me.

So look at the pictures in reverse..
the poem goes..
i wonder where birds go when it rains
i wonder where the love goes when it doesn't feel the same
i wonder where the sun goes behind the sea
i wonder why there's a you without a me.

I wonder why the sun disappears behind the sea..

i wonder where love goes when it doesn't feel the same

i wonder where birds go when it rains..

mali sketch

part 2.

happy valentine's day

when stephanie lost her bangs

and we couldn't find them anywhere...

happy birthday mali!

happy birthday to mali!!

merry x-mas 2

x-mas surprises. :)

happy holidays.. part 1

you can't please everyone..

sometimes even the best intentions aren't pleasantly received..

thanksgiving..

it will be ok..

bring most unexpected results

Sometimes the randomest occurrences..

have you ever

seen someone and knew they were exactly right?

things don't always go your way..

everybody gets hurt sometimes...

Refining the style. the character is starting to take more of personality i think. a modern day charlie brown?

new beginning

switching up the drawing style. lil' eyes coming soon. listening to "so far away" by carole king. in that kind of mood these days. this contemplative, introspective, old record kind of mood. i think i ended up hurting someone's feelings these past few weeks. this character exemplifies how i feel.

necklace

sketches for a necklace collaboration with my friend Gayle!
she rocks. she's a casting agent extraordinaire and designs jewelry
as well! a fantastic collabo. she also is one of my biggest supporters
and really pushed me to do more drawings. so thank you gayle!!!
the toughest part about this i think is trying to get a narrative
in one small picture.

new series

doing a series of paintings/illustrations on the perception of absence. how sometimes even a second away from someone leaves our whole experience with a person somehow half full. here's #1.

Today's Forecast

Today's forecast is slightly melancholy with a positive outlook. I feel like there is a change in the air. And not just the sun showing itself for the first time.

Thoughts..

sometimes i wonder what people think when they see my drawings. do they look too simple?
are they conveying enough? do people get it? i am drawn to this style for some reason. it makes
things easier to digest. even the harder things in life..

belated valentines

Chris'bday

Today is my friend Christine's birthday. She wanted a minipainting. So i'm going to give her one. i was inspired by a sign at a hardware store that said 'special of the month' and for her birthday, or in love, are we just a flavor of the month? or is there more to it?