Sunday, August 16, 2015. I kept a terrible record of who they were sent to, as well as of how many there were. I know I sent MomKat one, in this envelope that was made from the reverse of a poster Erni gently removed from a wall in Hamburg. The reason I know this, is because she collaged it into a face.

As any creative person knows, there are times when you know you really should be practicing or coming up with new projects, but all your brain really wants to do is shut down, play. You search through your mind for something creative and new and original, and all you find is a gray haze where ideas used to be.

The important bit here is the brass flange that holds the nib at an offset angle to the paper.