59/100 - Distant
The creative process feels sometimes like pulling things out of an empty hat. A trick performed by a very slow magician that doubts himself all the time, not a great performance. But this isn't always unpleasant of course. Sometimes it’s a simple refuge, there is a lot of aimless doodling the seemingly goes nowhere and only becomes important later on, if only because when doodling one is a little bit outside oneself, concentrated on the page and pencil and hand movements. A pleasant distancing.
And there is the character above, distant and still, perhaps immobilized. There have been many moments in the past few days when I felt like that. Like sitting in an empty theater watching a relentless and difficult movie, pounded by images and the emotions of others. I can feel myself withdrawing from the world though I understand I'm fortunate to be able to do so.
It's difficult to be in the world these days, I wish you well and I hope you are taking care of yourself and others too.
This distant astronaut wishing the movie on the screen was replaced even by a bad magician is 2.5" by 3.5". Available here(sold).