Recent Drawings, on paper
All images © 2021 Marty Coleman | napkindad.com
Recent Drawings, digital
I draw digitally using an old iPad mini and my finger. The app is called ‘Sketchbook’ by Autodesk.
Let me know which is your favorite and least favorite, and the ones you are confused about.
Drawings © 2021 Marty Coleman | napkindad.com
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The Poodle – A Short Story
The Poodle
Annie finished reading her daily scripture and was contemplating its meaning when the phone rang. She decided, based on her morning study, that she was not going to answer the phone. The phone call was from the National Academy of Poodle Excellence and they were going to offer her a job as Executive Vice President. This wasn’t the first time she hadn’t answered a call from this number so they eventually gave up on her. They offered the job to Sid, a poodle in Oklahoma, who took it and eventually reached world-wide fame as the CEO of NAPE.
Annie meanwhile continued her studies and was never the wiser because she didn’t watch the news.
The End
Drawing and story © 2021 Marty Coleman | napkindad.com
Ten Drawings
Here are 10 drawings I’ve done over the Winter and Spring of 2021. Let me know your favorites!
‘The Tik Tok Dancer’
Ink on Paper
2021
She practiced her TikTok dance in the mirror in the room with her favorite dog and painting on a Sunday instead of going to Temple.
‘The Sunbathers’
Ink on Paper
2021
“I Like to Sleep in the Sun.”
“Me Too.”
‘The Overdramatic Musician’
Ink on Paper
2021
The story is told of the time when the melodramatic musician overreacted to the famous painting of Mt. Vesuvius and burst an embolism and died right at that spot and made it even more famous!
‘Spiraling’
Ink on Paper
2021
‘American Allegiance’
Ink on Paper
2021
‘The Whiner’
Ink on Paper
2021
“Whoa (yes, I know it’s spelled wrong) is me why me who am i why cant i when will this how will i ever what will how will i be?”
“OMG, why did I get such a whiner for a mom? Damn, that means I am going to be the grown up from day one. UGH!”
‘The Posers’
Ink on Paper
2021
‘The Vacationer’
ink on Paper
2021
‘The Prayer’
Ink on Paper
2021
‘The Fish Whisperer’
ink on Paper
2021
Burning for Eternity
This idea caught me by surprise. I had never really thought about how the contemplation of eternity or the afterlife is a form of leisure. I think it is a pretty broad definition of the word leisure though since there are people who are employed and working hard to think on these things. Nonetheless, it isn’t the primary creative purview of people laboring to survive at an existential level. It’s for those who have the time to contemplate it, right?
Interesting secondary thoughts
- is this true of all aspects of religion, not just the afterlife?
- Does it illustrate Maslov’s heirarchy of need?
© 2021 Marty Coleman | napkindad.com
Quote by Paul Valéry, French writer, 1871-1945