From Alabaster
One of my favorite things about my Moleskine planner is that the right side of each week is blank. I usually reserve this space for my Sunday morning notes, which often take the form of sketched type.
Here’s a corner of a page drawn a few weeks back, inspired by jars of alabaster and of clay.
Art Challenge #1, Pt. 2
I apologize for the delay in posting the other entries to Art Challenge #1. Here are some pieces from more of my talented friends.
First, from my favorite name twin:
Rice
Rice by itself is completely bland. Add some seasoning, grind it into a dessert, use it as a side dish – the options are endless. Rice has be transformed across cultures and generations to fit our taste buds.
Next, from the beautiful Serena:
B-B-Big
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FInally, from the ever-talented Mr. Andrew Hao:
Bittersweet
They say it’s human nature to remember the good times and forget the bad.
[Baby photo from Flickr user ceekay.]
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I’m thinking about ideas for the next challenge, so stay tuned!
Art Challenge #1
Since I’m heading out of town later today, I wanted to post up a couple entries to Art Challenge #1. There’s still a day left to submit, guys!
At Least I still Have My Cherry
the “story” in this drawing is of a beautiful sweet ice cream cone that gets taken advantage by a scooper. she is left with a ‘sour’ or ‘bitter’ taste. her only upside is that she still has her cherry unscathed…at least for now… or will melting in her sorrow eventually cause her to lose it… yikes. -Jonny
As for me, I racked my brain for the last month, trying to interpret this challenge on my own. I made a couple drafts of other ideas, but the one that I settled on was:
Sweet
On Space
I’m sitting at Cutters Point Coffee in San Diego, thinking about spaces. There is something about this table I’m at right now that makes me want to have deep, heart-to-heart conversations with good friends. I don’t know if it’s the latte I’m drinking/scone I’m eating, or the table of elderly regulars chatting at the table that is reserved daily for them, but something about this place seems built for sharing.
The movie Inception was filled with a lot of of good stuff, but one of the things I’ve been thinking a lot about recently is the reliance of the architect on the dreamer (and vice versa). The architect creates a structure, but it is incomplete until the dreamer fills it in with his own details, drawn from life experiences and beliefs. The dreamer, however, could not dream to his full potential, without the architect creating the structure and space for him to fill. As someone who is thinking about how to create space for others to dream and create, this shows itself to be pretty profound and kind of humbling.
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On an unrelated sidenote, my friend Jonny has already submitted his entry for the Art Challenge (due on August 15th). It’s really good. I’m looking forward to seeing everyone else’s contributions! 
City Shots
More photos can be found on my Flickr.