Aside from his wife and kids, Ives' passion is art. From a very young age, Ives draws. Cartoons. Christmas cards. Portraits. He is never without his sketchbook. After Robert's death, Ives finds solace in his drawing. He volunteers to teach art classes for at-risk youths at a local community center. He designs the menu for his best friend's new restaurant. Art gives Ives a livelihood, and art gives Ives an escape at times.
As most of my loyal disciples know, I dabble in art. Besides my writing journal, I always carry around an art journal, too. I sketch and doodle. Of course, if you're a frequent visitor to Saint Marty, you know that I have a weekend comic strip. At work, I draw cartoons every day for my coworkers on the assignment board. I enjoy making people laugh.
I am not a tortured artist. I'm not going to cut off my ear and mail it to a poetry editor. Rather, I post my drawings to amuse and inspire, hopefully. Which brings me to my announcement.
At the beginning of August, I will be launching a new cartoon strip titled The Adventures of Stickman. It's an idea I've been toying with for a few weeks. It will be a daily comic, Monday through Friday. I'm not sure if I have the artistic stamina for it, but I'm going to give it a shot.
Saint Marty van Gogh. Has a nice ring, doesn't it?
Sunflowers
by: Siv Cedering
Someone
gave me a copy of
Van Gogh's
Sunflowers,
saying:
It's a picture
women can relate to
feeling kin to a man
who could see many suns
each whirling and wild.
There are thousands
of reproductions.
But a woman, she said,
doesn't have to cut off an ear
in order to bleed.
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| Not bad for a one-eared guy |
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