essential quarantine would make a good name for a rock band.
here it is, 2020. i'm now self-employed, and have more time to devote to art. i took a watercolor class earlier this year and i suck. so. bad. at that. i'm signed up for art history this summer at the local community college. since we are essentially quarantined, my therapy practice has shifted to secure teletherapy online. in between sessions, i draw, or walk around my backyard (which opens up to open space and wilderness) or snack. (oops) i'm ashamed to admit that i purchased a Hurion drawing tablet about 2 or 3 years ago and haven't touched it. at the same time, i installed SketchBook on my Mac mini (purchased in 2012, upgraded the memory in 2016) this morning, took them out for the first time. since i'm a little focused on food, here's my first effort: Zazen No. 1 i call this zazen #1 because it's the beginning of a series of mundane objects i render whilst Himself is in the other room, participating in zazen via Zoom. i ver...