• Why do we need symphony orchestras? (Standpoint)
• The threat of global cooling. (denisdutton.com)

Untitled No. 14
ink and pastel
35.6 x 27.9 cm (14" x 11")

Couldn't think of a title for this one.

• Some authors just don't like each other. (Flavorwire)

• Why artists like René Magritte. (The Guardian)
• Were Truman Capote's prayers answered? (The Weekly Standard)

Funny Face
ink and pastel
20.3 x 31.8 cm (8" x 12.5")

Who starred in Funny Face? Audrey Hepburn? And Fred Astaire?

• Ancient beer. (Smithsonian)
• Shoplifting. (The New York Observer)

Red Back
ink and pastel
30.5 x 22.9 cm (12" x 9")

Odd pose and odd drawing.

• Judging wine by its' label. (New York Magazine) (@things magazine)
• Artist or artisan? Who's who? (The Independent)
• Anti-Theft Lunch Bag. (dsgnWrld) (@things magazine)

No Ear
ink and charcoal
35.6 x 21.6 cm (14" x 8.5")

Somehow forgot the ear.

• Being bored by David Mamet. (The New York Times)
• The story of the Story of O. (Guernica)

Blue Sleep
ink, charcoal, and pastel
21.6 x 35.6 cm (8.5" x 14")

Does it look like the model is sleeping?

• Self-tracking, or why am I so lazy? (FT.com)
• Nazis and nudism. (Spiegel)

Pole
ink and pastel
45.7 x 30.5 cm (18" x 12")

• Wilhelm Reich and the perfect orgasm. (The Wall Street Journal)

Pulling
ink and charcoal on paper
27.9 x 35.6 cm (11" x 14")

What's he pulling on? Ski pole, actually.

• To thine own self be true? (The New york Times)
• What bores you? (Commentary)

Untitled No.13
oil on paper
20.3 x 20.3 cm (8" x 8")

Another study, one of many, for a larger work.

Folsom Prison Blues: Johnny Cash

• Lee Krasner: an admirable woman still in the shadow of Jackson Pollock. (Tablet)
• An unlikely martyr, or martyr at all: Mikhail Khodorkovsky. (Tablet)

Untitled No. 12
oil on paper
20.3 x 20.3 cm (8" x 8")

One of several studies for a larger work.

• A short history of the campsite. (Places) (@ things magazine)

4
ink and charcoal
21.6 x 35.6 cm (8.5" x 14")

Why 4? This was probably the fourth in a set of five, six, or perhaps ten drawings, all of which were done in same number of minutes.

• Words most of us don't say. (Swiss cheese and Bullets) (@ things magazine)
• A serial killer's quest for fame. (City Journal)

Unfinished Portrait of L.
ink, charcoal, and pastel
22.9 x 30.5 cm (9" x 12")

This one had possibilities.

• 'The poor are not better than you and me. They’re just poorer.' (The Weekly Standard)
• Are artists liars? (More Intelligent Life)

Antalya, Marmaris, Bodrum
mixed media (shadow box)
10.8 x 26.0 x 2.54 cm (4.25" x 10.25" x 1")

I decided to scan this shadow box rather than photograph it. The results are, well, mediocre.

• Whither the travel book? (FT.com)
• Why are you dancing naked? (The Guardian)

Boy Looking Down
charcoal on paper
22.9 x 21.6 cm (9" x 8.5")

Not much to say here. The boy was reading sci-fi while I drew.