191. Water falling.

a sneakyart drop.

Dear reader,

How amazing is a waterfall? You go on a hike at the end of which is a waterfall. It is not that big, you are told, but pretty nonetheless. Before you see it, you begin to hear it - a low roar. It looks benign from a distance, even pristine. But get up close and it is a beast. A roaring, angry monster more powerful than you could imagine. A force so utterly primal it washes away all petty human concerns.

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Lower Falls at Johnston Canyon

In my workshops, I tell participants that I am attracted to urban scenes because of human activity. I begin my page with the people, I say, and spiral out from there.

This was not true at Banff National Park. I began one drawing because of the blue sky and the white clouds patched across it. I began one more because of the emerald colours of the water. I began yet another because of what the rocks were doing. And I started drawing at the Lower Falls because of the water falling.

I left it for last though, starting with a frame of trees and rocks. Unlike humans, this subject was not going away anytime soon.

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🎙 New readers, check out this interview I did on the Science Friction Podcast for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, about how I took the leap from science and engineering to art and writing.

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