217. I left a drawing at the mall.

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In today’s post, there are few words, but many good lines. It was made to detox your inbox, so full of words. Watch the video for scenes from a rainy day.

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Window/Frame

Is the window a separation between worlds? Or is it a surface of contact, a link between the inside and the outside?

Different inks help me depict these different worlds. The lines run into each other, but the worlds do not touch. Light sails right through but neither rain nor wind can pass this impossible barrier.

I left this drawing at the mall for a stranger to find. I wonder who may have found it.

When they look at the drawing, I wonder if they will think the same thoughts, or see the same things. What is inside, what is outside. The simple lines that connect, and the invisible barriers of complicated reality.

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Tiny people, on the trains and at the mall.

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