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Chapter Two · IV · Drawings

Ballpoint pen, infinite patience.

When the chainsaw is too loud and the murals too large, he sits down with a Bic pen and draws. Dragons. Women. Knots that contain whole worlds.

Banshee

Banshee

Ballpoint pen on paper

Half-moon, wolf, woman emerging. Drawn at a kitchen table over several long nights.

Serpent of the Knot

Serpent of the Knot

Ballpoint pen on notebook

Celtic-knot dragon, drawn entirely without lifting the pen. He gets a kick out of telling people that.

Maiden of the Veil

Maiden of the Veil

Ballpoint pen

A woman whose hair becomes a dragon. He started with her eye. The rest followed.

Elven Sigh

Elven Sigh

Ballpoint pen

A long-haired figure mid-breath. No reference photo. Pure recollection.

Lotus & Lover

Lotus & Lover

Ballpoint pen

A face, a lotus, two small dragons. He doesn't title these. The titles came later when people kept asking.