This week has been a quiet week, and I’ve been glad of it. I’ve made good progress on Hide – the last Zine Suite – and I’ve started on a new illustration project. The new sets are also going to be inspired by poetry (at least in part!) but they’re going to be a place to experiment with different styles, and very much more focused on the illustrative.
Find following: a skyward photograph; a untitled poem; and a poetic fragment.
Quiet reading,
Alexei
A phantom walks through my field of vision
In the hollow of my skull above my eyes
A shadow in the dark.
Something rises in my throat and chokes me,
Blurs my eyes, tugging at my pupils
Until they try to swallow up the irises
The vase has never looked prettier.
Our aching bones, hold us back no more, than gossamer wisps, we persist.
Alexei Vimpani 