The titles I give my drawings emerge after I complete them, usually. “The Calm before the Storm” refers to the aggression we’re seeing in Ukraine and how we will ultimately respond. I can’t help but wonder if WWIII has now started. The situation tells us that peace is the way we must live and that it is an ideology unto itself.
My lines become the solidness between me and falling
defining an image that lives only for me
catching me
stopping me from collapsing into the disquiet
the piece of me
I fight not to be