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Non Autre Volonté que la Sienne

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Catherine Howard, fifth wife of Henry VIII,

spent the night before her death practicing laying her head

on the executioner’s block.

Dead girlqueen, seed pearls for teeth, whirling galaxies in her eye sockets,

could not help but see the future.

Teenage tears became tiny jewels on brick,

vertebrae like the petals of a white flower,

painted headdress and veil etched on a wall,

impermanent as the garnet spray from her adorned neck

hours after she begged to see the block.

When she swore “No other will but his,” she didn’t know she meant decay,

dried pigment flaking off under the gentle touch of the wind,

plastic beads coming loose and scattering to the sidewalk.

                                                                      -Andy Izenson

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Made this illustration as part of 24MAG’s Issue 5 transmedia chain.

A transmedia chain= One person makes a piece of art/creation/media/etc. Another person looks at what was created, and creates something based on it. I was lucky to be able to illustrate my riff on Andy Izenson’s poem, which I pasted for reference because it catches in my throat, even still.

I feel profoundly lucky to create with and alongside the people that I do.

A Personified/Monstrified Embodiment of the Word ‘Coagulate’ 2013

A “monster quickie” I did for 24MAG…. I had a little bit of time in between receiving pages to illustrate, so I made a monster based on one of my favorite words. I sometimes like to make creatures based on random words that I like—the way the syllables sound, or the way certain hard consonants rub together etc etc.

MA’AM I DON’T THINK YOU GRASP THE SERIOUSNESS OF TOAD WESTERNS

MA’AM

MA’AM THIS IS NOT A LAUGHING MATTER

Cursed King 2009

Old, old work. But some things I still really like.

let’s talk about remaking ourselves

Please Know that You Will Be Judged Accordingly
2013

The quiet man.

Drawing during a party, because Talking is Hard.

Remember that movie “Inception”? I blame that movie for my Vest Obsession.

Sticky-note-sexy-Batman wants you to know that it’s ok to be sexy.

Best Friends in the Whole Forest 2013

Yrga and Greta are best friends in the whole wide world and also Forest Rangers. Greta collects mushrooms. Yrga hates everything. They make a great team.