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2023/12/21

December 21, 2023
A view over a vast, mountainous forest: hills covered with heavy woods. The hill closest to the viewer is dark brown, with a small cabin on top of it. There is a light on, and smoke drifting up from the chimney. On the hill beyond it looms a massive dish antenna; something the size of a football field or larger. The sky is heavy with wispy clouds, a weak sun filtering through. The whole scene is a brownish yellow, suggesting a hazy, muggy day. Above it all circles the small form of a hawk or eagle.

2023/12/19

December 19, 2023
A small figure stands on a rocky slope at the edge of the ocean. Waves crash up against the rocks. The air is heavy with sunlight and moisture, as if directly after a rain; the sun hangs high in the sky, partially obscured by yellow clouds. The slope is covered in yellow light. The figure is flying a red triangular kite with a red tail streaming out behind it. The kite is flying towards the sun.

2023/11/26

November 26, 2023
Two black rubber boots, positioned as though someone is standing in them, with steam rising out of each to form a large, amorphous cloud. The background of this drawing is gray; the boots are black; the steam is white.

2023/09/17

September 17, 2023
The crumbling shell of an abandoned castle sits on a mountaintop under a blazing sunset. Clouds cover the sky in waves of fire. Hovering above the ruins is a zeppelin.

2023/09/15

September 15, 2023
A sunset: a fire-yellow sky over a dark, hilly horizon, fading into purple stripes above. The sun itself is more a blazing yellow stripe than a circle. Scattering into the sky from the left is a collection of large black crows. If this looks vaguely familiar to you, don't worry, I'm fine, and the story about this being his final painting is apocryphal.

2023/09/04

September 4, 2023
A small path—or perhaps a brook—in the foreground, winding across a barren, uneven landscape. To the right of it is a small sign post. Looming vast in the distance is a large, foggy shape of a mountain. The sky is filled with a turbulent collection of clouds surrounding what is either the moon or the sun.

2023/08/30

August 30, 2023
A mountain peak, a clear blue sky, and a bright yellow hot air balloon drifting in the top right. In the top left is an eagle, high above the mountain. There is no more to this place than this.

2023/08/24

August 24, 2023
A sun blazes over a mountain valley. On the left side of the drawing, sloping down towards the right, are a series of mountain peaks, the ridgeline highlighted in red. The sky itself is a garish, impressionist blend of red and green. The sun is white. The shaded part of the mountains are black and blue. The drawing is rendered in a rough, impressionist texture, suggesting either a woodcut or heavy brushstrokes.

2023/08/11

August 11, 2023
A sky heavy with red clouds, like those from a forest fire. A worn-looking sun hangs in the middle of them. In the foreground is a large, rectangular structure, like a castle wall. This takes up the lower left quarter of the drawing. In the top right of the wall, at the very edge, is placed a warning sign: an exclamation point in a triangle. Set in the middle of the wall is a rectangular window with a rounded top, like a castle window. Sitting in the window is an unassuming-looking creature with long ears. Normal people would look at it and say something like "oh, a rabbit!" An understandable error, but a dangerous one; for this is a demon rabbit.

2023/07/09

July 9, 2023
A smartphone rises up from a layer of dense fog. The base of the phone and the ground can't be seen; just an amorphous carpet of clouds. The screen of the phone is very blurry, as though obscured by a layer of vapor. The screen shows glowing colored squares, arranged haphazardly, not in the usual grid of app icons. Silhouettes are visible in the squares, like people looking out of windows. Above the phone, a blurry moon is in the sky. The moonlight reflects off the top of the phone.

2023/06/28

June 28, 2023
A house stands on a rocky hill at night. Behind the house, the sky is filled with billowing phosphorescent green clouds: could be fog or maybe even the aurora. Fog appears to be hanging low to the ground as well. On the second floor of the house, two windows are lit.

2023/06/24

June 24, 2023
A small railroad station—just a covered platform and signal—sits by a single track, far out in the middle of nowhere. A locomotive is visible in the distance, the headlamps lit. The blurry surroundings suggest fog. Above are a few wispy clouds, and either the sun or the moon.

2023/06/16

June 16, 2023
A small, extremely localized thunderstorm unleashes a downpour and lightning bolt in one specific spot. The entire storm is maybe not more than 12 feet in diameter. Other than the storm, the sky is completely blue; above, the sun shines. Standing directly under the cloud is a person, grasping the thin, jagged lightning bolt as though it's a string attached to a balloon.

2023/06/02

June 2, 2023
A small, grassy hill, far out in the middle of a forest. It's early evening on a damp, foggy night. The sky is a deep blue, not black. There is a full moon wrapped in fog, with a blurry tree line in the background. On top of the hill stands a pink, glowing vending machine (the soda kind, not the food kind). On top of the vending machine sits a cat.

2023/05/15

May 15, 2023
A huge object of rock and soil floating in oblivion, as though someone ripped an asteroid-sized chunk from the earth. On top of the object, which has a flat surface, sits a gas station. A truck is in one of the bays; a figure walks casually from the store to the truck. Above is a full moon in a cloudy sky.

2023/05/05

May 5, 2023
A lonely, sharp mountain top on which stands a small, twisted tree with few branches and no leaves. Hanging from the tree is a mailbox and a red decorative sphere. Built into the branches is a small, spherical dwelling that looks a little like a wasp nest. The dwelling has a circular window in it, brightly lit. Also built into the branches is a platform with several brown cardboard boxes stacked on top of it; the kind that would be delivered from Amazon.

2023/04/25

April 25, 2023
A small, weird house that appears to be growing thick roots. The lower floor of the house has a door with barred windows, and a small, narrow, barred window to the left of the door. The upper floor of the house is occupied by a giant eye. Above the house are white fluffy clouds. The light suggests early evening, when the sun is gone, but the sky is still blue. That time, or thereabouts, is exactly when you would expect to encounter a house like this. (The other time is between midnight and three in the morning.)

2023/04/06

April 6, 2023
A vast, flat, desert floor. Rising up from it are huge blocks the size of an apartment building, but they have no windows or doors. They're not arranged in a city grid, or connected by streets; they're placed at random places, in a sort of staggered pattern. One is nearest the viewer, one is a little ways away, and one is barely a ghost in the distance. The sun sits in a partly cloudy sky, at what looks like late afternoon; the buildings cast long shadows. Walking between the buildings, across the desert, is a very small figure, alone, also casting a long shadow. Above, the only other living thing is a large bird circling in the dry heat of the far desert.

2023/03/25

March 25, 2023
A stump of a tree stands near a flat, grassless riverbank. The stump has a branch that sticks far out. Draped over it is an iPhone, the screen displaying colored icons. The iPhone is draped like a towel, bent over the branch as though it's made of rubber. The sky looks like either dawn or dusk: pink clouds, and the ghost of a moon high up in the sky.

2023/03/07

March 7, 2023
A scene in dawn light, with light yellow clouds on a pink sky. A person looks out of the windows of a small cabin with long spindly legs; the effect suggests that maybe it's the person who has long spindly legs, wearing the cabin as though it's a coat or sandwich board.

2023/02/27

February 27, 2023
A lone figure stands at the mouth of a cave, which is also the mouth of a giant stone face in the side of a cliff. Behind, the sun blazes from thick clouds; the kind you see right before or after a rain. There is a faded suggestion of a tree line. The universe holds its breath, awaiting the figure's next move.

2023/02/24

February 24, 2023
A giant observatory with two furry legs stands astride a rocky landscape at either dawn or dusk. The horizon is crimson, with pink clouds. The observatory's dome doors are open, telescope fixed on a blazing white object in the sky.

2023/02/10

February 10, 2023
A giant clock the size and shape of an apartment building stands on an island, set against a crimson sky with yellow clouds. A person stands next to the clock.

2022/12/31

December 31, 2022
An unearthly glow hovers over a city celebrating New Year's Eve. On one building, a small figure standing next to some baggage signals what may be a descending spacecraft.

2022/12/30

December 30, 2022
A scarecrow with a television for a head, and a tattered shirt bearing an American flag stands in a meadow. A crow is perched on the TV, which is set to a dead station.

2022/05/21

May 21, 2022
A person stands on the rooftop of an abandoned building next to a graffiti-covered water tank. The person seems to be attracting birds.

2022/05/15

May 15, 2022
A lightning bolt strikes over a plain

2022/04/29

April 29, 2022
A wooded valley at sunset, with a glowing bright star

2022/04/26

April 26, 2022
A mythical-looking city with fog and sun

2022/03/31

March 31, 2022
A helicopter flies past skyscrapers in the fog

2022/03/08

March 8, 2022
A darkened street scene, with white light pouring out of one door

2022/02/17

February 17, 2022
A rocky cliff area and forest at sunset

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