tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26598808864671680712024-03-13T01:46:42.234-07:00DRAWING BREATHPATRICKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10765447973750706628noreply@blogger.comBlogger262125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2659880886467168071.post-70450921076810758382024-03-04T19:37:00.000-08:002024-03-04T19:37:44.770-08:00Dismem-Boar-Ment page 28<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I present this page in the spirit of Divine Timing. This particular page, the latest in my <b><i>"Dismem-boar-ment"</i></b> series, has stumped me for a year and a half. For whatever reason, I could not get a clear picture on how I wanted this page to look, despite countless pages and thumbnails exploring dozens of possibilities. Then suddenly last night, as I was sitting here just recovering from oral surgery, it all just clicked and this was the result. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So with the relief and joy that accompanies the flow of the Spring melt and the initial running of the sap in the Vernal quickening of creative juices, please enjoy this page with the anticipation of more to follow. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">To read entire series so far click on the <b><i>"Dismem-boar-ment"</i></b> label below, and to see just this latest chapter thus far, click on the <b><i>"Ancestor Elder"</i></b> label. And as always, please follow my blog to stay up to date with my latest comics, thank you for reading, and I hope you enjoy them as much as I do!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZCZm6wElygounUJ7eLa0lYOMmHTZh56CNMaLShNP8FkiwqnAJnRI_5P8kPUwkm3mPkQHG1rLA4Q7hWEijKlJKAnLhyphenhyphenQxoc4_nhGII84V7c86d3MdvyraBdOzCOfl6vneTLIvD2wqoPem1Sa-OmUwK88bNYCRKMHJlVET-ZvLFcjwB4UQg5QHaUl9eqNYQ/s2841/Boar%20p28%20filled.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2841" data-original-width="2218" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZCZm6wElygounUJ7eLa0lYOMmHTZh56CNMaLShNP8FkiwqnAJnRI_5P8kPUwkm3mPkQHG1rLA4Q7hWEijKlJKAnLhyphenhyphenQxoc4_nhGII84V7c86d3MdvyraBdOzCOfl6vneTLIvD2wqoPem1Sa-OmUwK88bNYCRKMHJlVET-ZvLFcjwB4UQg5QHaUl9eqNYQ/w313-h400/Boar%20p28%20filled.jpg" width="313" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>PATRICKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10765447973750706628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2659880886467168071.post-72192319427780651672024-01-24T16:35:00.000-08:002024-01-24T16:35:46.967-08:00Meanwhile…<p> I received a new sketchbook from Santa Claus this past Christmas, which has shifted my focus away from drawing comics to drawing other things. </p><p><br /></p><p>If you don’t know, every week on my Perching Wolf Studios Facebook page I do what I call <b>Totem Tuesday.</b> I post an original drawing of an animal with a paragraph or three about the spiritual significance of that animal and how that animal can aid us in our spiritual growth. Here are a couple recent drawings from those posts… </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAzbSXIUno0ArcRXrKUv-ZvyG40CL5BphijS2kT2cXRO34PABIyFa1y3Nr865GwizAyeTbxJYwqeI4oKF4kvQaGUZwUWotGbAL_eCdAEvWfXUUwLN9ezEc1yvVeG-hnNpaBT1meLrZxOKRDTdsVlLnL6kmN-T6SS00p5ykYrQ2qklqxTe5wsTGp6C9bfUo/s560/7A90E2D6-3110-4A0F-9E80-6E35BA7A3D7C.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="373" data-original-width="560" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAzbSXIUno0ArcRXrKUv-ZvyG40CL5BphijS2kT2cXRO34PABIyFa1y3Nr865GwizAyeTbxJYwqeI4oKF4kvQaGUZwUWotGbAL_eCdAEvWfXUUwLN9ezEc1yvVeG-hnNpaBT1meLrZxOKRDTdsVlLnL6kmN-T6SS00p5ykYrQ2qklqxTe5wsTGp6C9bfUo/s320/7A90E2D6-3110-4A0F-9E80-6E35BA7A3D7C.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Moth</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg11o6UwWTCI-mgNndY4BaZNxanNpyk-jxdDqLdaqoCc2x4MDG7FMvoC_-ZlsBUccLsGYaS5Ala2W66vJZJFNQk5UYmnl1yRJeY0GirKhG1rhKx61d481TKCnu7y8aQGbcxGwOaRwcTxKUlNMIdVJoTbLFdmW6MUkYASw_Jk78yENPwDJGlPTnMP_Zs9e9-/s1649/ED3A038C-3434-4AA0-A9F6-8595D23B1F9A.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1183" data-original-width="1649" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg11o6UwWTCI-mgNndY4BaZNxanNpyk-jxdDqLdaqoCc2x4MDG7FMvoC_-ZlsBUccLsGYaS5Ala2W66vJZJFNQk5UYmnl1yRJeY0GirKhG1rhKx61d481TKCnu7y8aQGbcxGwOaRwcTxKUlNMIdVJoTbLFdmW6MUkYASw_Jk78yENPwDJGlPTnMP_Zs9e9-/s320/ED3A038C-3434-4AA0-A9F6-8595D23B1F9A.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Civet</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After posting the entry for Moth, I was drawn (pun intended) to incorporate within an image of Moth, many of the significant changes and focuses right now in the progression of my personal path…</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBEyDXFDMowgzlNhS0hPWnLfCKregedHLbB_ZVYTET5e8tJ9O9hMZbwDEEbbOEB9QnEmU0LTj4SmPGCXXGqNI9GBnrH1n4zqe2r9Hx-EMBmqzFG1JeMv1v9ZxxSjQg6YWlCwL2yoQhg-DOs8-oD_-dAvQJ_1vQ8ej6GBeOmygRfn4DuQLoVfH89kfq5Tq7/s3257/97D29A01-F7E7-414C-958B-2E53C94EFF8D.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2368" data-original-width="3257" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBEyDXFDMowgzlNhS0hPWnLfCKregedHLbB_ZVYTET5e8tJ9O9hMZbwDEEbbOEB9QnEmU0LTj4SmPGCXXGqNI9GBnrH1n4zqe2r9Hx-EMBmqzFG1JeMv1v9ZxxSjQg6YWlCwL2yoQhg-DOs8-oD_-dAvQJ_1vQ8ej6GBeOmygRfn4DuQLoVfH89kfq5Tq7/s320/97D29A01-F7E7-414C-958B-2E53C94EFF8D.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Among the symbols within the whole image are the face of Kali Ma, the pattern from the back of the hood of a cobra - Cobra being significant to Kali as well as Snake’s medicine of shedding old skins, the face of Black Panther, Snowy Owl’s face and wings, hoof print of Reindeer, a pair of Buffalo hoof prints, a pair of paw prints of Wolf, Xenia’s chakram, a pair of Flying Fish, the phases of Grandmother Moon, Wonder Woman’s insignia, the constellation of Cassiopeia, cowrie shells for Goddess and the Divine Feminine, arrowheads for Artemis, Deer antlers for Elen of the Ways, some spirals for Herne, and a couple triquetras for my Irish ancestors. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I will likely soon write a more in depth post about this particular drawing and all its representations, and how they reflect my path right now, on my other blog “<a href="http://Windbuffalo.blogspot.com" target="_blank"><b>Wind Buffalo Journeys</b></a>.” </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Speaking of my path right now, I’ve been feeling compelled to draw some of the deities I’m currently working with, including <b>Anubis</b> who is teaching me about my wings…</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj-s0tJfIRNSdAmc0wfuzGze8i8v1Is8pGXLEWSoKs3yI-pyYYjn2HdnepyIp4-WkYHyLMGIfStYQDzsbxp3y2lFQC49UW4gwjz0pnHw6_BsPmaFlr3UrMeDdfoAMwG9pTLIPV1HeTxuc0pdDPyD5iamqQ7p8EoYODcfShrLzf4fVgPGVuJeJytOwAZo1U/s3199/9861B097-571D-406B-9A80-62BA8E6E904F.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3199" data-original-width="2016" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj-s0tJfIRNSdAmc0wfuzGze8i8v1Is8pGXLEWSoKs3yI-pyYYjn2HdnepyIp4-WkYHyLMGIfStYQDzsbxp3y2lFQC49UW4gwjz0pnHw6_BsPmaFlr3UrMeDdfoAMwG9pTLIPV1HeTxuc0pdDPyD5iamqQ7p8EoYODcfShrLzf4fVgPGVuJeJytOwAZo1U/w253-h400/9861B097-571D-406B-9A80-62BA8E6E904F.jpeg" width="253" /></a></div><p>…<b>Ereshkigal</b>, goddess of the Sumerian Underworld, shown both ‘regular’ and with a skull-face as she appeared when I first met her…</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_5XN2MlzxfuplxSaACaWwZUoa-q0_z1TTf0eDKlnnhRqROQk67pLI8R9CsDX50RLh0grTfTAOMRHOJRb0Up7FaOmgt20kNjDgLkRQnCOPQ6cxtNLZo3gbjk3RpuykNDSTM0WSXwYm09A4TIV4e2pB6cam2yFQl4HacsrGvFTE6AH6gK-9R6PnmLdIZmLJ/s1828/794FEBCA-0AC8-439B-A777-DEF9550711BA.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1828" data-original-width="1243" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_5XN2MlzxfuplxSaACaWwZUoa-q0_z1TTf0eDKlnnhRqROQk67pLI8R9CsDX50RLh0grTfTAOMRHOJRb0Up7FaOmgt20kNjDgLkRQnCOPQ6cxtNLZo3gbjk3RpuykNDSTM0WSXwYm09A4TIV4e2pB6cam2yFQl4HacsrGvFTE6AH6gK-9R6PnmLdIZmLJ/w273-h400/794FEBCA-0AC8-439B-A777-DEF9550711BA.jpeg" width="273" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;">…And of course <b>Rick Nelson</b>…</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZRMwRYoBFW1iLBFMVcw_78aYYJ77_60RsvEHKD85mh-n1oSS95pFy6ai7Xc-aNY3yuTQur-CXAkD61KkG-amZX0bMb2S3Y5GGezKTmHQExGnfHSjYc_GMQJnijtsfU44dgQMDQ1ITrfkVq-tWgXnOf3on4xna9HiPFW3_OLhZUtXRG7zfLwnv2yBE7O22/s2344/5C3D6E09-F3CD-433D-AFD2-6064F7EE5E5A.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2344" data-original-width="1712" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZRMwRYoBFW1iLBFMVcw_78aYYJ77_60RsvEHKD85mh-n1oSS95pFy6ai7Xc-aNY3yuTQur-CXAkD61KkG-amZX0bMb2S3Y5GGezKTmHQExGnfHSjYc_GMQJnijtsfU44dgQMDQ1ITrfkVq-tWgXnOf3on4xna9HiPFW3_OLhZUtXRG7zfLwnv2yBE7O22/w293-h400/5C3D6E09-F3CD-433D-AFD2-6064F7EE5E5A.jpeg" width="293" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>PATRICKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10765447973750706628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2659880886467168071.post-32271535315678653992023-12-30T23:05:00.000-08:002023-12-30T23:05:49.106-08:004:15<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6ZxOzqX5eyR5S0z6aqrIM9xtlxmFTnht1xtmoQoMDFa-p53nukyGMzeIp1OTjqyrx52ynSv9SsqXJUnkI-AMnZUlSNr_vS2u9fLwAdVwggp4RADJrMGMgFK8wKLV-sSNxejiZOnCzuVj6lY_4M54wmo9OxpjsqiOIiV9PqkOQAEeqU91sUYdauZWQs6mk/s3483/4-15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3483" data-original-width="2698" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6ZxOzqX5eyR5S0z6aqrIM9xtlxmFTnht1xtmoQoMDFa-p53nukyGMzeIp1OTjqyrx52ynSv9SsqXJUnkI-AMnZUlSNr_vS2u9fLwAdVwggp4RADJrMGMgFK8wKLV-sSNxejiZOnCzuVj6lY_4M54wmo9OxpjsqiOIiV9PqkOQAEeqU91sUYdauZWQs6mk/w310-h400/4-15.jpg" width="310" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>PATRICKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10765447973750706628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2659880886467168071.post-51517791223335948642023-11-28T23:12:00.000-08:002023-11-28T23:12:35.278-08:00Smoke and Mirrors page 5 (or 6...)<p>It's funny what you can accomplish when waiting for eight hours for your car's brakes to be fixed -- This page for example. Other than some last minute touch ups, this whole page was drawn in a West Seattle coffee shop. It's amazing how exhausting waiting can be, and I was fried when I got home afterwards, but it's days like this, when I can really dig into my passion for cartooning without interruption, that reminds me how much I absolutely love what I do. Shamanism and Cartooning -- The double helix of my existence, that both shapes and is shaped by who I am and who I become; My twin divinely destined vocational callings which I can not not answer as easily as I can not not breathe. They truly are not just what I <b><i>do</i></b>, but who I<i style="font-weight: bold;"> am </i>-- A Shaman Cartoonist. </p><p>This particular page is the fifth in my <b><i>Smoke and Mirrors</i></b> series, recalling my path to becoming a Sacred Pipe Carrier after being challenged by a couple people who questioned what I was doing online. When I started this page, I failed to reference the previous one and so this may become page six because I am realizing the need for a better segue. I also need to fix the bit about my Lakota teacher. After drawing the page I contacted my teacher and, though she was trained in Lakota ways, she is not herself Lakota. To move forward with even a slight inconsistency like that would undermine the integrity of, and the whole purpose and reason for drawing this particular comic. </p><p>To read the entire series thus far, please click on the <i>"Smoke and Mirrors"</i> label below. If you enjoy what you read here, please follow my blog. I do hope you enjoy my comics as much as I enjoy drawing them, and thank you for reading!</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghma2sxiqeb4gdGwDWnbNQHgxeGLq5IOYkj1fVTkFbE7RidxYu-9ZrdNH6p0aVLKXPjMPUuXRT6ueLhyCW8kN2SIsDFxf3b_n3Q7Jk2cMQNAktbIgFSHdFB2AKi0zUscQY-FDC5QPPeZGV2BSNEEHNew-Ih5DFvaQjdU_2METoCYtY9X6j7rkBMbIno1Fo/s3289/Smoke%20&%20Mirrors%20p5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3289" data-original-width="2516" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghma2sxiqeb4gdGwDWnbNQHgxeGLq5IOYkj1fVTkFbE7RidxYu-9ZrdNH6p0aVLKXPjMPUuXRT6ueLhyCW8kN2SIsDFxf3b_n3Q7Jk2cMQNAktbIgFSHdFB2AKi0zUscQY-FDC5QPPeZGV2BSNEEHNew-Ih5DFvaQjdU_2METoCYtY9X6j7rkBMbIno1Fo/w306-h400/Smoke%20&%20Mirrors%20p5.jpg" width="306" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">By the way, my aforementioned teacher, <b><i>Kristina Bloom</i></b>, is amazing and was one of my greatest teachers. You can check out her website at <a href="https://kristinabloom.com/">https://kristinabloom.com/</a>.</div><br /><p></p>PATRICKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10765447973750706628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2659880886467168071.post-9231667619213299872023-11-14T00:43:00.000-08:002023-11-14T00:43:26.443-08:00Blanket Statement<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There are two comic artists who really influenced and inspired the direction of my own comics, demonstrating for me the joy, growth, and healing of turning my cartoonist's pencil toward myself, drawing my own life as a comic. They are <b>Craig Thompson</b>, author/illustrator of <i style="font-weight: bold;">Blankets, </i>and<b> James Kochalka</b>, author/illustrator of <b style="font-style: italic;">American Elf.</b> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A few weeks ago, Craig was doing a book signing in Portland and, because of his importance to me, a three hour drive seemed a worthwhile investment to meet him. Though my intuition was on overdrive to get me down there, things did not turn out the way I'd hoped.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The following comic is the result of this seeming wild goose chase. Because I didn't get to meet him in person, the plan is to send him the comic to connect with him and to thank him for being such a huge turning point in my personal approach to my comics. Stay tuned for possible updates! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgM5kDtrdK37NlU-7mzYL8JECs_cPYw-nsaHq96SPL_iEuFktQSqi_ypPOb3shyphenhyphen2U_1xpdmh_qPzMx53zbyx5eU30LT7-Yzp777KCvwygebklsJgxp0XlYPjNK3AZrSR7PN1HBVoUNHZB-vWORDJjLgqZ2vAIeMhhNGSFKrOqLOVCw249jZDuDV_Q1IFCY/s3120/Craig%20p1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="2386" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgM5kDtrdK37NlU-7mzYL8JECs_cPYw-nsaHq96SPL_iEuFktQSqi_ypPOb3shyphenhyphen2U_1xpdmh_qPzMx53zbyx5eU30LT7-Yzp777KCvwygebklsJgxp0XlYPjNK3AZrSR7PN1HBVoUNHZB-vWORDJjLgqZ2vAIeMhhNGSFKrOqLOVCw249jZDuDV_Q1IFCY/w306-h400/Craig%20p1.jpg" width="306" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUFm56Ib9z-ybTTUrTyjXXxOe9tLUL2_oXLojOdWWQz9d5XEYVMCrWq8tzQkc_GQVRysnbpo2lN8MGK1seDNWhfiLPLBEaM_bfUgqalsTyJvlRlSQ3aBPF_0JDQW9voLSvW0l9o1my_Aw0lyf81SdQscoktHZ2pPTjQ1yOHSzbXWRO9EqzvyiiAhlUhICL/s3474/craig%20p2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3474" data-original-width="2632" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUFm56Ib9z-ybTTUrTyjXXxOe9tLUL2_oXLojOdWWQz9d5XEYVMCrWq8tzQkc_GQVRysnbpo2lN8MGK1seDNWhfiLPLBEaM_bfUgqalsTyJvlRlSQ3aBPF_0JDQW9voLSvW0l9o1my_Aw0lyf81SdQscoktHZ2pPTjQ1yOHSzbXWRO9EqzvyiiAhlUhICL/w303-h400/craig%20p2.jpg" width="303" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXMFWNpO2pdv7vBppj11-A27WkD17yxNF5B3QbaHJdYKrLSh34aC-gmV8wdlLC0JPdl46w9RVJGrZY5geoDUx3XuXPKEvc1fDAbuL_AlZ_TDWdHXoII9qlFjxrPmZ6nSdaXBGbayl98Y6wjiVRth2_uHi2JI-fa0I8KrTJADjkCM7tyq8yT4PuWB5pVHKk/s2616/craig%20p3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2616" data-original-width="2054" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXMFWNpO2pdv7vBppj11-A27WkD17yxNF5B3QbaHJdYKrLSh34aC-gmV8wdlLC0JPdl46w9RVJGrZY5geoDUx3XuXPKEvc1fDAbuL_AlZ_TDWdHXoII9qlFjxrPmZ6nSdaXBGbayl98Y6wjiVRth2_uHi2JI-fa0I8KrTJADjkCM7tyq8yT4PuWB5pVHKk/w314-h400/craig%20p3.jpg" width="314" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3WjbvrpHIFKDL3C2DYEd9pPlk4kskK8RVxfNWegUS7PqrmeWsgkXF0RhZprG2Fdm8Rh02a7nelT7t4VpTUuX3QEHfed1gQei3lla_cZT3huOfPO00pcIJwukZdWH07_8VlCoV99sH-QJWAvTpciG1xkcbOERpRgTuIZ3KKZ9l2ZrUMZKDA5BbC8Q8woyQ/s3289/Craig%20p4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3289" data-original-width="2489" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3WjbvrpHIFKDL3C2DYEd9pPlk4kskK8RVxfNWegUS7PqrmeWsgkXF0RhZprG2Fdm8Rh02a7nelT7t4VpTUuX3QEHfed1gQei3lla_cZT3huOfPO00pcIJwukZdWH07_8VlCoV99sH-QJWAvTpciG1xkcbOERpRgTuIZ3KKZ9l2ZrUMZKDA5BbC8Q8woyQ/w303-h400/Craig%20p4.jpg" width="303" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>PATRICKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10765447973750706628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2659880886467168071.post-72384954900545961002023-10-30T14:22:00.000-07:002023-10-30T14:22:05.661-07:00 Narwhals and Library Gods<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here's a couple incidents from my daily life. By the way, the narwhal's name is Carl (which, if you pronounce it correctly "Car-ul" it actually rhymes), and the bespectacled unicorn's name is Nicolaus. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFgx5xEoChQ95v3CNR8JfCU7HoUS316UweKnS_4aV_4qm6410AsLDtMVdFOGv-FlJ7WgvwGVjDc3VLWhWEA7WExfWl7Wa1HsbM43lzcrey7i0_tv12Xu6GvL2ZRS6wzHCkbEvqf41Qhnd0ABb1XC9RpNBZBT8hlu8Tu4BudNTbWbwGc97OoVH9RcxRpZpj/s3506/Nick%20and%20Carl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3506" data-original-width="2684" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFgx5xEoChQ95v3CNR8JfCU7HoUS316UweKnS_4aV_4qm6410AsLDtMVdFOGv-FlJ7WgvwGVjDc3VLWhWEA7WExfWl7Wa1HsbM43lzcrey7i0_tv12Xu6GvL2ZRS6wzHCkbEvqf41Qhnd0ABb1XC9RpNBZBT8hlu8Tu4BudNTbWbwGc97OoVH9RcxRpZpj/w306-h400/Nick%20and%20Carl.jpg" width="306" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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It was a little awkward, though, because I had to keep pulling up the individual post of each individual page, so I decided to post the complete comic (<i>so far</i> -- I have a feeling I'll be drawing an update/continuation at some point) in case that opportunity ever arises again. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWe6gmTvNTWkw3ZNMJjuj7iV3rXSHV8BiAz04SlHeG_qc0XElsDSe5rqVX4cTOliPOKY-7dK_6vEmqO_D8DDM9yKsaEQrIQCzxCphhEyl-b__Os8ZeS6wh4slfqMsAtTApqfruiWGM8Sd8eHGz81zCm9l0hHOSbNtRjM5LejkO_0-i6hMWxl-KE3lp2fml/s1506/E34B6B47-269E-403E-AC45-9C428604BBD0.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1506" data-original-width="1161" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWe6gmTvNTWkw3ZNMJjuj7iV3rXSHV8BiAz04SlHeG_qc0XElsDSe5rqVX4cTOliPOKY-7dK_6vEmqO_D8DDM9yKsaEQrIQCzxCphhEyl-b__Os8ZeS6wh4slfqMsAtTApqfruiWGM8Sd8eHGz81zCm9l0hHOSbNtRjM5LejkO_0-i6hMWxl-KE3lp2fml/w309-h400/E34B6B47-269E-403E-AC45-9C428604BBD0.jpeg" width="309" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;">I received a huge honor recently when I was invited to my first Lakota Sundance Ceremony. With all the energetic shifts that have taken place in me since then, not only was it an amazing experience, but it was actually life-changing. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have other comic pages in the works around my experience there, but this was the first immediate work concerning it. Especially because the song I learned is a Thank You Song, it seemed appropriate to begin with gratitude. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCvchKr1F-fFEXQTz7lRn4lwMlbMfqb2zsTLWQw3T-uGGStk3SljsNS6YrpJchCiQTMltSck9qv6YTB4lzh8myutYgtss-muTVgAICb63bFXtjzhfofCHXBDH_2l5UA5XlITSBhTWcoUZ7z-VSCjfaLOQS0tRfh4d1yoSW7n-urYYzQMQu5u1ls17CKBo3/s3368/Sundance%20Hummingbird.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="3368" data-original-width="2608" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCvchKr1F-fFEXQTz7lRn4lwMlbMfqb2zsTLWQw3T-uGGStk3SljsNS6YrpJchCiQTMltSck9qv6YTB4lzh8myutYgtss-muTVgAICb63bFXtjzhfofCHXBDH_2l5UA5XlITSBhTWcoUZ7z-VSCjfaLOQS0tRfh4d1yoSW7n-urYYzQMQu5u1ls17CKBo3/w310-h400/Sundance%20Hummingbird.jpg" width="310" /></b></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here are the lyrics and English translation as best I could gather from various sources:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>WOPILA SONG (Thank You Song) </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Wakan Tanka Tunkasila</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Great Spirit, Grandfather</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>Pilamaya yelo he</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I thank you</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>Canunpa wakan cha maya ku welo he</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">You have given me a sacred pipe</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>Pilamaya ye, pilamaya yelo he </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Thank you, thank you</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>Wicozani wa maya ku welo he</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">You have given me a good healing</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>Pilamaya ye, </b><b>pilamaya yelohe</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Thank you, thank you</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div><p></p></div>PATRICKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10765447973750706628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2659880886467168071.post-91422465414050916942023-09-04T17:38:00.008-07:002023-09-04T18:10:01.095-07:00Little Brother - Complete <p><b>NOTE</b>: This comic is available for purchase at my <b>Perching</b> <b>Wolf</b> <b>Studios</b> store on <a href="https://www.blurb.com/bookshare/app/index.html?bookId=10342830" target="_blank">Blurb.com</a>, where you can view a preview in book form.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Time I would normally spend creating new comics has been mostly dedicated to putting together a book of some older comics I drew in a blank book many years ago. These comics are a precursor to my <b><i>Drawing Breath </i></b>comics, still being a sort of illustrational journal of my life at the time, but rather than drawing myself in the starring role, it's a bit more<b style="font-style: italic;"> Mystery Science Theater 3000 </b>and<b style="font-style: italic;"> Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead</b> with my comic characters - Gerb, Longleg the dog, and Wormy the worm - commenting on what's happening in my life from the sidelines. I call it <b><i>Home Gerb Companion ~ Le Chronique de Comique.</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHPPPk9bZ3BS21y-hzD38XULMisaocFtkymYGYYZ9k3S57np5mVjHTRqqT_c7O1zZqqs_8ExnPDg2Ol_NdQBGYruT4U6a3FmXeeN_y-UE6jaNK9A0nVs-oRJs8IDiCeTEpDYDPX4t_sTTyS6kJZvK8Af0hPlVil10ZSFK1Kq8-Nuz1N_1_eoCeALqpTCb0/s551/Cover%20shot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="551" data-original-width="367" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHPPPk9bZ3BS21y-hzD38XULMisaocFtkymYGYYZ9k3S57np5mVjHTRqqT_c7O1zZqqs_8ExnPDg2Ol_NdQBGYruT4U6a3FmXeeN_y-UE6jaNK9A0nVs-oRJs8IDiCeTEpDYDPX4t_sTTyS6kJZvK8Af0hPlVil10ZSFK1Kq8-Nuz1N_1_eoCeALqpTCb0/w266-h400/Cover%20shot.jpg" width="266" /></a></div> </i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So I've been spending many afternoons and evenings flipping through this journal and, with Palama the platypus aiding me by holding open the book, photographing each page in turn then cropping and fine tuning them. This is why on some of the pages you can see distortions of the drawings as if they are curving toward the binding of the book. 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text-align: left;">I am not always central to what's happening as my characters come to terms with living inside a book...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrTMN5N5kNC0A0DA6CgAU1tSeovz2d4jBWvxaYB4pJZ-qy0SdYvEE_9sSinIIl0gDHVIgo2ZAqH9hhqBvETmkJrmTboXBo1GDEFChg82dyqW1qMLUp6h8iCQmJxvO166y6h6rWACPQp693bHz3J1ko0GzxQSho_k9zaTqfC9ixo7vpxXULW1e83wrXhzor/s2850/HCC%20P73.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2850" data-original-width="1741" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrTMN5N5kNC0A0DA6CgAU1tSeovz2d4jBWvxaYB4pJZ-qy0SdYvEE_9sSinIIl0gDHVIgo2ZAqH9hhqBvETmkJrmTboXBo1GDEFChg82dyqW1qMLUp6h8iCQmJxvO166y6h6rWACPQp693bHz3J1ko0GzxQSho_k9zaTqfC9ixo7vpxXULW1e83wrXhzor/w244-h400/HCC%20P73.jpeg" width="244" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2670" data-original-width="1586" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjbrVsX1t7VxKHXycwNsTBe40Far-g1EfjMxLHfkdPxBscbG4rYuGFbwJ_US-VNrdvitJBWaVjwH9vPehh0AS7_QEfb1LenWJ5_UOsW3mJb_UFc_tJaqmYZDmOltqzVuRwb8UJw57sRF5pp9mpweWXoILa8Enk2xePvVl_03RP_A5NC962S3HkaPKH16au/w238-h400/HCC%20P44.jpg" width="238" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Drawing women has never been my strong suit, which Gerb knows and sometimes exploits by hanging out with the Amazons when he doesn't want to be drawn. At the time of the comic, though, I was married to a fellow artist, <i>Bobbi Blackwell </i>aka Mrs. Cartoonist Dude, and I would just have her draw the necessary panels if needed...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEWttRbdKE2iKnHnKVta77tkO-vtf43bPzLScU7yblK27BLqp4ZuJyzyQ_Sd4LesEXFqRefEX7fMx-skXaBAKBHgEM65CZUeQxjgvBbYLIcJBuRxd8wRLbPZ5gPkPz5ENvTdV8lubE9X64UoSbo2JGe0n_UHP0rz8wWepS-fPRG3uvGyaA7yV4Alqy6aPp/s3151/HCC%20P69.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3151" data-original-width="1941" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEWttRbdKE2iKnHnKVta77tkO-vtf43bPzLScU7yblK27BLqp4ZuJyzyQ_Sd4LesEXFqRefEX7fMx-skXaBAKBHgEM65CZUeQxjgvBbYLIcJBuRxd8wRLbPZ5gPkPz5ENvTdV8lubE9X64UoSbo2JGe0n_UHP0rz8wWepS-fPRG3uvGyaA7yV4Alqy6aPp/w246-h400/HCC%20P69.jpg" width="246" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">She is not the only guest artist. As it turns out, Longleg is also a cartoonist whose work occasionally ends up on the page, as a comic within a comic, which is always fun...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicF85R59J8q6VdlMsEVfxJU32UmZPRo7tJ5ERSn4RM2Z1Ns0MspggCYmtik4ocyghiZG6KdzWsSHieqpKoxPZwXhi-4UAXQrWqMKs_leXOz5oyPlZSuHItHlj4ban5tzdxqO3TTS4-B_H04XusLug4rNQNYFwitVylz8JGRxyXU93_QJ8RvlcRPmwwOpYu/s3463/HCC%20P24.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3463" data-original-width="2079" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicF85R59J8q6VdlMsEVfxJU32UmZPRo7tJ5ERSn4RM2Z1Ns0MspggCYmtik4ocyghiZG6KdzWsSHieqpKoxPZwXhi-4UAXQrWqMKs_leXOz5oyPlZSuHItHlj4ban5tzdxqO3TTS4-B_H04XusLug4rNQNYFwitVylz8JGRxyXU93_QJ8RvlcRPmwwOpYu/w240-h400/HCC%20P24.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk2cDXjgAPHalFMbHKuh0WSGSL8LC0x2WQlMeuJCP9l1XQ2yCAMost-jrA7Yed22OaoR8zTSOc2j0ECTnyYa5RMsi9Rpt9TUEUnI9PeADM5YIPd7kMlM9fviX13tAnbemFhfc5FtT6RPSnLxXxNC0YwMwz7qPA_yLfpe8xJsXyxDYQEfM_-L66xFRG6bKu/s3299/HCC%20P75.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3299" data-original-width="1946" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk2cDXjgAPHalFMbHKuh0WSGSL8LC0x2WQlMeuJCP9l1XQ2yCAMost-jrA7Yed22OaoR8zTSOc2j0ECTnyYa5RMsi9Rpt9TUEUnI9PeADM5YIPd7kMlM9fviX13tAnbemFhfc5FtT6RPSnLxXxNC0YwMwz7qPA_yLfpe8xJsXyxDYQEfM_-L66xFRG6bKu/w236-h400/HCC%20P75.jpg" width="236" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And sometimes Newmar, Bobbi's teddy bear, would get a hold of the book and attempt to draw his own adventures, seeing as they were so much more adventury than my own... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMYYa2qrJGUp0hw_R9PYiOHPXbSj2ioymbg7MYEPEskIWvL0YK5xvrHwEl9okNAEYrGz5qgaau-xHl57nYPQh05uJIWpv6o2k8RHBPC_r2DG_Ci51Khli-lwgiIzzExsRm1r_f9SOPRm0qnGfYMB67hsr4R0anIOFCihmr2xJhTYO9uCJHoGV0_09Yd6pu/s3301/HCC%20P27.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3301" data-original-width="2038" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMYYa2qrJGUp0hw_R9PYiOHPXbSj2ioymbg7MYEPEskIWvL0YK5xvrHwEl9okNAEYrGz5qgaau-xHl57nYPQh05uJIWpv6o2k8RHBPC_r2DG_Ci51Khli-lwgiIzzExsRm1r_f9SOPRm0qnGfYMB67hsr4R0anIOFCihmr2xJhTYO9uCJHoGV0_09Yd6pu/w248-h400/HCC%20P27.jpeg" width="248" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The fun thing is that, if it were Newmar drawing, I'd pencil it with my left hand and ink it with my right. If it were Longleg drawing, I'd pencil with my right hand and ink it with my left.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So, as production of new comics experiences a bit of a lull, you can rest assured that I am not idle. Soon this new book will be available for purchase, and meanwhile you can check out my other graphic novels and coloring books here on my <b><a href="https://www.blurb.com/user/Perchingwolf?profile_preview=true" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">Blurb Store</span></a>.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJlAZGSTkpqZHa8d34g_8ZEvKpa0YdxC2NJHdB-41Z8Gw9J5sB0JIXcvpbvVlodc6t3i6hn-ygmixgMENxQl07NM7S6LlCKzy_6XiH-6zKt7PUJvXzH_zyiq2daN3_K4V79sFPrdKW8vpmaJSxVvUnqpYTQEO1W2VIeLXNrhwEmNSC55L9-ndpvL3shnvx/s1124/Bwa-ha-ha-ha!%20Color.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1124" data-original-width="798" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJlAZGSTkpqZHa8d34g_8ZEvKpa0YdxC2NJHdB-41Z8Gw9J5sB0JIXcvpbvVlodc6t3i6hn-ygmixgMENxQl07NM7S6LlCKzy_6XiH-6zKt7PUJvXzH_zyiq2daN3_K4V79sFPrdKW8vpmaJSxVvUnqpYTQEO1W2VIeLXNrhwEmNSC55L9-ndpvL3shnvx/s320/Bwa-ha-ha-ha!%20Color.jpg" width="227" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /></div><br /></div><br /> <p></p>PATRICKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10765447973750706628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2659880886467168071.post-40222235369402509822023-06-16T22:05:00.001-07:002023-06-16T22:05:47.000-07:00Spider-Me<p>I've long talked about how being a Shaman, especially at times when I had another day job, feels like what it must feel like to be Peter Parker - Living two different lives in two different worlds. Even today, as a full-time Shaman, I'm<i> still</i> learning to integrate the realities and truths of shamanic life with the logistics and limits of the 'mundane' world. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoNCMejDJruG1EAuHbq3uMtcpuV4YXo8f4HYcz6wI8d3ZNe1cCscItGJNW9ZIo154avFbm6wNJoxcJss1OcD2rpiM5AG8cAVrz_L6AKt_JF2LruYDcsBmUro6Whx2A21BEHWTZUc32BBHEzoWWiY0XBh0WskOTUx0TKqQSNBKjaocRmBLXnbDfEw4eEg/s3312/Spider%20Shaman.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3312" data-original-width="2542" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoNCMejDJruG1EAuHbq3uMtcpuV4YXo8f4HYcz6wI8d3ZNe1cCscItGJNW9ZIo154avFbm6wNJoxcJss1OcD2rpiM5AG8cAVrz_L6AKt_JF2LruYDcsBmUro6Whx2A21BEHWTZUc32BBHEzoWWiY0XBh0WskOTUx0TKqQSNBKjaocRmBLXnbDfEw4eEg/w308-h400/Spider%20Shaman.jpg" width="308" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>In a previous comic from twenty years ago, I drew Longleg the dog carrying a hefty stack of library books with fictitious titles to be checked out, then asks for some books he has on hold, including one entitled "<i><b>Living a Quantum Reality in a Newtonian World</b></i>" (highlighted below). <b>That</b> in a nutshell is what I'm describing, and I'm secretly hoping that someday someone (perhaps me?!) actually writes that book. <p></p><p>By the way, his library account number is actually the phone number (plus area code 320) of Gary's Pizza in St Joseph, Minnesota, which made up the major proportion of pizza consumption during my college career at near by St John's University (which is why I still have it memorized all these decades later). </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">, <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Ll4MoIDPU7tmdFwgsAtvcIbOI18yuttH3M5LQyQy-qTiDV1JZqBpz8fhhROxCK77zWuoaoabFDSDEsZ5h06_VBqUsjS59B5SbQzHvAge65PJHbCO2Xx4Ivb2i7fzp-loUgj1QQb-oPpoxz_DntvrdMST7hQ9oqPkbBZ00tXYGBbVDyo4q3R8u94XOw/s3053/Library%20-%20Highlighted.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3053" data-original-width="2281" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Ll4MoIDPU7tmdFwgsAtvcIbOI18yuttH3M5LQyQy-qTiDV1JZqBpz8fhhROxCK77zWuoaoabFDSDEsZ5h06_VBqUsjS59B5SbQzHvAge65PJHbCO2Xx4Ivb2i7fzp-loUgj1QQb-oPpoxz_DntvrdMST7hQ9oqPkbBZ00tXYGBbVDyo4q3R8u94XOw/w299-h400/Library%20-%20Highlighted.jpg" width="299" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>PATRICKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10765447973750706628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2659880886467168071.post-73782530984303237022023-05-18T22:39:00.002-07:002023-05-18T22:43:45.337-07:00The Saga of Didrik - Complete<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now that I have finished this particular adventure of Gerb and the gang, I wanted to put all the pages together in one post. 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It is the first of many stories I wish to compile into a collection of archery stories and myths from around the world. WOOOOHOOOOOO! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Please click on the <b>Didrik</b> label below to read the complete story series, keeping in mind the updated First Page is posted here below the the final page -- Kind of an <i>Ouroboros</i> (symbolic images of a snake eating its own tail). When I drew the first version of page 1, it had been a while since I'd drawn Gerb, and I found the original drawing a little too stiff and unsatisfactory. Now that I've been drawing the gang for almost 20 pages, I've loosened up somewhat and gotten more into the flow of drawing him, so I wanted to redo that page, and the result is what you see below.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">But first the last page of the series...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyMvl-dnJdFQck-B4CcBr15inYWmH9KBwW-84wNkcBmujg9Gl7Ez80uJID7P6LKRnm0uSeS2mQT_ogOcXkwMPJgzWB4Ng8fjpt8B8SDLldlEMTvpCA6Sg6X4mDpkBjEuAksUsHjQSnU2tuPr4sN_K9Ro5NeGKrsHB6iO1iYDuQ5IneRFs-JBMejGGsXA/s3233/SoD%20p19.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3233" data-original-width="2472" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyMvl-dnJdFQck-B4CcBr15inYWmH9KBwW-84wNkcBmujg9Gl7Ez80uJID7P6LKRnm0uSeS2mQT_ogOcXkwMPJgzWB4Ng8fjpt8B8SDLldlEMTvpCA6Sg6X4mDpkBjEuAksUsHjQSnU2tuPr4sN_K9Ro5NeGKrsHB6iO1iYDuQ5IneRFs-JBMejGGsXA/w306-h400/SoD%20p19.jpeg" width="306" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">...Then lastly the first page of the comic...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6bSDvmPBLaY9_ZQ76xNCSdLBRKai604aEywLUbFaf27pAGrK4BTQOyIw0zjO6F7rS5domCn4yt4nHWj2Qcm3HPC2XI2cNWqM2MCjuFOXFHA7zSSvA_rcOoWjGaeT-mu2EHkyrwCDCt7LkA0LREJWGuixlnWnFWBsAm8cn8UFv3jy0jAUIEpI7X7CouQ/s3605/SoD%20p1%20(corrected).jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3605" data-original-width="2773" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6bSDvmPBLaY9_ZQ76xNCSdLBRKai604aEywLUbFaf27pAGrK4BTQOyIw0zjO6F7rS5domCn4yt4nHWj2Qcm3HPC2XI2cNWqM2MCjuFOXFHA7zSSvA_rcOoWjGaeT-mu2EHkyrwCDCt7LkA0LREJWGuixlnWnFWBsAm8cn8UFv3jy0jAUIEpI7X7CouQ/w308-h400/SoD%20p1%20(corrected).jpeg" width="308" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Thank you for reading! <3 </div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>PATRICKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10765447973750706628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2659880886467168071.post-67759724656504429742023-05-06T22:21:00.000-07:002023-05-18T23:35:27.302-07:00Purple Pachyderm in "A String and a Purr" <p><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">In honor of <b>Free Comic Book Day</b> I wanted to share a comic book I drew 20 years ago (apparently, according to the dialog, while I was still married) starring</span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #050505;"> </span><b><span style="color: #800180;">Purple Pachyderm</span></b><span style="color: #050505;"> - one of my favorite characters to draw since childhood. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Happy Free Comic Book Day! And thank you for reading!</span></p><p><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ixKScc9gKH0LtHGKGi_sXYWdTcIa8L7ViG4eqQnf1vSp0oa49LC8zZ5pnthG1cK9i-qpPK91SLT7SJ5tN3kbOrXFoZQtRKF6nIZlI_v8qndA5EvCgFYdQrO6SwzysvVhAVMslwx5xpytfhClNpBlYYTjd9jf6Q_M6kZ1ilvAMHVNjCpKE-IV6qu_Bw/s3164/PP%20cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3164" data-original-width="1982" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ixKScc9gKH0LtHGKGi_sXYWdTcIa8L7ViG4eqQnf1vSp0oa49LC8zZ5pnthG1cK9i-qpPK91SLT7SJ5tN3kbOrXFoZQtRKF6nIZlI_v8qndA5EvCgFYdQrO6SwzysvVhAVMslwx5xpytfhClNpBlYYTjd9jf6Q_M6kZ1ilvAMHVNjCpKE-IV6qu_Bw/w250-h400/PP%20cover.jpg" width="250" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><p></p>PATRICKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10765447973750706628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2659880886467168071.post-1430168932820762023-04-29T23:27:00.000-07:002023-04-29T23:27:14.200-07:00Saga of Didrik page 18<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Almost finished! I haven't got it totally mapped out yet, but there's just a page or two more to go now until the conclusion of the <i>Saga of Didrik</i>. Stay tuned! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">To read the entire comic up to this point, please click on the <b>Didrik</b> label below, and thank you for reading! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWdYR3-M4wWrNxFah5kcTFbiIyFk93WlPA2ybsxcsGBLSF-wLwt4OVvbNzA485Pm395yb6GEepcIGpDA5XdLEvJUNffyIfGFraIGM5FcntXCMAJ7lHua5EhFQTeWeTKi9At0V2dW9pDnX3cpkDY-eF7WxorVegWqYJ-kTKPl9NspbT1wA5qrNKWDU_UQ/s3495/SoD%20p18.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3495" data-original-width="2672" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWdYR3-M4wWrNxFah5kcTFbiIyFk93WlPA2ybsxcsGBLSF-wLwt4OVvbNzA485Pm395yb6GEepcIGpDA5XdLEvJUNffyIfGFraIGM5FcntXCMAJ7lHua5EhFQTeWeTKi9At0V2dW9pDnX3cpkDY-eF7WxorVegWqYJ-kTKPl9NspbT1wA5qrNKWDU_UQ/w306-h400/SoD%20p18.jpeg" width="306" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>PATRICKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10765447973750706628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2659880886467168071.post-80176111250906928122023-04-19T18:20:00.000-07:002023-04-19T18:22:10.629-07:00Saga of Didrik page 17<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As usual for any given situation in my life, I have several brands in the fire when it comes to my comic projects. Not including any one-shot, one- or two-pagers that randomly occur, I have at least three separate comic stories<i> actively</i> in progress --<b> </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Dismem-boar-ment -</b> Chronicling some profound experiences from a Vision Quest a couple years ago (Click on the corresponding label below to read the story so far)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Smoke and Mirrors - </b>A exercise of soul-searching in response to some outside resistance I encountered to my spiritual path (Click on the corresponding label below to read the story so far)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Saga of Didrik</b> <b>- </b>First of a planned series of adaptions of archery myths and legends from around the world, the latest page of which is posted here (Again, click on the corresponding label below to read the story so far)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So I'm going to try (I <b>know</b>! "...There is no <i>try</i>, only <i>do</i> or <i>do not</i>..." blah blah blah...😉) to concentrate on <b>Didrik</b>, being the one closest to being finished, and, I believe, the one I've been working on the longest, to free up some creative energy on the other two. My intention is to not let anything linger in limbo for too long. It's good to have a couple things going at the same time, so I have a couple choices of were to apply and follow my inspiration, depending on the accompanying emotional states. When things go on for too long, though, without closure or completion, for me it seems to leave loose ends which are fertile ground for the development of guilt and self-judgement, which tends to block or clot the creative energy, slowing the creative flow to the detriment of <i>all</i> creative projects. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So, in that spirit, here is the latest page in the last chapter of the <b>Saga of Didrik</b>!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9KV_aJ9xJrfZ-W1hoTkmbqPNn-XqNw_neP0OQFRLMwykMtRcaw1d9-bI8uZPnLKw3uw6sfevbLq8ToM2loganDczNRu5F9FVoqB0hAaWRXR6azWsQzZxhSBw1EttadKNjMO9UALlpbChbp-MoDZ0Xq3wqLmUMcah4ZMH0JLw_3pX8yF40rsbJa9wK4g/s3376/SoD%20p17.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3376" data-original-width="2606" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9KV_aJ9xJrfZ-W1hoTkmbqPNn-XqNw_neP0OQFRLMwykMtRcaw1d9-bI8uZPnLKw3uw6sfevbLq8ToM2loganDczNRu5F9FVoqB0hAaWRXR6azWsQzZxhSBw1EttadKNjMO9UALlpbChbp-MoDZ0Xq3wqLmUMcah4ZMH0JLw_3pX8yF40rsbJa9wK4g/w309-h400/SoD%20p17.jpeg" width="309" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>PATRICKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10765447973750706628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2659880886467168071.post-66138455276292838262023-04-08T15:18:00.000-07:002023-04-08T15:18:04.821-07:00'Corn to be Wild<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Looking through a journal that I take with me when I do sacred pipe ceremony at the local river, I found a little, almost forgotten comic I drew there. It is unpolished and sketchy because it was done 'in the field' and I am yet uncertain if I will draw a more polished and finished version. Meanwhile I thought it'd be fun to share this original version here.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFfObCupD6MlUCbzGrEg9mR5so6ZlP3Aax1Ha33ae101TDhc9pYaq5Ro71NADhfdRJCub2jX_mQV3Xi2Uh7e2nhB-uEsLPIc1bx_Lfh-26SEJMOxmN9io7mkS8RpLBmCWWPfxMaHPKXQGJJHdpNzhgReGgQJSHjS6zW0o71DJQ3LX5qBU_rxbFXLuXCw/s2768/Uni%20Meditate%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2506" data-original-width="2768" height="363" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFfObCupD6MlUCbzGrEg9mR5so6ZlP3Aax1Ha33ae101TDhc9pYaq5Ro71NADhfdRJCub2jX_mQV3Xi2Uh7e2nhB-uEsLPIc1bx_Lfh-26SEJMOxmN9io7mkS8RpLBmCWWPfxMaHPKXQGJJHdpNzhgReGgQJSHjS6zW0o71DJQ3LX5qBU_rxbFXLuXCw/w400-h363/Uni%20Meditate%201.jpeg" width="400" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxblzEljtAfBUpXC5_DgD8Q9hmkg6yTcSxOe-PE1cbbmZl58wyUJ_Hax76glUjyai7ZBsmi8jGeaFyszaGfVB0jy-9HesB5u8i3xvnIvYJcjEb4uofOr9VxdpntWqLTe_tbSPZj1a_FVTxGwt7C11IajU2U6sMwSvQNxLDMPDUcs9h6ucKU3V-mvIVgg/s1591/Uni%20Meditate%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1591" data-original-width="1224" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxblzEljtAfBUpXC5_DgD8Q9hmkg6yTcSxOe-PE1cbbmZl58wyUJ_Hax76glUjyai7ZBsmi8jGeaFyszaGfVB0jy-9HesB5u8i3xvnIvYJcjEb4uofOr9VxdpntWqLTe_tbSPZj1a_FVTxGwt7C11IajU2U6sMwSvQNxLDMPDUcs9h6ucKU3V-mvIVgg/w308-h400/Uni%20Meditate%202.jpeg" width="308" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This brings to mind a favorite drawing of me from an earlier comic when I drew myself as a My Little Pony unicorn. If you look closely at the last panel above, my unicorn self has the same wolf pawprint tattoo on my hip as I do below. I can neither confirm nor deny the existence of such a tattoo in physical reality.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu4GB0IsOZ2VAkY5bL2uBdtaWRnG9lfmw4xr6QSXb351Gvb7R49Ffvd0EyKAM4j2x_RtMoxsHvHWi-_A9wNFW-t8r4lN0cGTx4wmoS7u7_KHKReDZZAGc2fWfa6zGTXOSgN8h0LvFlEtzQXX_bnG27kGDpeUJklOJbEmC3h6Pjps_h6MCqug8KLSJ5zg/s2401/MY%20LITTLE.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2143" data-original-width="2401" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu4GB0IsOZ2VAkY5bL2uBdtaWRnG9lfmw4xr6QSXb351Gvb7R49Ffvd0EyKAM4j2x_RtMoxsHvHWi-_A9wNFW-t8r4lN0cGTx4wmoS7u7_KHKReDZZAGc2fWfa6zGTXOSgN8h0LvFlEtzQXX_bnG27kGDpeUJklOJbEmC3h6Pjps_h6MCqug8KLSJ5zg/s320/MY%20LITTLE.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div> <p></p>PATRICKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10765447973750706628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2659880886467168071.post-85591084105233875812023-04-05T17:23:00.001-07:002023-04-05T17:23:20.017-07:00Tooth Be Told<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2RlvetLyk6leRPCWaX_Wf6Snxxg2R77OOWob3hcg8eyt_YJ1w4AoJVBNg1i-vtl5SN5qXp-01Qg00bJ9ctZVMDgyPyHkKQ9fefCUYOJUqCHRDkBAFm5K77bEb50SoOGWgrqdF-xcrK7eRt-jw7ZxKtKByzeR06oslLJUVekWdYBCVJ5q3ER5RTZWpCw/s3850/Boar's%20Tooth.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3850" data-original-width="2596" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2RlvetLyk6leRPCWaX_Wf6Snxxg2R77OOWob3hcg8eyt_YJ1w4AoJVBNg1i-vtl5SN5qXp-01Qg00bJ9ctZVMDgyPyHkKQ9fefCUYOJUqCHRDkBAFm5K77bEb50SoOGWgrqdF-xcrK7eRt-jw7ZxKtKByzeR06oslLJUVekWdYBCVJ5q3ER5RTZWpCw/w270-h400/Boar's%20Tooth.jpeg" width="270" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>PATRICKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10765447973750706628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2659880886467168071.post-16217179190986978552023-03-29T15:21:00.004-07:002023-03-29T15:21:55.069-07:00Smoke and Mirrors page 4<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here is page four of my latest comic series, documenting a current onslaught of soul-searching around my spiritual path and who I am. To read the rest of the pages thus far, please click on the <span style="color: #ff00fe;"><b>Smoke and Mirrors</b> </span>label below, and to read more comics about my relationship and lessons with <b><span style="color: #ff00fe;">White Buffalo Calf Woman</span></b>, click on that label below. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Thank you for reading! 💖</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1CAtYwtU1BoFHx0XTliZmjJkQccncctHC2yISrSF2YvpzazX2dbFhgUyksHXfe0BdP8A1muTlspZH04RuOCyylmALzm63uxkUnlzeEnR-UeDJoLdo58zWSA-NqHDnsoTCfjGWLGO9QoerISAPSOKbrj2oaE2XzcRVXNE4FNX711OOrDldZ3SA3U_Bow/s3214/Smoke%20&%20Mirrors%20p4.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3214" data-original-width="2476" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1CAtYwtU1BoFHx0XTliZmjJkQccncctHC2yISrSF2YvpzazX2dbFhgUyksHXfe0BdP8A1muTlspZH04RuOCyylmALzm63uxkUnlzeEnR-UeDJoLdo58zWSA-NqHDnsoTCfjGWLGO9QoerISAPSOKbrj2oaE2XzcRVXNE4FNX711OOrDldZ3SA3U_Bow/w309-h400/Smoke%20&%20Mirrors%20p4.jpeg" width="309" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>PATRICKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10765447973750706628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2659880886467168071.post-42382814594195787332023-03-07T19:57:00.000-08:002023-03-07T19:57:34.915-08:00Johnny B Goode<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_VHjjmVlQUhGw989w1GiFYrpLhH4YBwx-f55mZ9ez5BU2_UK-_NpDpd6TGtR7zbHXk48ZofjTYRpV6SGAelrq7VrsAjSZX3y5HS4OgFtvGy5taGgQcDKn_ovPaTf5Si-ljpy0L3p2Dk85sNRcHYyQjg_gEJyOtt3HUm5FVuY0pD6uVmjFXAPkk-1DIQ/s3380/Johnny%20B.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3380" data-original-width="2292" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_VHjjmVlQUhGw989w1GiFYrpLhH4YBwx-f55mZ9ez5BU2_UK-_NpDpd6TGtR7zbHXk48ZofjTYRpV6SGAelrq7VrsAjSZX3y5HS4OgFtvGy5taGgQcDKn_ovPaTf5Si-ljpy0L3p2Dk85sNRcHYyQjg_gEJyOtt3HUm5FVuY0pD6uVmjFXAPkk-1DIQ/w271-h400/Johnny%20B.jpeg" width="271" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>PATRICKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10765447973750706628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2659880886467168071.post-90693785105332188282023-02-28T18:46:00.000-08:002023-02-28T18:46:54.627-08:00Smoke and Mirrors page 3<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here is the third page of my most current comic series as I do some soul-searching to sort out, through the magick of cartooning, recent events that have had a couple people calling into question my integrity around videoing my sacred pipe videos, something that I know goes counter to tradition but which I've been consistently guided to do by my helping spirits, especially White Buffalo Calf Woman.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is not an attempt to justify or excuse myself, or to make myself the good guy and cast aspersions on others. It is an honest look at what I do and why I do it -- a seeking of the truth, and of integrity. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">To read the other pages thus far in this series, please click on the <b><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Smoke and Mirrors</span></b> label below. And to read other comics where I've dealt with similar issues, please click on the <b><span style="color: #ff00fe;">White Buffalo Calf Woman</span></b> label below.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-QfprL-cmcWmk2v-cFdX0EoHc_YuVecjE8Q1Dx-KhhvRzIt3v5toyDsBBbptpzk3cnPjYNAHD5NtsXOSOhHjCnZqr4rRJsvZtB1cKh6hQOWj_HptNjA0plCVP3_5pxU3IoxEfqG2nH7OUsfQ8AVzk-leLTJHIcUPJf-KcpKLEcJLUByHrMh0zvgSleA/s3541/Smoke%20&%20Mirrors%20p3.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3541" data-original-width="2788" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-QfprL-cmcWmk2v-cFdX0EoHc_YuVecjE8Q1Dx-KhhvRzIt3v5toyDsBBbptpzk3cnPjYNAHD5NtsXOSOhHjCnZqr4rRJsvZtB1cKh6hQOWj_HptNjA0plCVP3_5pxU3IoxEfqG2nH7OUsfQ8AVzk-leLTJHIcUPJf-KcpKLEcJLUByHrMh0zvgSleA/w315-h400/Smoke%20&%20Mirrors%20p3.jpeg" width="315" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>PATRICKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10765447973750706628noreply@blogger.com0