Day 99: Memories

"God gave us memories that we might have roses in December."

-J.M. Barrie, Courage, 1922

Today is the first day of a new week, and this week's theme is memory. I didn't choose a picture that really fit into that category, but I did choose a quote that fit the theme. I think this is one of my favorite quotes that I've found so far; I think it's very beautiful.

Day 98: Flower

"Give me a flower without a name

Give me an unknown, too tall untamed

I'll give you the tree that I finally found

Roots, roots in the air, branches in the ground."

-Lia Ices, "Grown Unknown"

I wasn't sure what I wanted to draw today, but then I saw this photo when I was searching around online and loved it so much I decided I needed to draw it today! (The model's name is Andrej Pejic...and is actually a very androgynous male!) The photo immediately reminded me of the song "Grown Unknown" by Lia Ices, probably because on last season of So You Think You Can Dance, Justin Giles choreographed a group dance to this song featuring a huge flower as a prop. The mood of the song also reminds me a lot of the mood of the photo (which I hope I at least somewhat captured in the drawing). 

I've never been able to tell exactly what the lyrics to the song are, though. They're pretty difficult to understand. And when I looked up the lyrics, I noticed that the cover of the album with this song on it is Lia Ices with a flower in her mouth, very similar to the photo I drew! 

It must be fate :)

Day 97: Nightmare

"Nightmares exist outside of logic, and there's little fun to be had in explanations; they're antithetical to the poetry of fear."

-Stephen King

Day 96: Flying

"Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it do it so it goes flying anyway."

-Mary Kay Ash

Today, I did a drawing about my dream superpower: the ability to fly. I've had dreams where I can pump my arms and start flying. I really wish I could do that while I was awake as well!

Day 95: Dreaming in Color

"Don't wake me cause I'm dreaming in color, black and white is not my friend.

Candy coated figures hold me in my bed."

-Erin McCarley, "Gotta Figure this Out"

Day 94: Daydream

"A daydream is a meal at which images are eaten. Some of us are gourmets, some gourmands, and a good many take their images precooked out of a can and swallow them down whole, absent-mindedly, and with little relish."

-W.H. Auden

"I was sitting to daydream, but my mind kept wandering."

-Steven Wright

"I live my daydreams in music."

-Albert Einstein

"Thought is the labor of the intellect, reverie is its pleasure."

-Victor Hugo

Day 93: Dream Job

"Go humanity!"

-Dr. Camille Saroyan, "Bones"

This week's theme is dream, so today I decided to draw the character on Bones with my dream job (a forensic pathologist), Dr. Camille (Cam) Saroyan.