with-is 1 (memory - of a presence - walked in - then walked out - but not without - an embrace. - beneath all voids - and behind - all vacancies - there is - the touch - that defined - it’s lack)
2019
colored pencil on paper with linen tape
11.75"x16.5"

with-is 2 (it sinks - to the bottom - then piles up - from there - a thick layer - of slow winds - that cycle - in the low parts - the inner layers. - the shadows - of loss - do not disappear - invisible at times - but - still - always - staggering - sifting - lingering - the once was - the always - is.)
2019
colored pencil on paper with linen tape
11.75"x16.5"

with-is 3 (heavy reality - a dark thud - precarity - a limb breaking - from the weight - multiple points - of fracture)
2020
colored pencil on paper with linen tape
11.75"x16.5"

with-is 4 (slate gray - of indifference - the cold facts - of reality - the shut down - of a possible future - it frames - this moment - hardened into - a rock - a wall - a weight. - the dim light - searches - for it’s - illumination)
2020
colored pencil on paper with linen tape
11.75"x16.5"

with-is 5 (done - with words - or at least: - sentences - paragraphs - descriptions - explanations - definitions -- instead: settling into silence - spare utterances - from the pencil - and into - the deep black - of the pre-dawn - windowpane - as it waits - patiently)
2020
colored pencil on paper with linen tape
11.75"x16.5"

with-is 6 (aggressively hoping - counting on - faith in - impossible miracles - blowing against - the winds - living beyond - death’s approach - seems the only way - anything else: - defeat.)
2019
colored pencil on paper with linen tape
11.75"x16.5"

with-is 7 (what could - happen if - the tight thoughts - spread out - like waves - if we could - lay it all down - uncoil it - and press - out - the sharp points - watch it - lose strength - and fall down - become soft - ripple into - the distance - and allow - an opening)
2020
colored pencil on paper with linen tape
11.75"x16.5"

with-is 8 (deep blue - of the - slow down - held by - monolithic silhouettes - quiet of - the almost there. - give me - your stillness - your solemnitude - hold me - straight up - to honor - my expanse - gravity - and latitude - slow power - gained before - the window lights - flick on)
2020
colored pencil on paper with linen tape
11.75"x16.5"

with: now 1 (a wholeness - that once was - a place - that used - to be complete - cannot - fit there - anymore - it’s gone - behind - yet fragments - remain)
2019
colored pencil on paper with linen tape
11.75"x16.5"

with: now 2 (we are not - so separate - not so - full of - individual fortitude -- the links - that bind - the inevitable - necessity - for contact -- intertwined - are our - thoughts - as we - pass by)
2019
colored pencil on paper with linen tape
11.75"x16.5"

with: now 3 (an inside edge - almost indiscernible - yet it scrapes - points - cuts - it’s presence - an opening - to that - we choose - to cover)
2019
colored pencil on paper with linen tape
11.75"x16.5"

with: now 4 (something - anything - solid black border - of the windowsill: - frame these visions - so there - can be - order - delineate - my being - so there - can be - expanse)
2019
colored pencil on paper with linen tape
11.75"x16.5"

with: now 5 (looking for - something solid - when everything - is moving - hold onto - that patch - of blue building - across the street - it stays - while uncertainty - keeps sliding - this way - and that)
2019
colored pencil on paper with linen tape
11.75"x16.5"

with: now 6 (the long line - that time - builds upon - cause - and effect - betrayals of - the living - that leave us - loss - and the - new ground - which builds - in that line - behind)
2019
colored pencil on paper with linen tape
11.75"x16.5"

with: now 7 (to press hard - to walk - with deliberation - to know - the way - your way - to not - be swayed - takes a strong shield - and a sharp - mind - protect me - from all - that pushes - me astray)
2019
colored pencil on paper with linen tape
11.75"x16.5"

with: now 8 (two windows - stable - like an answer - that addresses back - you know - the answer - solitude - that lets - the light in - a fortress - of silence - to buttress - a genesis)
2019
colored pencil on paper with linen tape
11.75"x16.5"

in: place - in: not - in: cover - edge - not - /release - with:we:you:they - are. (Notebook drawings for Are.)
2015
Group of 8 drawings, Color pencil on paper with linen tape
94 x 16 in (overall) , 11.75 x 16 in (each)

holds: in - this: now - this/and/not/this - :next - this. - before:stop - in: - holds:this (notebook drawings for Are: This)
2015-2016
Group of 8 drawings, Colored pencil on paper with linen tape
94 x 16 in (overall), 11.75 x 16 in (each)

are: than - in: there - /shadow - shadow/ - :was - once: - free/ - here: now (notebook drawings for Are: Here)
2015-2016
Group of 8 drawings, Colored pencil on paper with linen tape
94 x 16 in (overall), 11.75 x 16 in (each)

what-was-always
2013
colored pencil on paper with linen tape
11.75"x16"

curtain/there/thick
2013
colored pencil on paper with linen tape
11.75"x16"

link
2013
colored pencil on paper with linen tape
11.75"x16"

behind/
2013
colored pencil on paper with linen tape
11.75"x16"

through-it
2014
colored pencil on paper with linen tape
11.75"x16"

fade/stone
2013
colored pencil on paper with linen tape
11.75"x16"

was-once
2013
colored pencil on paper with linen tape
11.75"x16"

must.
2015
colored pencil on paper with linen tape
11.75"x16"

loose-
2014
colored pencil and graphite on paper with linen tape with drawing by Nora Handelman
11.75"x16"

wait/through
2014-2015
colored pencil on paper with linen tape
11.75"x16"

/stays
2014
colored pencil on paper with linen tape
11.75"x16"

in-more
2014
colored pencil on paper with linen tape
11.75"x16"

hold:follow
2014
colored pencil on paper with linen tape
11.75"x16"

hold/yet/more
2013
colored pencil on paper with linen tape
11.75"x16"

now/yet
2014
colored pencil on paper with linen tape
11.75"x16"

move:
2014
colored pencil on paper with linen tape
11.75"x16"

hard-opening
2014
colored pencil on paper with linen tape
11.75"x16"

new/full/able
2014
colored pencil on paper with linen tape
11.75"x16"

small-begin
2014
colored pencil on paper with linen tape
11.75"x16"

for:
2014
colored pencil on paper with linen tape
11.75"x16"

this:for
2015
colored pencil on paper with linen tape
11.75"x16"

now-
2014
colored pencil on paper with linen tape
11.75"x16"

this-side
2014
colored pencil on paper with linen tape
11.75"x16"

/push/
2014
colored pencil on paper with linen tape
11.75"x16"

divider
2014
colored pencil on paper with linen tape
11.75"x16"

/pull/
2014
colored pencil on paper with linen tape
11.75"x16"