From the book “Snapshot: Painters and Photography, Bonnard to Vuillard”
Dear Readers,
Thank you to every last art mammal who wrote to me about the sketchbook gatherings. I read your letters—each one a small treasure—and felt a great rush of affection for all the solo flyers out there, rowing your little boats across the great seas with your sketchbooks strapped to your backs.
I’ve managed to cobble together two little groups that will begin meeting soon. They filled up much faster than my retired brain ever imagined possible, and I’m afraid I simply ran out of space in the lifeboat. If you didn’t hear from me, please don’t think it means anything other than this: the vessel was full, and I didn’t want to tip us all into the drink.
I may open things up again once I get the lay of this new land. For now, thank you for writing, for reading, and for being the sort of humans who still keep sketchbooks, pens, and curiosity close at hand. That’s my kind of mammal.
For now I leave you with some past Zoom pics with Sister & Pam.
Here’s my Substack link, which serves as the unofficial video sidecar to DFLA — perfect for days when I’m too lazy to take sketchbook photos, have bonus thoughts to add, or just feel like dispensing random jibber-jabber. Peruse at your own risk, or not at all.
Thanks mightily for the book recs on the last couple of posts. My LAPL hold cart runneth over! Let me know if you read Atmosphere A Love Story. If you tell me it’s as worthwhile as The Correspondent, I will begin it once I finish A Room With A View.
See you soon!
