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Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio

August 8, 2021 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

Death & Marketing

Black and white ink drawing in two-page sketchbook spread

There is nothing so fatal to character as half-finished tasks.
—David Lloyd George, British prime minister (1916–22)
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A lot has changed in 32 months since my last post. For one thing, I thought the number was 18, then did the math. Grasp of time, as others have noted, has been a casualty during the Covid-19 pandemic, to put it mildly. It has taken an additional month to assemble the pieces that make websites go. A selection of sketchbook drawings made in the gap and not previously shown are here:

Sketchbook 2018-2021

In the two decades since I began a website, technology has evolved to make publicity easy and continuous—a 24/7/365 torrential insta-flow. Media channels change in the blink of an eye. Backroom tasks add up.

I continue to enjoy blogging, old fashioned as it is, to practice writing along with sharing art. The most important function of the blog is to connect with colleagues and friends, known and yet to meet. Going forward, I plan to send a blog-email every other month. I hope you’ll decide that receiving a notice from me is worthwhile. 

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Two-page sketchbook ink drawing in black and white

The Moon, Marmota maximus, the Fox, Martha & Abbie, w/ H-Bomb Nov 1, 1952 — 6-22-20
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Above: Mae West & Bunnies & Turkeys, Castor canadensis — 7-28-20 — 7-29-20
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Filed Under: Drawing, Figure, Gouache & Watercolor, Graphite, Ink

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