Listening to Arcade Fire for the first time in years (a decade?) and Intervention still gives me all the feelings. So, a drawing was in order.

Summer in fragments. New drawings, a garden growing, canning, the flowers I wanted to steal (but didn’t), staying up far too late reading and what have you.

Elsewhere:

A free autumnal sticker download on my substack
In the Midwest and looking to pursue an education in illustration? University of Wisconsin - Stout just launched their BFA in Illustration and it’s worth a look. My friend Erik is running the program. Between his own talent and his dedication to teaching, I can only imagine that this program will be excellent.
These house plans are fueling my dreams of running away to the middle of nowhere.
There’s a pile of books I’d like to reread, but that I don’t realistically see myself getting to anytime soon. The compromise has been listening to audio books while working. I listened to The Secret History in August and realized that it’s a) weirder than I remembered and b) still pulls the reader in from the very first word. I didn’t anticipate having my sympathies fall so differently on the second run through the book, though. I came to loathe Henry and the twins, but sympathized at a greater level with Francis and Bunny (I know, I know…).
The second book I’m listening to is Rebecca, but I’m losing steam. The main character’s gushing love for Maxim just didn’t work for me in the same way that it did at 18. I’ll trying to finish, but it’s interesting how some books stay with you a lifetime and some just complete a stretch of the journey.