I twitter here and there, but have decided to start posting a daily haiku to twitter.  I really enjoy the fact that haiku is a very specific box... a very particular form.  Yet, there are so many ways to do it.  I also like the brevity of it.  It brings focus, and so does the limitation of 140 characters on twitter.  It seems like a good marriage of format and material: http://twitter.com/saintends

I finally picked up a pencil and sat down at my table with the goal of new work. This is also my first entry into my Sketch-A-Day gallery. I started of with a slight idea of the box and swirl patterns around the outside. As it progressed, I began to think of Mike Mignola's incredible work and decided to draw a skull in homage. The skull led to the idea of the scene in Shakespeare which evolved into the skull looking upon another skull along with the quote ( you provide your own interpretation). I have it in my head to do a watercolor wash with this. If you look closely you can see my notes for color written around the drawing. I am eager to see where this goes...

This is my first entry into my photo-a-day. I like the candid moments of my wife invoved in her daily routine. I am sure she hates me walking around and snapping photos but she should have known what was sure to follow when she bought it for me as a gift!!

Wow... It has been a really, really long time since I updated here. To say that some things have changed would be major understatement.

I now live in Seoul, South Korea as I have for the last 5 years. In that time I have been divorced, a single father, a searching soul, remarried, a director of a nightly news program, a world traveler, a graphic artist for the military, a happy foreigner, a photographer to a General and a homesick prodigal son.

I think that I am back to blogging for a little while -- I even think that I will begin the sketch-a-day and photo-a day challenges to inspire my dormant creative demons. Maybe even tweet some haikus. Who knows?

What I do know is that it is good to be back. If anyone out there ever reads this, drop me a line and let me know. Anyone that knows me KNOWS that I love a good back-and-forth.

Be good to each other...

~Nicholas