Caricatures captured from the Purim Spiel

 Long story short: Purim is a Jewish holiday on which Jews act out a play portraying an episode in their history when they were threatened as a people.  The temple I used to go to and to which my family and friends still belong, produces every year a "Purimspiel", a play of Purim complete with songs and a theme.  My parents and brother are in it. and I watch them perform.  This year was the Beatles theme, with all Beatles tunes rewritten for the story.  Here are my caricatures of the performers:

Left to right: Joel as the professor, Gerald as Ahashueros, Esther, Vashti,
2nd row: Michael as Haman, Phil as Mordecai, Judy as a virgin.

Top: 4 "Wise Men"
Bottom: The queen's friends, by with whose little bit of help, she gets.

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Here's me drawing caricatures for my friends at my last year's birthday party and art show at the studio.

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Sketchbook Page 13: Beach sketches

Sketching on the beach in Laguna Beach's Secret Cove

Large Peace Sign on the beach

I like to make large Peace Symbols on the beach. 

It starts when I go to Laguna Beach Laughter Club on a Friday or Saturday.  At the end of our laughter yoga session, we all send out a wave of positive energy: peace, love, harmony, joy and health.

I pick up a downed palm frond and drag it through the sand forming a large circle.  I make the best circles when I go fast and don't think about it too much.  I trace the circle a few times and then fill in the interior lines.  Sometimes I fill in the empty space with something: stripes, circles, birds, faces, hearts, or the word "peace" in different languages.

When people see the symbol, they think, however briefly, about peace.  This thought gets sent out and resonates throughout the collective unconscious, increasing the total peace on the earth.  The more time and effort I put into my expression of peace, the larger the impact on the recipient.

Peace unto you!

Future City Drawing

In the future, will our form be more fluid?  Will be able to appear as whatever we choose, expressing our intention and essence through our physical form?  I say yeah. 

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Drug War Cartoon

The drug war has the police chasing their own tail: the massive profits from the black market get funneled to corrupt officers, prosecutors and judges.  There is no way of getting ahead of the problem, aside, of course, from permitting a legal regulated market to supplant the bloody illegal market.