life's little trials

I'm been a little

f  l  a  t 

lately.

Ever since we got the bad news about Mingus, I've been a little b l a h . 

I have mountains (okay, not that many) but quite a few emails to reply to, but I just haven't been in the headspace.  I'm working through it.  I did some little paintings/illustrations yesterday.  I like to think of these as "life's little trials" or  "having a not-so-great day" or "what the hell is going on?" or maybe "I feel kind of crap, but it's all good"

Really I have no name for them, but needless to say Mingus was an inspiration.... I think they're cute, tender and hopeful, rather than tragic, hopeless, and lost. 

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