A PANDEMIC MOMENT

The other day (as frequently happens nowadays) I couldn't get myself motivated to work on something in the studio, so I decided to lay on the bed and read a book. After awhile I put the book down and just stared up at the white ceiling. The ceiling was apparently sprayed with what looks like little pebbles. As I stared and studied the little patterns of texture over the ceiling, quite a bit of time had gone by and I was in a trance following over the surface. It reminded me of the patterns of craters on the surface of the moon that have captured my attention and motivated me to create the wood engraving, "Mickey's Moon Landing". I decided to get off the bed and use this moment of Pandemic boredom to motivate me to at least do SOMETHING, even if it's mindless doodling in the sketchbook. At least it's in the studio and moving the pen around.

This is an earlier moment of the doodle:

This is where the moment has taken me today: