David Mecklenburg, Writer and Illustrator
Short fiction, novellas, poetic essays, novels and graphic art
This is probably a good place to explain something of my “process” as well as inspiration for artwork. The above image is called Ugetsu. If it looks vaguely “Japanese” it’s because it’s supposed to, because the title is borrowed from Ugetsu Monogatari, but there are some other influences working here. Continue reading “Shin Hanga – New Work for the end of 2020”
Depending on perspective, one can say that much of life is about meeting someone, perhaps one could even say meeting something. In most cases, those we meet are unfamiliar, although they may have some resemblance to someone we know. They remind us of someone else: a mother, a father, a sibling. Consider the metaphor of a ladder. Ada would say, “it’s good enough for Jacob and Wittgengstein, so it’s good enough for me.” We start out on the first rung, which may very well be our own dark self in the womb, then there is mother, and others. Continue reading “Caspar David Friedrich”