In addition to doing a lot of drawing lately, I've been working on a writing project. I started listening to several interviews with different writers while I was drawing. I kept coming back to shows and interviews with J.K. Rowling, mostly because her story is so amazing. There's one clip on You Tube where she talks about her depression while writing the first book, and how the Dementors in a later book were pretty much "depression personified." Since that is an issue I've dealt with throughout my life, I thought doing a drawing of a dementor would be cathartic. It was. When I thought about the drawing, I asked myself what does depression really do? One of the big things is that it robs us of our dreams. So I drew my take on a dementor trying to suck the life out of dreams. It's not the best drawing I've done, but I did it for myself, and it's a constant reminder of what can happen when I get down. Sharpies on paper, 18" X 24".
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