absence

"when i was young 

i didn't understand

but now, i know, how 

absence can be present

like a damaged nerve

like a dark bird."

- the time traveler's wife

i've been toying with the idea of how to represent a void for years now.  it's very complicated - but intangible ideas always are. after all, how can you show that something immaterial takes up space and has weight?

my thought process is not linear. i find my inspirations from countless places and times, leaving my sketchbook filled with fragmented sentences and half formulated ideas. i can dance around an idea for ages because something essential - the cincher, is missing, and until i find it, that piece won't come to life.

(image courtesy of Morgenstemning)