Evenings with India Ink
On the small ritual of mixing ink, the way light falls in a north-facing room, and the difference between practice and rehearsal. Continue reading →
Public notebook
The Almanac No. 25 is a small public site maintained by Ellis Vandermeer. It collects reading notes, field observations, and occasional updates about the ordinary work of keeping a personal archive online.
On the small ritual of mixing ink, the way light falls in a north-facing room, and the difference between practice and rehearsal. Continue reading →
Half the projects in the studio are unfinished. For a long time that bothered me. Lately I think the unfinished pile is the real archive. Continue reading →
The canal path behind the studio is forty minutes of slow water and stubborn herons. It changes how I think about whatever I am drawing that week. Continue reading →
For two years I have kept an index of every book I finished, written by hand. Here is what that taught me about memory and patience. Continue reading →