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Je suis votre fiction, votre image ocƩane
L’hippocampe en rut depuis quatre cent mille siĆØcles
Debout, d’une seule nageoire, j’avance depuis l’éocĆØne
Auguste figure du poète, éloge de la lenteur.
Jean Royer, juin 2006

#hippocampusĀ #hippocampeĀ #poissonĀ #fishĀ #underwaterĀ #oceanloverĀ #inkdrawingĀ #dotworkĀ #stipplingĀ #stipplingartĀ #inktherapyĀ #slownessĀ #elogedelalenteurĀ #inktoberĀ 

Camera
Inktober 2024

What happened to this army who left so much behind?

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#ink
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Scarecrow
Inktober 2024

A guard ahead, so still. Was his plan just to scare intruders? I watched patiently for an age before meeting him. He stayed watching even longer. He wasn’t alone. Why were they really here…?

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Expedition
Inktober 2024

Their expedition was here in force.

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Rust
Inktober 2024

It was obvious many others had been here before me. The rust and detritus was everywhere. But I now knew they were here with me…

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Camp
Inktober 2024

I made camp on the most intimidating creature I could find. Only those with nothing to fear make camp in the open…

#art
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Rhinoceros
Inktober 2024

I found a rhinoceros. It was as still as stone. The first of many silent animals in this forest.

#art
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Uncharted
Inktober 2024

I continued through to the uncharted. But not unobserved.

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Journal
Inktober 2024

I found something better than his guidebook: The journal he wrote it from. He’d been here!

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Ridge

Inktober 2024

The road stopped at the edge of a protruding ridge. But the journey continued.

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Drive
Inktober 2024

The journal wasn’t the only gift he left me. Thank goodness for his driving lessons!

#art
#ink
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Grungy
Inktober 2024

Holes, dilapidation and grunge. A building in the middle of nowhere. Of course I went inside.

#art
#ink
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Guidebook
Inktober 2024

At this time, I didn’t yet have my father’s guidebook. It wasn’t till later that I had an opportunity to read it.

#art
#ink
#inktober
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Roam
Inktober 2024

I found the stone markers everywhere I roamed. Their mysterious symbols just outside my understanding. If he followed their hidden wisdom, I would too…

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#ink
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Horizon

Inktober 2024

Sometimes it felt like the horizon never changed.

#art
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Remote
Inktober 2024

My new friends continued on their wandering ways. I was alone again in a strange and remote land.

#art
#ink
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Snacks
Inktober 2024

Civilisation may not be defined by culture or philosophy. But by the act of sharing snacks. And helping a stranger…

#art
#ink
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Nomadic
Inktober 2024

And yet there are people here. Life, and homes, and laughter. Strange and ephemeral in the harshness. Nomads.

#art
#ink
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Sun
Inktober 2024

The land became hot, dry, and lonely.

#art
#ink
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Hike
Inktober 2024

Travelling through the grasslands was a welcome change. It was more like a hike.

#art
#ink
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Passport
Inktober 2024

The jungle cleared and I took a moment to go through his things I had gathered. That old passport…

#art
#ink
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Trek
Inktober 2024

After The Monument the journey became a real trek.

#art
#ink
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#inktober jour 22 : camp

Grosse fatigue = grosse zone de confort šŸ˜„

#inktober jour 21 : rhinoceros. Or unicorn. It doesn't give a fuck.

#inktober jour 19 : ridge