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Je suis votre fiction, votre image ocƩane
Lā€™hippocampe en rut depuis quatre cent mille siĆØcles
Debout, dā€™une seule nageoire, jā€™avance depuis lā€™Ć©ocĆØne
Auguste figure du poĆØte, Ć©loge 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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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 wasnā€™t alone. Why were they really hereā€¦?

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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 meā€¦

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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 openā€¦

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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.

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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. Heā€™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 wasnā€™t the only gift he left me. Thank goodness for his driving lessons!

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Grungy
Inktober 2024

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

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Guidebook
Inktober 2024

At this time, I didnā€™t yet have my fatherā€™s guidebook. It wasnā€™t till later that I had an opportunity to read it.

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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 tooā€¦

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Horizon

Inktober 2024

Sometimes it felt like the horizon never changed.

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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.

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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 strangerā€¦

#art
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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.

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Sun
Inktober 2024

The land became hot, dry, and lonely.

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Hike
Inktober 2024

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

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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 passportā€¦

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Trek
Inktober 2024

After The Monument the journey became a real trek.

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#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