I’VE LENT VANITY TO MY ANXIETY; I DRAW INSTEAD OF WAIT.
Overview
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While living and commuting in Toronto, I developed a drawing habit. On
the subway, streetcar, and bus, I would draw the people I saw onto
books, newspaper, or notebooks. This exercise culminated into the
visual essay poem below. Originally posted on Medium and recently
moved here.
That dude who drew you on the subway
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For the month of February 2017, I drew the people I saw around me on
Toronto’s Yonge-University line. I did so because I felt anxious—I
didn’t know what else to do. And it helped me look from my small,
particulate existence into the strange, beautiful world beyond. These
sketches were drawn with a Pigma Sensei on that day’s issue of Metro
News.
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