PinnedMember-onlyDrawing The City As It ReturnsNYC is back, mostly — The prospect of spending a few hours to live-draw in the streets of NYC is exciting for me. I decide on a neighborhood and just go there, iPad in backpack. Some neighborhoods have more places to sit, which, if I am going to broadcast while I live draw (see below)…NYC3 min read
Aug 10Member-onlyLifting The TruthOut of the muck that Trump created The FBI searched Trump’s home, Mara-Lago, this week. Trump has also chosen to plead the fifth in his NYC deposition inquiry. The Georgia Attorney General is continuing her case against Trump. The GOP continues to claim — some of them and that’s way…Trump1 min read
Jul 28Member-onlyBravery On The Women’s Rights FrontDr. Caitlin Bernard I read a story this morning in the NY Times about Dr. Caitlin Bernard, a physician in Indiana. She is the doctor who recently performed an abortion on the 10 year-old rape victim, and she is at the center of the abortion debate. She provides a wide…Womens Rights2 min read
Jul 22Member-onlyThe Elephant In The RoomTrump ignited an element that is still out there, waiting. — The January 6th Hearing last night was powerful and very informative. What I found most enlightening was how the committee showed us Trump’s deliberate choice — not inaction, deliberate choice — to do nothing for three hours during the seige on the Capitol. He sat in the WH dining…January 6 Committee3 min read
Jul 13Member-onlyGet Him And His Dangerous Ego GoneThe January 6th Committee is uncovering a lot More January 6th hearings happened yesterday, my sketches from the day are below. We heard some of the testimony form Trump’s lawyer, Pat Cipillone, who was close to the former president during the violence. Today showed us in what way the far…3 min read
Jun 27Member-onlyLady Liberty Is StaggeredWith the Supreme Court Ruling striking down rights for women When women were finally given autonomy over their bodies with the landmark Roe V Wade ruling in 1973, I was in high school in Washington, DC. Although too young to be personally affected, I understood its significance. The ruling was…Freedom2 min read
May 27Member-onlyAmazing Dissidents and ActivistsLive drawing the Oslo Freedom Forum I just got back from Oslo, where I live drew the Oslo Freedom Forum, as I have done for 7 years now. It is an amazing conference, with speakers from around the world, many of whom are dissidents and activists for global and local…Activim5 min read
May 14Member-onlyPen Amerca’s Emergency Congress At The United NationsConcern for the world mirrors a similar gathering in 1939 I was invited by the organization PEN America, to attend and live-draw a special session at the United Nations yesterday. The leadership at PEN gathered member writers to speak at what they called an Emergency World Voices Congress of Writers…Politics4 min read
May 5Member-onlyDrawing WomenSCOTUS’s end of Roe V Wade Is an attack on women’s liberty — I have begun live drawing daily again, and this was yesterday’s live draw. If you want to watch me draw and talk ( or try to, sometimes in a halting manner because I’m drawing), join me every weekday at 5pm ET. Link below. This idea came out of two merging…Politics2 min read
May 4Member-onlyFreedom To ChooseThe end of Roe V Wade Right before falling asleep last night, a NYTimes alert came in that told me that the US Supreme Court may vote against Roe V. Wade. …SCOTUS2 min read