The Art & Poetry of Mary Coleman

So another day of Inktober done. Well, technically I did this drawing a few days ago, but I’m trying to stay a few drawings ahead to make up for days I won’t have time to draw or days that a drawing doesn’t work out. I would really like to have 31 finished drawings, ones I am proud to share, by the end of the month.

I have started over in life with a single suitcase two times in my life, leaving everything I had behind. The first time was when I moved to New Zealand, and second time was when I moved back to Portland from New Zealand. Both times I began a new life with a single suitcase. So besides a week’s worth of clothes, I had no possessions to my name. It’s actually really freeing to start fresh with nothing at all. You think you are going to miss all the stuff you left behind, but after a few weeks, you don’t miss any of it.