Updated: Oct 20, 2020
10 minute sketches on a windy Autumn evening. An erratic northwesterly quickly generated elaborate markings despite the limited exposure time allotted to each canvas. Fine raindrops bled the blue ink, leaving distinctive evidences of contact.
Inverted in post, this wind drawing was made over 2 days. In that time, scratchy lines and inkier manifestations formed complex, directional bodies of movement. During the 1560 minute exposure, the network of lines and punctuations emerged as a cohesive mapping of the wind, creating an image that (I think) evokes celestial and/or cartographic associations.
A Handbook of Dreams and Fortune-Telling by Zadkiel and Sibly offers an analysis of dreams and other fortunes. The pages soak up the ink readily, mapping wind movements in a type of aeromancy - divination built on the interpretation of atmospheric conditions.
