The Now Now

February 2026

General

Woohoo orchestra started up again, and we are playing an arrangement of the overture to Mikhail Glinka's Ruslan and Ludmila, one of my favs from my college orchestra days. I love this line from Wikipedia: "The rollicking overture is one of the best known orchestral showpieces in the West and known for being a nightmare for bassists." Thankfully it is actually fun for clarinetists.


Art Projects

Currently inking a zine about my hair for Sunday Zine Club on itch.io. The theme is "Grow."

Began painting my pieces for Ghost Gallery's call for art: TONIC: A Medicinal Flora & Fungi Exhibition.

Did Hourly Comics Day on February 8! I'll post my full comic on my art site soon.

Painting Log

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reading:

Chess Story by Stefan Zweig (February pick for Bookbug)

Starling House by Alix Harrow

DNF: Life in a Jar: The Irena Sendler Project by Jack Mayer

Ways of Seeing by John Berger

The Melancholy of Resistance by László Krasznahorkai

watching:

Jujutsu Kaisen (Crunchyroll)

What Studio Ghibli Does That Disney Doesn't - Pomeroy Art Academy (YouTube) Yoooo watch this it's really cool! John Pomeroy is a legendary Disney animator and he discusses the stylistic differences from a pro's point of view. And he ends the video showing how he thinks Beast would look like in Miyazaki's style.

Pretty Pretty Please I Don't Want to be a Magical Girl (EP.02 ANIMATIC) - Kiana Khansmith (YouTube)

playing:

Animal Crossing New Horizons

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

listening to:

Garbage - Garbage

Metallica - Kill the Lightning

Now page inspired by Derek Sivers.