tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55984087441862340302024-03-16T11:51:23.798-07:00Art and AdventureBen Hatkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13128090224957401149noreply@blogger.comBlogger622125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598408744186234030.post-74405714814907184982024-01-02T18:34:00.000-08:002024-01-02T18:34:59.118-08:00Winter Days<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV63r1BVT6CsG1PWf8XQgKa8IfqEaMxeHhpCPaaVh-ooiLm_dVN_Q012k5obL6-dtixLOAUR_H1-qFXBcUU3AbWOwvLp4EGPP0OygyZzDG6cOAYf1ja9cow1qK8wzmYAabPQ8TbkTWHAGp-YzOIFWcYVVhY66tvkWVFViN1T4LJxUncc73QDNHvRcmKZ8/s1130/IMG_6030.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1130" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV63r1BVT6CsG1PWf8XQgKa8IfqEaMxeHhpCPaaVh-ooiLm_dVN_Q012k5obL6-dtixLOAUR_H1-qFXBcUU3AbWOwvLp4EGPP0OygyZzDG6cOAYf1ja9cow1qK8wzmYAabPQ8TbkTWHAGp-YzOIFWcYVVhY66tvkWVFViN1T4LJxUncc73QDNHvRcmKZ8/w454-h640/IMG_6030.jpg" width="454" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ6zlwMH01j5gKxiQribM2YT24uF4X9e7k1eu-q8AefWw-LOSv9At7oRhH-WCue7ezGTLYvSCxJYN-P7Ss_yaKzJEIkcal0O6wmAyT1PX9Bb8P1Ulmk_zfvwzx_d0oGGbh0qP0Qh50agHO6xX0BjVDTGa4VOVUMvaI7JwqO1xV9NtkP5guYX-CnsvnPEk/s1067/IMG_6032.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="734" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ6zlwMH01j5gKxiQribM2YT24uF4X9e7k1eu-q8AefWw-LOSv9At7oRhH-WCue7ezGTLYvSCxJYN-P7Ss_yaKzJEIkcal0O6wmAyT1PX9Bb8P1Ulmk_zfvwzx_d0oGGbh0qP0Qh50agHO6xX0BjVDTGa4VOVUMvaI7JwqO1xV9NtkP5guYX-CnsvnPEk/w440-h640/IMG_6032.jpg" width="440" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Ben Hatkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13128090224957401149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598408744186234030.post-86569401788261843182023-11-30T13:13:00.000-08:002023-11-30T13:13:13.126-08:00November Trees<p> Inspired by Leonardo's sanguine chalk landscapes, I sat in our sunny field and drew a few of my own. By the next week most of the leaves were gone.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAkIhd3Nooj1qGzO8m2quD2eXuxqq35IOTCnKQonMjlohNF26Ti-1fn39fjVrZHv9QpaYV9Fp6G3qMzON730-QPZ1Sh_TyZB0Bi3lr7yzW61sAUZih5BKsttj3CdCbWzYahq08olbXmwpHq1mdlCxu-TJIsVFwSnKsMHIst2RY_1CLr8xKplTi95ooZHg/s2620/copse_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2620" data-original-width="1700" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAkIhd3Nooj1qGzO8m2quD2eXuxqq35IOTCnKQonMjlohNF26Ti-1fn39fjVrZHv9QpaYV9Fp6G3qMzON730-QPZ1Sh_TyZB0Bi3lr7yzW61sAUZih5BKsttj3CdCbWzYahq08olbXmwpHq1mdlCxu-TJIsVFwSnKsMHIst2RY_1CLr8xKplTi95ooZHg/w416-h640/copse_1.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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The book will be out on April 18, so if you’ve <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Reynards-Tale-Story-Love-Mischief/dp/1250857910">ordered a copy</a>, that’s when it should arrive in your mailbox.</span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Here’s a look at a little illustration I made as a print to give as a gift to everyone who will be attending the Reynard’s Tale release event (Ales and Tales) at the Handley Library in Winchester, VA on April 22nd. As I write this <a href="https://allevents.in/winchester/ales-and-tales-after-hours-fundraiser-at-handley-regional-library/200024376193938">there are still some tickets available</a>!</p>
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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">(You can read a little more about this print <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/reynard-print-my-81414324">over on my Patreon</a>, in an open post.)</p>
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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">This book means a lot to me, and I’m hoping against hope that it finds its way into the hands of the readers who will love it most. It’s different that the books that I’m most known for, which makes "finding its audience" a little bit of a challenge. It’s also very personal and working on it was ….well, I’ve never had a creative experience quite like it. </p>
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font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Post-covid author visits still seem like a nostalgic novelty, but I did one this week—traveling to the southernmost edge of Virginia in my Little Red Truck.* This visit was emotionally intense and also had all the lightness of a springtime ramble in the hills. But also, while I was away, The Hatke Family Cat passed away. </span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">My Cat.</span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I say “My Cat” but we’d broken up, actually. She moved out years ago and went to live with the man in the house just across the abandoned railroad tracks. Still close enough to know she was there, but rather definitively Not With Us. </span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Still, the thread of her life stretched back almost to the beginning of our family. She came to us as a kitten and we never knew her exact age, but she was nearly as old as my daughter, Angelica, who is twenty.</span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The river keeps flowing no matter what you do.</span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div><br /></div>
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<blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">*More about this author visit soon. Kind of a lot happened.</span></p></blockquote><div><br /></div>Ben Hatkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13128090224957401149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598408744186234030.post-85053862463455012062023-03-20T16:04:00.001-07:002023-03-20T16:04:50.253-07:00The Monster Market: Hearth and Home<p>Last year I quietly recorded ten (of a projected 13) episodes of a sort of folkloric bestiary podcast with my pal <a href="https://www.instagram.com/zackgeein2d/">Zack Giallongo</a>. We called it <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/monstermarket">The Monster Market</a>. The idea was that for each episode we'd pick a theme and then each of us would talk about three creatures that fit the theme. It's been tremendous fun. </p><p>Episode 2 was posted last week. The theme is domestic spirits. </p><p>We also agreed that we would illustrate each of the creatures we discuss so that, in the end, the podcast itself would be a sort of illustrated bestiary. I'm way behind on my illustrations, of course. But thanks to a nice hand-bound sketchbook from <a href="https://catchpennybooks.blogspot.com">Tim Canny</a> (and a little inspiration from <a href="https://merlobird.blogspot.com">Angelica</a>) I finally settled on a trajectory for them. I'm aiming at a sort of folklore field guide approach. Here are my first two pages in the raw:</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBMzV-XXOGrUyTEhm-ufxq1_jx60rw-JA-OVQPaSKGOeinu3Pbi1G3rM_CfdKi6663hr1D82hvWHpjdGYUBnSZPr86l2Q1jFaSUO3cbbf-8rYFErE9BunAiLOy32zeN7K25hvVfinqkOKPLGCr-AYKGP0DZRvgqJGHOxqoKw01nAfgxUuNsUmnY1XM/s4032/MM_journal_001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBMzV-XXOGrUyTEhm-ufxq1_jx60rw-JA-OVQPaSKGOeinu3Pbi1G3rM_CfdKi6663hr1D82hvWHpjdGYUBnSZPr86l2Q1jFaSUO3cbbf-8rYFErE9BunAiLOy32zeN7K25hvVfinqkOKPLGCr-AYKGP0DZRvgqJGHOxqoKw01nAfgxUuNsUmnY1XM/w480-h640/MM_journal_001.jpg" width="480" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBMzV-XXOGrUyTEhm-ufxq1_jx60rw-JA-OVQPaSKGOeinu3Pbi1G3rM_CfdKi6663hr1D82hvWHpjdGYUBnSZPr86l2Q1jFaSUO3cbbf-8rYFErE9BunAiLOy32zeN7K25hvVfinqkOKPLGCr-AYKGP0DZRvgqJGHOxqoKw01nAfgxUuNsUmnY1XM/s4032/MM_journal_001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnFMZ62QjhNCVZHpFOOw8S_26NGKYd84Z67UQj6Xt9uaGPu_bZljf-GaCRF_9fXbyFtJWf_SUZfAJrg_DDO1NxBAM7Sq4R2KkFlctpY_SkZbsPIiDDdDuQm3Rz-MvarVxOW4R13b6kWy3Asxi2z7vvpFgnpYN41a34vyEgnkc7gM9DQpeqsR26k7BA/s3852/MM_journal_002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3852" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnFMZ62QjhNCVZHpFOOw8S_26NGKYd84Z67UQj6Xt9uaGPu_bZljf-GaCRF_9fXbyFtJWf_SUZfAJrg_DDO1NxBAM7Sq4R2KkFlctpY_SkZbsPIiDDdDuQm3Rz-MvarVxOW4R13b6kWy3Asxi2z7vvpFgnpYN41a34vyEgnkc7gM9DQpeqsR26k7BA/w502-h640/MM_journal_002.jpg" width="502" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnFMZ62QjhNCVZHpFOOw8S_26NGKYd84Z67UQj6Xt9uaGPu_bZljf-GaCRF_9fXbyFtJWf_SUZfAJrg_DDO1NxBAM7Sq4R2KkFlctpY_SkZbsPIiDDdDuQm3Rz-MvarVxOW4R13b6kWy3Asxi2z7vvpFgnpYN41a34vyEgnkc7gM9DQpeqsR26k7BA/s3852/MM_journal_002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnFMZ62QjhNCVZHpFOOw8S_26NGKYd84Z67UQj6Xt9uaGPu_bZljf-GaCRF_9fXbyFtJWf_SUZfAJrg_DDO1NxBAM7Sq4R2KkFlctpY_SkZbsPIiDDdDuQm3Rz-MvarVxOW4R13b6kWy3Asxi2z7vvpFgnpYN41a34vyEgnkc7gM9DQpeqsR26k7BA/s3852/MM_journal_002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnFMZ62QjhNCVZHpFOOw8S_26NGKYd84Z67UQj6Xt9uaGPu_bZljf-GaCRF_9fXbyFtJWf_SUZfAJrg_DDO1NxBAM7Sq4R2KkFlctpY_SkZbsPIiDDdDuQm3Rz-MvarVxOW4R13b6kWy3Asxi2z7vvpFgnpYN41a34vyEgnkc7gM9DQpeqsR26k7BA/s3852/MM_journal_002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnFMZ62QjhNCVZHpFOOw8S_26NGKYd84Z67UQj6Xt9uaGPu_bZljf-GaCRF_9fXbyFtJWf_SUZfAJrg_DDO1NxBAM7Sq4R2KkFlctpY_SkZbsPIiDDdDuQm3Rz-MvarVxOW4R13b6kWy3Asxi2z7vvpFgnpYN41a34vyEgnkc7gM9DQpeqsR26k7BA/s3852/MM_journal_002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnFMZ62QjhNCVZHpFOOw8S_26NGKYd84Z67UQj6Xt9uaGPu_bZljf-GaCRF_9fXbyFtJWf_SUZfAJrg_DDO1NxBAM7Sq4R2KkFlctpY_SkZbsPIiDDdDuQm3Rz-MvarVxOW4R13b6kWy3Asxi2z7vvpFgnpYN41a34vyEgnkc7gM9DQpeqsR26k7BA/s3852/MM_journal_002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Stay safe out there.</p><p>--Ben</p>Ben Hatkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13128090224957401149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598408744186234030.post-18044895933779391062023-03-16T13:46:00.001-07:002023-03-16T13:46:12.142-07:00I'm Sure this Door is Some Kind of Metaphor<p> I've been designing doors in my sketchbook. At a certain point I visited the <a href="https://strongoakswoodshop.com">Strong Oaks Woodshop</a> with a scheme in hand. I've been stopping by periodically over the winter, in my little red truck, to pick up loads of scrap bits to burn in our wood stove. </p><p>Keeping warm with cast-off bits—one of the little things that gets you longing for Summer.</p><p>Over this last weekend Mike built the door and helped me arrange for my design to be cut from a sheet of 1/16" steel on the wood shop's laser cutter (it was amazing to watch). Then we polished and placed the design as the last of winter's snow flurried outside. Finally we wrapped the door up in padded plastic and I drove it home in the back of my little red truck. </p><p>Not scraps this time but treasure. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBL8i6rbj5nQftfp14g02wWX72FXQk-WE_iHPypH1ugEtInExasNxxtSFo31zc1SvuzVKimKt71ZsAxARreHx6AP3NjJZ-0Eb9IkhJ-QcUkr_cddmdZ8Mzif8fy7061CLPwQI9bhh0VxAqCWc2_jAu1gA5jvnJJb3uTJ77rsrARQRHmKaUwe3JQC2g/s3785/Door_unwrapped_01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3785" data-original-width="2598" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBL8i6rbj5nQftfp14g02wWX72FXQk-WE_iHPypH1ugEtInExasNxxtSFo31zc1SvuzVKimKt71ZsAxARreHx6AP3NjJZ-0Eb9IkhJ-QcUkr_cddmdZ8Mzif8fy7061CLPwQI9bhh0VxAqCWc2_jAu1gA5jvnJJb3uTJ77rsrARQRHmKaUwe3JQC2g/w440-h640/Door_unwrapped_01.jpg" width="440" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Y6PesA_BGLE5ZrT2yQ_C7ZGpHpG3ESW_2auCD7ht_9sqy0Qxkd4IDgLp4vHsAduZgeSs-yH8wz_kTEhI1mhpdpJB3uunyOQQ9rSkW5zr_Qo_6IKopApff3xQDLY85mDbONScY1YB1y0vyTiMOTYHkiTFyI8Xjdl_CZROg3NqaPpsVPARTSZVRuNP/s3833/door_mounted_02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3833" data-original-width="2269" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Y6PesA_BGLE5ZrT2yQ_C7ZGpHpG3ESW_2auCD7ht_9sqy0Qxkd4IDgLp4vHsAduZgeSs-yH8wz_kTEhI1mhpdpJB3uunyOQQ9rSkW5zr_Qo_6IKopApff3xQDLY85mDbONScY1YB1y0vyTiMOTYHkiTFyI8Xjdl_CZROg3NqaPpsVPARTSZVRuNP/w378-h640/door_mounted_02.jpg" width="378" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And it all began as a few sketches. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvKZULAO_7ZUvxu8invleKeBcDuBEiqN0LsWSecjPnhO5MSBwalVUeODeyrb3ZUT18u_MEpEOcA_Ho5Y0v_qRExqOZOACqcCcqzk5ULVX8Wy7scGdwu9XTiAox6hohUPhDOEk0TY7969SmoUYwr1ycgJgwxiggYjq-m88SdgrfqgZZhDokWNg6aj1j/s3022/sketch_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2328" data-original-width="3022" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvKZULAO_7ZUvxu8invleKeBcDuBEiqN0LsWSecjPnhO5MSBwalVUeODeyrb3ZUT18u_MEpEOcA_Ho5Y0v_qRExqOZOACqcCcqzk5ULVX8Wy7scGdwu9XTiAox6hohUPhDOEk0TY7969SmoUYwr1ycgJgwxiggYjq-m88SdgrfqgZZhDokWNg6aj1j/w400-h309/sketch_2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Z3bOBYSyujqz-weN1Uu6HJJfMxLs9c7FxOewr9toeNUx8EcGZr9DPBKPrACLS3T4-ISQ7pMo8YNXPqMIrfWU9wk6kAyXP9WDEyMSO-ytceKsg0L9bMmUphuvCCdGpLlPqRB4VkTekCDWECTQu4ny3VWQhjfU6og9m5zV-6lu7C8cUTqX8yB2xTa_/s830/sketch_3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="830" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Z3bOBYSyujqz-weN1Uu6HJJfMxLs9c7FxOewr9toeNUx8EcGZr9DPBKPrACLS3T4-ISQ7pMo8YNXPqMIrfWU9wk6kAyXP9WDEyMSO-ytceKsg0L9bMmUphuvCCdGpLlPqRB4VkTekCDWECTQu4ny3VWQhjfU6og9m5zV-6lu7C8cUTqX8yB2xTa_/w385-h400/sketch_3.jpg" width="385" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I've written <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/80122025">a longer piece about this process over on my Patreon</a>, along with video and lots more pictures. It's an open post, so feel free to have a look. </p><p><br /></p>Ben Hatkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13128090224957401149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598408744186234030.post-39187369177519745442023-02-24T08:24:00.002-08:002023-02-24T19:29:45.444-08:00Still Writing, Still Learning<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkW77J6PPVthjz6bthQjqV9hHowNXwBVN-7l4Ymfz0BxW8IyTwcq_EWlrimf9IkXbKxdAhnOGDwUvkzqKctLMQLDTLDHZ5lihJPh0igU-6mLD74NOUZO7saK6vBdUp9kMzEAIOVwj-rZE02pXqSICPUDgwRB9rkb8QRjIDJnTojTtfiua1xuJOgzNb/s3024/IMG_3720.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkW77J6PPVthjz6bthQjqV9hHowNXwBVN-7l4Ymfz0BxW8IyTwcq_EWlrimf9IkXbKxdAhnOGDwUvkzqKctLMQLDTLDHZ5lihJPh0igU-6mLD74NOUZO7saK6vBdUp9kMzEAIOVwj-rZE02pXqSICPUDgwRB9rkb8QRjIDJnTojTtfiua1xuJOgzNb/w434-h434/IMG_3720.jpg" width="434" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">It was August when I opened up my notes and started serious work on redrafting this novel. I had planned to wrap it up in mid-November. I never guessed that I would still be working on the final few chapters with March looming. But one thing I can say: </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I have learned a lot from writing, and re-writing this book. And I’ve learned a lot from sitting with a story for fifteen years from inception to final draft. And even here in the final weeks, as I push to the end, I will sip my morning coffee and a little bit of plot or theme or a moment of character will snap into place like a puzzle piece. </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">But still, I am *aching* for this one to be finished!</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">It’s time to turn this one in, hoist my little knapsack full of lessons learned, and walk on down the road to the next project. </p>Ben Hatkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13128090224957401149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598408744186234030.post-30834667687580592832023-02-13T16:16:00.003-08:002023-02-13T16:16:57.179-08:00Schmalentines Day<p> I remember when my sister was in high school and wrote this snarky Valentine's Day song. 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font-size: 13px;">It’s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Novel_Writing_Month">NaNoWriMo</a>. </span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">For me it’s NaNo(re)WriMo. </p>
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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I have a little logbook. </p>
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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I have an eighty thousand word manuscript to use as a starting point.</p>
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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">And I have many-pages-long document full of notes from a Very Sharp Editor. These notes cut deep, and I found them to be very frightening for a long time. The notes (very rightly) pointed out some problems with the narrative that were just so dreadful I would just sink into humiliation at the thought of opening the manuscript. I wanted to just pretend the book didn’t exist. </p>
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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">But it did exist. It does exist.</p>
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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I have a little blue drugstore notebook that Denver bought me when I was visiting. I’ve used it to re-outline the whole story, longhand, bird by bird. </p>
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font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><b>THING ONE</b>:</span></p>
<p style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I had a birthday the other day (I try to keep it to one a year). Early in the day I ran out to do a few errands in town and I popped by the post office to check my box. </p>
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<p style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Setting up a PO box was a good decision. It’s been a source of joy and little surprises. There are letters from young readers, but also, sometimes, heartfelt notes from parents, educators, librarians, and booksellers. These are the unexpected encouragements—the little reminders that my stories really *are* being read out there in the Big World.</p>
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<p style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">When I checked my box on my birthday there was a key. A key! A key means there’s something in the package locker (I have a Very Little Box). Inside the package Locker I found a box that looked like this:</p>
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<p style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Wishing you a day of subtle surprises. </p><p style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQz5wf5e5eeUk8GaKMLOrJSax3OqLow8iGb2PnawT_ezA_995f_qSvbZgs_HaYBkdzpc8O-9J01WC1ad3UtGX1RraWDbAxi1TsZ0K_N4d9NIaYrs_HVuntOM1jH9vRNDtA82gEOURHqhPPncXiQN6NX45AgpdKzh-fOzqzfEkd_UVBJLiO-LbLJogl/s3024/IMG_1326.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQz5wf5e5eeUk8GaKMLOrJSax3OqLow8iGb2PnawT_ezA_995f_qSvbZgs_HaYBkdzpc8O-9J01WC1ad3UtGX1RraWDbAxi1TsZ0K_N4d9NIaYrs_HVuntOM1jH9vRNDtA82gEOURHqhPPncXiQN6NX45AgpdKzh-fOzqzfEkd_UVBJLiO-LbLJogl/w400-h400/IMG_1326.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p>Ben Hatkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13128090224957401149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598408744186234030.post-87265721450883701852022-05-31T16:55:00.000-07:002022-05-31T16:55:14.986-07:00Framing Story<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhojim1SSqlx13mnJPcAQANBKkZhcvZuAexflgheFETcUZXJfol4hYDXFK00O_10kgFTWt96EIoC8CW1c6lvZ6C9ffV12fxVa1skRF-3zcRiv-UjuGF5oDlc1dXi8XQOEARmJQNBWKdBqNjCYmcqSE-nT7MsLJktUMdmG2NTDIPgkUwxzlAfxm4dBqg/s4032/IMG_1237.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhojim1SSqlx13mnJPcAQANBKkZhcvZuAexflgheFETcUZXJfol4hYDXFK00O_10kgFTWt96EIoC8CW1c6lvZ6C9ffV12fxVa1skRF-3zcRiv-UjuGF5oDlc1dXi8XQOEARmJQNBWKdBqNjCYmcqSE-nT7MsLJktUMdmG2NTDIPgkUwxzlAfxm4dBqg/w300-h400/IMG_1237.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p><p> <span style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px;">This is a print of an early drawing of Leonardo’s that I bought when I was 16 years old (probably only a few years younger than he was when he drew this). I got it in the gift shop of the Uffizi gallery in Florence and it’s been rolled up in a tube ever since. I’ve carried her with me from house to house for—</span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px;"> </span></p>
<p style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">…well, for half a lifetime, really.</p>
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<p style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Just the other week I had her framed and, somehow, it was the perfect moment. </p>
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<p style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">And, so far, there’s still room for me. </p><p style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv_g-L9huUxhQTnlSFiufqoA6YEX8ocbhx9ZHW5j_kJ0A60_1qwNIK88_1dt3QegK6V3PHdFEsSJWEQqLeqabg9Q2OYWKqBCHlvY1Bek5qghLgCPRtEY0ZH3iJ_Eab2Lz3-ptRhuzwMLDYyqqPTlkFae5DN2zYCFQfZKiSCfF_fHc72UtGVcGtfkme/s4032/IMG_1296.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv_g-L9huUxhQTnlSFiufqoA6YEX8ocbhx9ZHW5j_kJ0A60_1qwNIK88_1dt3QegK6V3PHdFEsSJWEQqLeqabg9Q2OYWKqBCHlvY1Bek5qghLgCPRtEY0ZH3iJ_Eab2Lz3-ptRhuzwMLDYyqqPTlkFae5DN2zYCFQfZKiSCfF_fHc72UtGVcGtfkme/w300-h400/IMG_1296.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">*wee Ben c. 1995</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p>Ben Hatkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13128090224957401149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598408744186234030.post-61470572421600394492022-05-26T06:47:00.001-07:002022-05-26T19:24:03.354-07:00Whistle Sister<p> Here is a video of my sister and my nieces, recorded behind the old forge at my parents place in Indiana. This video made my day.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="395" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6kJh1YEjhUQ" width="574" youtube-src-id="6kJh1YEjhUQ"></iframe></div><br /><p>Yesterday I took a walk at the land near the river during that last breath of twilight and watched a barn owl drift like a slow ghost over a field of fireflies. It turned silent figure eights, dove into the grass and resurfaced. It passed close enough to me that even in the lost light I could clearly see it's dark alien eyes and tiny beak. </p><p>I played a song for Ida and then drove home in the dark.</p><p><br /></p><p>*edit: How did I miss typing the word "owl" in the first draft of this post?</p>Ben Hatkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13128090224957401149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598408744186234030.post-35888211192372379372022-05-18T17:38:00.002-07:002022-05-18T17:38:33.336-07:00More Praise for Used Books<div class="separator"></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.tonycliff.ca">Tony</a><span style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><a href="https://www.tonycliff.ca"> </a>has been reading a lot of Terry Pratchett, and so when he suggested that I would particularly enjoy Small Gods of course I picked up a copy. Because Tony knows.</span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"> </span></span></p>
<p style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I looked at Blue Plate Books first, but their Pratchett selection was startlingly lean. So I moved on to <a href="http://Thriftbooks.com"><span style="color: #e4af0a;">Thriftbooks.com</span></a> and only a few days later a little green package showed up in my PO box. It gave me that special PO Box thrill. I'm always thrilled when things show up in my PO box, even if they are things that I specifically ordered in a state of absolute sobriety. </span></p><p style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p>
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<p style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I will always wonder about Jason. And about Jason. And about sweet Tasha (that intelligent, zany nut). Did Jason-2 and Tasha stay together? Was Jason-Prime a previous boyfriend? Is that what it means to be elite? To have dated Tasha? Where are they now?</span></p>
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<p style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><slaps knee repetitively></span></p><p style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Best of luck and lots of love,</span></p><p style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">--Ben</span></p>Ben Hatkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13128090224957401149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598408744186234030.post-49894883943227908372022-05-04T16:19:00.000-07:002022-05-04T16:19:56.260-07:00The Walker<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> <span style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">It’s the most frequent scribble in my notebooks, that little analogue that is Ben-but-not-Ben. Always walking, always thinking. Often head down. Frequently with a satchel or bag. A wanderer. A traveler.</span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"> </span></span></p>
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font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Of course it’s nothing new to say that the legs the the brain are connected, that walking and thinking go hand-in-hand. But for me scribbling completes the trifecta, the Creative Trinity. </span></p><p style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Move the legs, move the brain, move the pen. </span></p>
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<p style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And repeat. </span></p>
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<p style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The legs wander, the brain is messy, the lines are crooked. But if you ask me that’s where the real beauty lies.</span></p>
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<p style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">So keep wandering.</span></p>
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<p style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Keep thinking.</span></p>
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<p style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And, if it’s your thing, keep scribbling.</span></p>Ben Hatkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13128090224957401149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598408744186234030.post-40758102907006361632022-04-07T11:14:00.006-07:002022-04-07T17:01:22.826-07:00A Thoughtful Leo<p> </p><h1 class="quoteText" style="caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">“Tell me if anything was ever done... Tell me... Tell me."*</h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZsvhrklCWFyjh-YdUL89tQPFMRY00IsRT0c29BbS0eybG_YkSlT19K-As46u1jCGwjuWfvICwY58VnPZ-EoFPz7xyclBX6D9KZi_bE5gq7-ir1a-ZyOJmS4zKXxj2NEcovcxRq77_GacQeqBqdb7ruykbLgohJOPlls0fg6mHV3nPfau35WOWg-_j/s3024/IMG_0621%202.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3009" data-original-width="3024" height="636" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZsvhrklCWFyjh-YdUL89tQPFMRY00IsRT0c29BbS0eybG_YkSlT19K-As46u1jCGwjuWfvICwY58VnPZ-EoFPz7xyclBX6D9KZi_bE5gq7-ir1a-ZyOJmS4zKXxj2NEcovcxRq77_GacQeqBqdb7ruykbLgohJOPlls0fg6mHV3nPfau35WOWg-_j/w640-h636/IMG_0621%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><span> <span> <span> <span> <span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;">*a repeated phrase in his notebooks.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Ben Hatkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13128090224957401149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598408744186234030.post-45454529784659726672022-04-06T07:29:00.001-07:002022-04-06T07:29:17.372-07:00The Story of the Fox (1937)<p> <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #454545; font-family: Palatino; font-size: 15px;">Today I sat down to close some browser tabs. You know the ones—you find something that makes you think “oh, oh, </span><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #454545; font-family: Palatino; font-size: 15px;">that’s</i><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #454545; font-family: Palatino; font-size: 15px;"> interesting. I will share that somewhere” But instead of sharing the link or bookmarking the site you just keep the tab open. Any day now you’ll get back to it. But you don’t. You keep the tab open for </span><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #454545; font-family: Palatino; font-size: 15px;">months</i><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #454545; font-family: Palatino; font-size: 15px;">. And when you finally think things are getting just too ridiculous you sit down meaning to close tabs and then, somehow, you have even more tabs open.</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #454545; font-family: Palatino; font-size: 15px;"> </span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #454545; font-family: Palatino; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #454545; font-family: Palatino; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Well, this time around the first tab, the one that’s been open for ages, was something I’ve been meaning to share here. Last October I posted a Youtube link to a 1920 film called Der Golem. Sometime after that I happened upon this fantastic 1937 stop motion film recounting the original Reynard stories. It’s wonderful:</span></p>
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<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #454545; font-family: Palatino; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p>
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<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #454545; font-family: Palatino; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #454545; font-family: Palatino; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">This illustration originated as an attempt at a cover, but the final cover will be a little different. I liked this picture, though, so we moved it to the title page. </span></p>Ben Hatkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13128090224957401149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598408744186234030.post-30856201147767717552022-03-23T09:26:00.001-07:002022-03-23T09:26:46.997-07:00Sweet Drolatic Dreams<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Palatino;">A very peculiar book has recently caught hold of my magpie mind. I discovered it thought the <a href="https://www.instagram.com/publicdomainrev/">Public Domain Review's Instagram account</a>. It’s a book from Renaissance France, right around the time Montaigne was kinda-sorta inventing blogging (well, okay, </span><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Palatino;">inventing the rambling personal essay</i><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Palatino;">). The book is called <i><b>The Drolatic Dreams of Pantagruel</b></i> and it’s </span><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Palatino;">so wonderfully weird and I love it</i><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Palatino;">.</span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Palatino; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Published in 1565, <i>Drolatic Dreams</i> is just a big parade of goofy-ass monsters that look like they crawled out of Hieronymus Bosch’s ears after a hard night’s drinking with H. P. Lovecraft and Alexander Dumas (there's a swashbuckling, cavalier look to many of them). There’s no text beyond the introduction, just creatures galore. </span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Palatino; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Palatino; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It all just goes to show that weird books and zine culture were right there with everything else in the wild early days of publishing. </span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Palatino; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Palatino; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">You can read more about the book <a href="https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/the-drolatic-dreams-of-pantagruel-1565">here</a>, and you can flip through the whole thing <a href="https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8624589t/f1.image">here</a>.* </span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Palatino; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Palatino; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I’ve already copied out a couple of the creatures in my notebooks (sort of a #drawthisinyourstyle). Here's one:</span></span></p>
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-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Palatino; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Palatino; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Palatino; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Palatino; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Palatino; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Palatino; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Palatino; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Palatino; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Palatino; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Palatino; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Palatino; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Palatino; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: large;">One of the best things about finding this book is that it felt like a missing piece for one of the weird side projects I’ve been slowly (slooowly) fiddling with over the last year. Everything suddenly snapped into focus and the story felt more alive. That’s a good feeling.</span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Palatino; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Palatino; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">But more on that later…</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Palatino; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Palatino; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">*For some reason I think leafing through the <i>Drolatic Dreams</i> pairs well with <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2joZyP1OVO5vxdE2EY3PJv?si=cUXmnB-MQSia7Or0QAg06w">this playlist based on the travels of Ibn Battuta</a>.</span></span></p></blockquote>Ben Hatkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13128090224957401149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598408744186234030.post-40285641107493439722022-01-29T16:58:00.000-08:002022-01-29T16:58:17.202-08:00Finger Box<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">The girls found this little box in amongst some of my old things up in the attic. I remember making it, but I don’t remember how old I was when I did. The writing on the lid suggests …eight? I was always a little behind the curve, though, so it could well have been later.</span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"> </span></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: medium;">I’m so glad it still exists. </span></p><div><br /></div>Ben Hatkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13128090224957401149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598408744186234030.post-91879895656002055592022-01-20T15:17:00.003-08:002022-01-20T15:36:10.930-08:00One Kind of Adventure<p> I've been reading Patrick Leigh Fermor's Constantinople journey books, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Time_of_Gifts">A Time of Gifts</a> and (currently) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Between_the_Woods_and_the_Water">Between the Woods and the Water</a>. The prose is drippingly rich and evocative—best savored in small bites over morning coffee (before the house wakes). The books synthesize the heedless adventure of youth and the zest of maturity. And, in a few miraculous instances, they really give you a glimpse of the vanished world of prewar Europe. </p><p>So now I'm stepping further in.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh8LMbILgFW4ABP04Nd2WzuKXnzRaR9H2rPljhRj6_aMPSgO4EsjBAg2jA8P8HqoxJInENAT1rDW5tCUgsjw9agZWB4Gs_Us7z-QiLssdYdKzmKYQa7Y1rRlA1MlxXqL8fJXWwd2Pmm56RKDhE2Uu1SFyof72w94xUjW_lN0956Q4Xaqk43PwDbI5Hl=s4032" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh8LMbILgFW4ABP04Nd2WzuKXnzRaR9H2rPljhRj6_aMPSgO4EsjBAg2jA8P8HqoxJInENAT1rDW5tCUgsjw9agZWB4Gs_Us7z-QiLssdYdKzmKYQa7Y1rRlA1MlxXqL8fJXWwd2Pmm56RKDhE2Uu1SFyof72w94xUjW_lN0956Q4Xaqk43PwDbI5Hl=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>update: ha ha, they're everywhere: </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhhTxAoPwR7_zf0m7Vxhj4X5UIaLMphbUMVL4PBk7q3E-ogm6yfJXneFRZnOt48yYZ6McmnD1jXGeXsI8feuwbMTcJd2KdMn7_R3H5yxbTrJSv0weyLUFdh_UIuI0scxhOd2xQpOI3pEkL-HbCTtyz5Z9lMSG9dtIfRp5rVHrcvp-71llzw6PWz1pKe=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhhTxAoPwR7_zf0m7Vxhj4X5UIaLMphbUMVL4PBk7q3E-ogm6yfJXneFRZnOt48yYZ6McmnD1jXGeXsI8feuwbMTcJd2KdMn7_R3H5yxbTrJSv0weyLUFdh_UIuI0scxhOd2xQpOI3pEkL-HbCTtyz5Z9lMSG9dtIfRp5rVHrcvp-71llzw6PWz1pKe=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Ben Hatkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13128090224957401149noreply@blogger.com