Bipolar being what it is makes today a bad time to suddenly find myself cycling down. The last week I’ve been a riding a wave of ‘high,’ that’s been incredible — but now comes the inevitable crash.
Dammit!!!
My sudden onset of depression is tempered by the fact I completed the cover art for my forthcoming sophomore project, “Redwood Drive.” I was so happy earlier today to have finished it — but now the emptiness has caught up to me.
This ‘feeling’ hit me jus’ after wrapping up the final touch-up to the picture. It’s of the stop sign at the end of the road leading to Highway 101 in Klamath.
As I sat looking at the cover art I suddenly saw something in the photo that I hadn’t, even though I’ve had it since I took it in 1972. Like I said before — it’s at the “end of the road.”
Think about it now, I realize it’s a metaphor for my childhood — as one day I’d find myself out there on life’s ‘highway.’ I had a choice — left or right –and I turned left — and am still wondering if I made the correct decision.
Despite my sudden down-turn in mood, the cover art does look pretty effing good, I think.
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