SELF PORTRAIT LIGHTING A PIPE BY A CREEK AT NIGHT

Ink on paper, 5 x 6 inches. 1974

Torn fragment of an unfinished nocturne, lighting my pipe besides a creek I used to visit most nights. Although meant to be completed in black and white, it was during this period that my youthful discoveries were confirmed: there are actually more colors at night than in daylight.

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