I used to be a smoker. Sitting at the table after a meal, sipping coffee in a coffee shop and waiting for something to happen, or just waiting for time to pass, I used to light a cigarette. I would inhale, watch the smoke curl, fiddle with the cigarette between my nicotine yellowed fingers. I stopped smoking many years ago, and since then, I've replaced this habit with fiddling with things. I doodle if there happens to be a pen or pencil at hand. But mostly, I tear, fold, mold, crush, and bend any given piece of paper, wire hanger, or aluminum foil. I arrange bread crumbs on the table. Anything. Sometimes I do this more creatively than others, but I have come to believe that this nervous habit is as valid a form of expression as any other.
Cup and Napkin
Ballpoint pen, paper cup, and paper napkin
The Holy Trinity of Sizes - Small, Medium, and Large
Paper cups on dirt
Chamber Orchestra in the Moonlight by Snowy Lake
Coffee stirrers on styrofoam
Framed No. 1
Banana peels on newspaper
Moondrop
Coca Cola on countertop
Nighttime in the City
Coca Cola on countertop
Peering Inwards
Coca Cola on countertop
Spent No. 2
Paper cups
Fallen Angel
Aluminum foil on advertisement
Fishcup
Papercup
French Window
Paper and pen
His and Hers
Paper cups
Message
Paper and pen
Money Now
Dollar bills and ballpoint pen
No Honey No
Dollar bills and ballpoint pen
In the Money
Ballpoint pen on dollar bill
Go Mets
Burrito wrapper
Love Coffee
Paper cup and coffee
Movie Stars
Movie ticket (multiplied in Photoshop)
Positive/Negative
Paper
Rose Water
Water on sidewalk
Rose
Aluminum foil
Secret Alphabet
Coffee stirrers
Shrouded
Wet paper napkin on dishes
The Twist
Coffee stirrers
Walk Like an Egyptian
Coffee stirrers
The Conversation
Ballpoint pen on paper cup and napkin
Tracing Fire Hydrant Shadow
Chalk on pavement
Wolf Hall
Theater ticket
To The Rescue
Assorted Pills
Blood Polkadot
