Scribbled Lives 2025 _Oct Wk 46 - EECummings - Be Of LOVE

wk 46 - EE Cummings_ Be Of Love
Size: 5.25'w x 7.75"h
On Genoa Bond paper using a Mitchell Pedigree Roundhand  1.5 nib wrote out the quote in a funky style with gouache (Holbien Peacock & Geranium mix).

Floral - Flowers Are Proud

size: 4.25" w x 6" h
On Canson Mixed Media paper, created the floral design, painted with various brands of w/c and Gansai Tambi gold paint. Text with a Zig Calligraphy marker (2.0 end)
words: Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty out values all the utilities in the world. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Lyrics - Do It Now

I came across this song the other day on Facebook and can't remember ever really hearing it... so looked it up. It seems (after digging) it was written by Paul McCartney in around 2012. Anyway I was inspired to write it out. It's lengthy and I don't usually do lengthy stuff...
size: 8" w x 12" h
Done on Edge Mixed Media Sketchbook paper using broad edge nibs (Speedball C-5 and Brause 1.5) and Bister inks mahogany (small text) and black (large text) in Uncial style.

words:
we need to wake up
we need to wise up
we need to open up our eyes
Refrain:
and do it
NOW! NOW! NOW!
we need to build a better future
and we need to start right now
we're on a planet
that has a problem
we've got to solve it, get involved
Refrain:
we have to build a future
make it greener
make it cleaner
make it last, make it fast
Refrain:
we need to build a better future
and we need to start right now
no point in waiting or hesitating
we must get wise, take no more lies