This amazing pencilwork is the masterpiece of a gifted amateur artist known as deru-san. A former college mate who graduated as Most Likely To Succeed in her class. Her main interest is manga & anime art but she sometimes does all kinds of interesting things on the side. Her current stint in Japan probably means she is only getting more fascinating while riding the weird, awesome creative streak the Japanese are known for.
It is freezing in Nihon-land right now, she says. Just right now, I can definitely feel her: the air conditioning in my office is near unbearable on a rainy day, and my fingernails are turning an interesting shade of grey-blue as I type.
Anyway...
this picture currently adorns my desktop in all its serpentine glory. It definitely 'speaks' to me. Sometimes I wish I was a reptile because people don't treat reptiles like freaks for having scaly splotchy skin. The other day I walked into a restaurant, all ready to enjoy a nice dinner, when some nosy idiot exercised her right to be rudely curious and asked if I had an allergy. (A Brit or Northern European would have politely told you to Fuck Off and Mind Your Own Business.)
So.....(why is this becoming about me again?)
Enjoy the works of the exquisitely talented and irritatingly modest deru-san. Have a good week, y'all. I know I ain't.
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There is a special kind of hell for those who treat a human being as a freakshow without having the courtesy to at least pay for the show.
Serpent 7:2
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