First thoughts only
ink on paper
2021 - present
2021 - present
This series was inspired by an excerpt from Vladimir Nabokov's interview for Playboy magazine, January 1964, and presents kind of a "silent musical score" for provoking "first thoughts only".
- While we're on the subject of self-appraisal, what do you regard as your principal failing as an author, apart from forgetability?
- Lack of spontaneity; the nuisance of parallel thoughts, second thoughts, third thoughts; inability to express myself properly in any language unless I compose every damned sentence in my bath, in my mind, at my desk.
The series is complemented by V. Nabokov's poem "Swallow" from "The Gift" novel.
- While we're on the subject of self-appraisal, what do you regard as your principal failing as an author, apart from forgetability?
- Lack of spontaneity; the nuisance of parallel thoughts, second thoughts, third thoughts; inability to express myself properly in any language unless I compose every damned sentence in my bath, in my mind, at my desk.
The series is complemented by V. Nabokov's poem "Swallow" from "The Gift" novel.
First thoughts only
ink on paper
2021- present
This work was inspired by an excerpt from Vladimir Nabokov's interview for Playboy magazine, January 1964, and presents kind of a "silent musical score" for provoking "first thoughts only".
- While we're on the subject of self-appraisal, what do you regard as your principal failing as an author, apart from forgetability?
- Lack of spontaneity; the nuisance of parallel thoughts, second thoughts, third thoughts; inability to express myself properly in any language unless I compose every damned sentence in my bath, in my mind, at my desk.
The series is complemented by V. Nabokov's poem "Swallow" from "The Gift" novel.
ink on paper
2021- present
This work was inspired by an excerpt from Vladimir Nabokov's interview for Playboy magazine, January 1964, and presents kind of a "silent musical score" for provoking "first thoughts only".
- While we're on the subject of self-appraisal, what do you regard as your principal failing as an author, apart from forgetability?
- Lack of spontaneity; the nuisance of parallel thoughts, second thoughts, third thoughts; inability to express myself properly in any language unless I compose every damned sentence in my bath, in my mind, at my desk.
The series is complemented by V. Nabokov's poem "Swallow" from "The Gift" novel.
Swallow IIX
ink on paper, 30x20
2025
ink on paper, 30x20
2025