"When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said 'Let us pray.' We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land." -Desmond Tutu

Another view of Monday’s Spectacular Chicago Sunrise

Moody getting the Buddy Ryan treatment

Caleb Williams, Jordan Shrug?

"Solutions will not be found while Indigenous people are treated as victims for whom someone else must find solutions." -Malcolm Fraser

More world building. I have to fulfill the vision but it is slow going 11x17 pen and paper #wip #surreal #macabre #PenAndPaper #TraditionalArt #DarkSurrealism #DarkArt #Art #InkSky #GrimDark

Monday night in Club Dub!🐻⬇️

Revenge is sweeter than honey!🐻⬇️

Jake Moody for the win! 🐻⬇️

D'Andre Swift takes it to the endzone for 6! 🐻⬇️

Luther Burden III with the deep reception and juke! 🐻⬇️

Caleb Williams takes it in for 6! 🐻⬇️

Montez Sweat with the 🥜🥊! 🐻⬇️

Jake Moody does it again for 3! 🐻⬇️

Jaquan Brisker with the pick! 🐻⬇️

Jake Moody for 3 🐻⬇️

Day 13: WHISPER 😺 #SuperBatober #Inktober #inktober2025

"The stories of our Indigenous people have shaped the very foundational fabric of our modern day. And so much of that is just not known, not felt, not acknowledged." -Lily Gladstone

Magnificent Monday Morning. Today's sunrise in Chicago.

Day 12: SNEAK 😘 #SuperBatober #Harlivy #Inktober #inktober2025

"If we shadows have offended, Think but this, and all is mended, That you have but slumber'd here While these visions did appear. And this weak and idle theme, No more yielding but a dream, Gentles, do not reprehend: if you pardon, we will mend:" A Midsummer Night's Dream: A5, S1 #ShakespeareSunday

Bridge over Chicago Waters. This morning during the Chicago Marathon.

Day 11: COZY 🛋️ #SuperBatober #Inktober #inktober2025

"I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so that my children can live in peace." -Thomas Paine

Tomorrow is the Chicago Marathon. Good luck to all the runners this weekend

"The Nobel Peace Prize is not awarded for what one has done, but hopefully what one will do." -Betty Williams

Enough for tonight Btw long day at work and I just want to acknowledge the tags into shares today. Didn't have the spoons to jump in bit i do see and appreciate them 11x17 pen and paper #surreal #macabre #wip #PenAndPaper #TraditionalArt #DarkSurrealism #DarkArt #Art #InkSky #GrimDark

Day 10: FOSSIL 🦴 #SuperBatober #Inktober #inktober2025

"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." -Mahatma Gandhi

Phenomenal on Friday. This morning's start in Chicago.

"Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you." -H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Anchor part done and now to build the world 11x17 pen and paper #surreal #macabre #wip #PenAndPaper #TraditionalArt #DarkSurrealism #DarkArt #Art #InkSky #GrimDark

Day 9: BEWITCHING 🧙‍♀️🐈‍⬛ #SuperBatober #Inktober #inktober2025

"Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart." -Marcus Aurelius

Little Pink Accents for You and Me. Thursday's sunrise over the Chicago skyline.

Day 8: OTTER 🦦 #SuperBatober #Inktober #inktober2025

"The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination." -Voltaire

So will we Fly the W? It's do or die for the Chicago Cubs this afternoon against the Milwaukee Brewers at Wrigley Field.

Day 7: SCRAMBLE 😵‍💫 #SuperBatober #Inktober #inktober2025

"Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms." -Groucho Marx

On this day a decade ago, the Chicago Blackhawks raise the banner for their most recent Stanley Cup Championship. The Hawks open their season tonight against the Florida Panthers.

"I'd like to live as a poor man with lots of money." -Pablo Picasso

Day 6: MOONLIGHT 🌕 #SuperBatober #Inktober #inktober2025

Day 5: CRUSH ❤️🪨 #SuperBatober #Inktober #inktober2025

"Art thou afeard to be the same in thine own act and valour As thou are in desire?" Macbeth: Act 1, Scene 7 #ShakeespeareSunday

On this day in 1937, the Lake Shore Drive bridge over the Chicago River was completed.

"It's morally wrong to allow a sucker to keep his money." -W.C. Fields

And a few more lines on the page 11x17 pen and paper #surreal #macabre #wip #PenAndPaper #TraditionalArt #DarkSurrealism #DarkArt #Art #InkSky #GrimDark

Day 4: PUNK ROCK 🎸🤟 #SuperBatober #Inktober #inktober2025

"Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm." -Winston Churchill