by Fred Lynch near Boston, Massachusetts
A couple of months ago, I shared sketches of fellow patients at my doctor's office. Here are some more.
They're quickly made - by necessity. I sit for twenty minutes each week following my allergy inoculations (a precaution, in case of an adverse reaction), and during that time, I draw someone across from me. Unfortunately, my fellow patients come and go and pay no attention to my schedule, or for my desire to have them stay still. I must act quickly and go undetected. It's a form of hunting, or capturing.
We Americans don't like to wait. We're a country on the go, and everything is designed to keep us moving along. Americans invented fast food, and then sped up dining even more by inventing the drive-thru window. We continue to create things that are meant to save us time, but really, they just keep us moving even more.
A couple of months ago, I shared sketches of fellow patients at my doctor's office. Here are some more.
They're quickly made - by necessity. I sit for twenty minutes each week following my allergy inoculations (a precaution, in case of an adverse reaction), and during that time, I draw someone across from me. Unfortunately, my fellow patients come and go and pay no attention to my schedule, or for my desire to have them stay still. I must act quickly and go undetected. It's a form of hunting, or capturing.
We Americans don't like to wait. We're a country on the go, and everything is designed to keep us moving along. Americans invented fast food, and then sped up dining even more by inventing the drive-thru window. We continue to create things that are meant to save us time, but really, they just keep us moving even more.
In this series of sketches, we see Americans stuck. Most look like they're not enjoying it. Who looked the most miserable of them all so far? That would be the white-haired women in the big turtleneck sweater. She was reading the Bible.