"Life is more important than art; that's what makes art important."  -James Baldwin

     For a number of years I worked with children who were emotionally and socially disturbed. 

Much of the "Kids & Crisis" pages are devoted to imagery inspired by that time. 

As the pages progress into number 7 (at that point, I had left my job), there is a mix of imagery of my own child

and events that I came across in the media.  I have always balanced teaching with working in mental health.

For further information, please visit my What is sketchbook? page.

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The higher the page number, the more recent the work

Titles: (in order from left to right)

77) Pouting in a cubby  78) One sad little boy 79) Magnet poetry from the edge  80) Pikachu & fish 

81) Devils choice  82) BITS!  83) Bus time crisis with a zealot of a bus matron 

84) Disorder 85) Boundaries  86) Exploration 87) Revealing 88) Belt marks 

190) Crab 191) Black Cradle 192) Union 193) Beedeebeedee

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