Pen and ink is a cryptic art, emitting the sound of a sharp metal pen scratching at the paper like a mouse stuck inside of a wall. The black liquid bleeds into the grooves gouged onto a pristine, blank canvas.The ink will occasionally drip onto the paper, unintended, leaving a sunken, dark mark; a splatter. The lines I slice into my drawings go so deep I have to get paper as thick as cardboard to accommodate, but I like the way I can feel the picture being made, and run my fingers over the ragged wounds in the aftermath.

Luciana, 23