{"id":22241,"date":"2017-05-09T06:00:25","date_gmt":"2017-05-09T10:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=22241"},"modified":"2024-10-03T15:02:58","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T19:02:58","slug":"sketchbook-from-heaven-%e2%80%a2-1222017-572017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2017\/05\/09\/sketchbook-from-heaven-%e2%80%a2-1222017-572017\/","title":{"rendered":"Sketchbook from Heaven \u2022 1\/22\/2017 &#8211; 5\/7\/2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22240\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2017\/05\/09\/sketchbook-from-heaven-%e2%80%a2-1222017-572017\/sfh-the_end\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/sfh-the_end.jpg?fit=640%2C433&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,433\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sfh-the_end\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/sfh-the_end.jpg?fit=640%2C433&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22240\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/sfh-the_end.jpg?resize=640%2C433&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/sfh-the_end.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/sfh-the_end.jpg?resize=300%2C203&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>Usually when I finish off a sketchbook, I have either a feeling of accomplishment because I&#8217;ve managed a few competent scribbles within or relief in that I finally put an especially irritating pad that I made the mistake of purchasing out of my\u00a0misery. With this cheap little scratch-pad I got for Christmas, I felt sad as I turned to that last page at the local YMCA. The sketchbook which had given me so much was giving it&#8217;s last.<!--more--><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a title=\"South Jersey Swamp Creature\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/willceau\/34368023802\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c1.staticflickr.com\/5\/4180\/34368023802_f17d93d60d_z.jpg?resize=640%2C458&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"South Jersey Swamp Creature\" width=\"640\" height=\"458\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Not the last page, but second to last.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I never felt this way about another sketchbook. Then again, I&#8217;ve never had a sketchbook where I was as happy with the stuff I was putting into it. Ideas bubbled up from it&#8217;s\u00a0 wire-bound pages. It seemed to be it&#8217;s own cure for creative block. The blank whiteness of the pages did not stare back for very long. I guess that&#8217;s why it didn&#8217;t last very long.<\/p>\n<p><em>Goodbye, not very old friend.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZJehPcqk_5I?si=YckRj6HMiZoF9rgX\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Usually when I finish off a sketchbook, I have either a feeling of accomplishment because I&#8217;ve managed a few competent scribbles within or relief in that I finally put an especially irritating pad that I made the mistake of purchasing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2017\/05\/09\/sketchbook-from-heaven-%e2%80%a2-1222017-572017\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[49],"tags":[158,17,8,86,312,9,3661,5,122,3663,25,3660],"class_list":["post-22241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-it-came-from-the-sketchbook","tag-analog","tag-cartoon","tag-cartoons","tag-christmas","tag-comic","tag-comics","tag-illustration","tag-joe-williams","tag-new-jersey","tag-sketch","tag-sketchbook","tag-willceau"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-5MJ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24457,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2018\/10\/25\/changed-my-mind\/","url_meta":{"origin":22241,"position":0},"title":"Changed My Mind","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"October 25, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"I was all set to use another cheap sketchbook hoping that it would turn into another Sketchbook from Heaven when I found the sketchbook pictured above . 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