Now for phase II. I originally thought I was going to continue my beetle paintings, maybe adapting them into a short illustrated book. But since this is a literary based project I've been looking for a piece of writing as a source of ideas/inspiration. For whatever reason, I have been thinking a lot about Gulliver's Travels by the great Jonathan Swift lately. It must pop into my head at least once a week. Things I see and hear alway trigger images and themes from that book. I just love it as an allegory. So as I proceed into this project I will be swirling the flavors of Mr. Swift's remarkable imagination around on my creative palate. I'm excited to see where this takes me.