Climate Control - You Are Not A Burden

Climate Control is a series of three panel meditations. It ended up significantly grimmer in places than I thought it would, but that happens sometimes. It ended up significantly more joyful in places as well, and that I’m exceptionally happy with. It’s a great deal harder for me to come up with joy and hope than it is to bring about the grimdark, especially in trying times.

Painting my way through this, doing the layout, and making sure the pieces were in order was accompanied by a lot of tea and coffee. Sometimes during the layout phase, what I thought I’d painted turned out to have been something else entirely – a surprise rendition of the other, a moment of unexpected sadness – and I’d find myself pleasantly put out having to build new words.

Throughout the process, I was bolstered up by some pretty awesome folks, as well as some pretty darn nifty cats. Somehow, no paintings were lost to the cats, despite their best efforts.