And She Whispered Numbers Into Me

30cm x 10cm Sketch

A new sketch based on an early morning dream which was only fragmentarily remembered a few days later on reading the phrase 'she whispered some numbers to me'. It immediately reminded me of a very similar salvia divinorum experience some years ago in which numbers were physically inserted into me through the power of speech. A surreal thought, and a positive one for the creation of this artwork, which has already been marked out on 90cm x 30cm canvas. I intend the background to be mostly dark, and the skin colours to be partially-obscured by arrays of numbers. The long lines are to be bright blue to create a hopefully electric visionary intent...