I've enjoyed making some line drawing sketches recently. Here's another one from my work room with part of the avenue below. Inside Outside, Line Drawing by Lily S. May, Oct. 2025
Category: drawing
On the Table
Here's a line drawing I recently did of the crowded table in my workroom. I've been doing more writing than visual artwork over the past two years, but am feeling drawn to drawing again (ha). I'm interested in seeing how the drawing and writing will influence one another. On the Table, line drawing by Lily… Continue reading On the Table
Genocide drawing
Those of you who've read my blog for a while will know that I often do unplanned artwork. That is, I begin working without a particular goal in mind. Instead I see what emerges as I go along. That's what I did with this line drawing that I made over two days this week. Parts… Continue reading Genocide drawing
After the Flower
I'm back again, this time with a poem I've recently written plus a sketch. Here they are: After the FlowerYears agoI named myself after a flowerbut hell on earth now calls forsomething less innocent,so I will call myself clenched teethfollowed by shouts out loud.I'd like to become:she of rock earth and treesshe protector of birds… Continue reading After the Flower
International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
For the Palestinian People, Drawing by Lily S. May, November 2024
Witness
I don't know if you ever wonder what you're doing on earth at this fraught time, but it's something I wonder about. What has come to me is that, for reasons beyond what I can fathom, I'm here to witness what's going on. Over the past few months I've done little new artwork. Seeing images… Continue reading Witness
On Limits & Excess
I love these lines by the Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish that are part of his poem, Mural. The lines speak to me about so much of our world today, from genocide to climate change to extreme inequality to rising political authoritarianism. Darwish wrote Mural in 2000. The poem appears in the book If I Were… Continue reading On Limits & Excess
Wood Carving by Ghassan Zaqtan
Last week I began rereading Like a Straw Bird It Follows Me, and Other Poems. It's by the Palestinian poet, Ghassan Zaqtan. Straw Bird is translated into English by Palestinian doctor and poet, Fady Joudah. I bought the book in 2013 after attending a reading of the shortlisted poets for the Griffin Poetry Prize in… Continue reading Wood Carving by Ghassan Zaqtan
War, Peace & a Collage
I continue following the dreadful news of the Israeli genocide of Palestinians. And as I continue making art, the unfolding horror is on my mind. Here's 2 sketches I recently made plus a collage using fragments of some of my early prints. When I went back over some of my sketches, I was shocked to see… Continue reading War, Peace & a Collage
Beauty and Darkness
Most of the bright autumn colours have subsided in Toronto. But late autumn has still been a wonderful gift. Here's two photos I took this past weekend on a walk by ponds and among trees in and around Evergreen Brickworks. While walking in these protected places, I continue to think of the Palestinian civilians that… Continue reading Beauty and Darkness
Arts of May 