Looking back at the photo of the scrap that became PREFLIGHT CHECKLIST, I wonder why I made the bird a vulture. What I see now is the glaring eye of a crow. I couldn’t resist riffing again on the random patterns preserved in that photo, so I went to work with paint mixed for another painting.

It’s funny how differently inspiration can play out. I’ve had The Dark Tower on my mind lately. This month is Stephen King’s birthday as well as the anniversary of the release of volume seven. As Ka would have it, dark wings led me back to Mid-World.