comet!

sumi ink, colored pencil on paper, 2023

i wrote comet! after reading about the sumerian planisphere, a stone tablet from thousands of years ago - the oldest documentation of a comet orbiting and eventually hitting earth. the ancient astronomer who created the planisphere obsessively tracked the movement of a comet that may have destroyed entire cities. researching this star map made me think about all the creatures who have fallen in love with forces they can’t understand, like destructive celestial objects.