Mista Roboto

Addendum: "the 80's"
I'm not really sure what I was thinking on this one. He looks like a very awkward robot. My favorite part would have to be the alternating up and down "O"s in "Roboto".

I saw a dancing candle...

Addendum: "also classic"
Sixth grade. A wild-haired, eccentric lady who could not yet be characterized as "old" is standing in front of a skeptical class of children. "Today," she announces, "we are going to listen to Stravinski's... The Firebird!" I didn't really know who or what Stravinski was at the time, but I played along. "I want you all to close your eyes and listen to the music. Then, we can draw what we see!" After a few minutes of listening, my friend turns to me and says, "I saw a dancing candle." My own imagination sparked by this highly comical image, I began drawing. The larger candle is my rendering of my friend's thoughts, the smaller one on the right is his own.

PAUL

Addendum: None
And now, after a brief radio silence, we're back!

At the top of this drawing is a portrayal of an anonymous sunglasses-wearing Good Guy nonchalantly taking out a gun-wielding Bad Guy. This is part of the "knives-vs-guns" theme that many of my drawings exhibit. Below this violent tableaux is an anagram for my name, Paul. This dates this picture sometime after I read Dan Brown's Angels and Demons, in which the main character is confronted with a devilishly clever religious (or anti-religious) sect entitled the Illuminati who brand their victims with anagrams. Perfect reading for a fifth grader, no? Anyways, a couple of my friends who were also Brown fans at the time decided to make anagrams of their names, and I gave it a shot. I'd say that this was probably the most rewarding part of reading Brown's work.

As the wind blows...

Addendum: "I must be light"

As the RAIN FALLS...

Addendum: "Perhaps the melting is a metaphor for the current mental state of the author"