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A graphite drawing of an antique clock mounted on 3/4" plywood.

Two frames hang side by side. The first contains a three and a half inch floppy disk with a quotation written on the label. It reads The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same old things for the first time. Friedrich Nietzsche. The second frame contains an exact replica of the first rendered in graphite on paper.

A small graphite drawing on a raised wooden surface depicts the eruption of Mount St. Helens. Smoke and ash billow high into the sky.

A small graphite drawing on a raised wooden surface depicts the fall of the Berlin wall. Crowds of people linger. People are standing on the wall and cheering.

A small graphite drawing on a raised wooden surface depicts the acceptance speech given by Barack Obama, America's first black president.

A small graphite drawing on a raised wooden surface depicts the sinking of the Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese forces.

A small graphite drawing on a raised wooden surface depicts the smoke cloud created by the wild fires after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan.

A small graphite drawing on a raised wooden surface depicts the mushroom cloud caused by the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan in 1945.

A small graphite drawing on a raised wooden surface depicts a security cam still of the Columbine school shooting on April 20th, 1999.

A small graphite drawing on a raised wooden surface depicts a line of high school kids being evacuated during the school schooting at Stoneman Douglas school in Parkland Florida in 2018.

A small graphite drawing on a raised wooden surface depicts the Apollo 11 moon walk in 1969.

A small graphite drawing on a raised wooden surface depicts the burning of the Branch Davidians compound at Waco, Texas in 1993.

A small graphite drawing on a raised wooden surface depicts US Airways flight 1549 after it's emergency landing in the Hudson River on January 15th, 2009.

A small graphite drawing on a raised wooden surface depicts the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

A small graphite drawing on a raised wooden surface depicts the landing of the American forces on the beaches of Normandy during the D-Day invasion.

A small graphite drawing on a raised wooden surface depicts the aftermath of the explosion at the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon.

A small graphite drawing on a raised wooden surface depicts the bombed shell of the Federal building in Oklahoma City after a truck bomb went off outside.

A small graphite drawing on a raised wooden surface depicts the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

A small graphite drawing on a raised wooden surface depicts the attack on the world trade center on September 11th, 2001. Smoke billows from the buildings.

A small graphite drawing on a raised wooden surface depicts the attack on the Pentagon on September 11th, 2001. Smoke billows from the site of the crash.

Black smoke billows from the Deepwater Horizon disaster site.

A small graphite drawing on a raised wooden surface depicts the angry white crowd that followed Elizabeth Eckford to Little Rock Central High School on the way to her first day as an enrolled black student in 1957.

A small graphite drawing on a raised wooden surface depicts the bow of the Titanic as it looks today. Microscopic bacteria have created growths that resemble seaweed.

A small graphite drawing on a raised wooden surface depicts the explosion of the zeppelin Hindenburg.

A small graphite drawing on a raised wooden surface depicts the explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger.

A small graphite drawing on a raised wooden surface depicts the moonscape as photographed out the window of the Apollo 13 lunar lander.

A group of people mill about a large tavern built out of an old barn with timber framing. A three piece band plays coffee house music and the clock shows 3AM.

Large graphite drawing depicting a middle aged woman sitting in a big rig semi truck. Her left foot hangs out of the open door. Her gaze is fixed on the viewer. She is wearing a flat brim trucker hat, flannel and jeans. A CB radio talks in the background.

A large graphite drawing depicting an old bearded man is standing on the summit of a mountaintop somewhere in the White mountains. His soft gaze stairs out from under a gray beanie. He is burdened by a large backpack and carries items like a compass, map, hatchet and camping mugs. Snow dappled mountain summits rise in the distance.

A large graphite drawing depicting a man at ease in his armchair. A wall filled with books rises behind him. Shelves filled with theology, classics, history and popular fiction. He smokes a pipe and looks at the viewer from behind round spectacles. He has just looked up from the book he is reading.

© Andrew Gunnar Norquist, 2021

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