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Lynn Peterfreund Daily Drawings: An Everyday Chronicle

This is year 14 of making a drawing every day about life from my perch.

Newsletter · By Lynn Peterfreund · English · Official site

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Sep 27, 2026
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  1. Issue · Sep 27, 2026

    Sept. 20-Sept 26, 2026 (opens the original)

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    I was successfully trained by my parents to be Positive, so when I do these drawings the morning after the day described, I often depict the moments of happiness amid the day and night’s 24 hours, which are much more emotionally mixed than the drawing might suggest. The in-between times can be filled with fatigue, loneliness, hunger, laziness, anxiety and disorder. I try to draw the full picture but it’s hard to draw what isn’t focussed. Maybe I should add some grey rectangles between the time w

  2. Issue · Sep 22, 2026

    Tumbler (opens the original)

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    <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1114" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1vjo!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5f3c2827-c122-4382-ace7-06127399d91c_1120x1114.

  3. Issue · Sep 20, 2026

    Sept. 9- Sept 19, 2026 (opens the original)

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    A lot of family time. In person, in Amsterdam. Home to fall in the air and on the trees. This morning I read what I thought a very clear article on the Dangers Of A..I. by Ezra Klein (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/opinion/ai-ban-self-improvement-recursive-models.html) That issue, and so many others are hovering in the atmosphere right now. As always, I'm trying to stay in the here and now. <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rPjm!,f_aut

  4. Issue · Sep 9, 2026

    Sept. 1-Sept. 8, 2026 (opens the original)

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    Wendell Berry poems in honor of his death. Another poet c/o a friend, Joyce, in response to the drawing of the figure walking in the sky: Seamus Heaney’s words are on his tombstone: “Walk on Air Against Your Better Judgement.” Which reminds me of a quote Nick loved from Antonio Gramsci: “Pessimism of the Intellect, Optimism of the Will.”<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!p-nz!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-p

  5. Issue · Sep 1, 2026

    Aug. 18-Aug 31, 2026 (opens the original)

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    So Much, Too Much.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1280" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0GPy!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F34a368d1-010e-4fa5-913a

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