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My Beautiful La Mia Bella Angelina

This whimsical drawing in blue ballpoint records my elation at having a “new” car, in the wake of the destruction of the old car, Neenah, a 1988 Honda Civic DX. Angelina is an even older car, a 1983 Honda Accord: I’d always wanted an Accord. Angie had a 5-speed manual transmission. The drawing celebrates the boxy, serious design of the car, the manual transmission in the clutch and shifter. At the top of the page, Icarus is passing the other dudes on the highway in his “new” car. In the car below, Icarus is sitting with Laura Ann as the passenger! The left page is a hand-drawn map of the southeastern part of Europe, from memory. The wars in Bosnia and Kosovo had us all concerned. Originally the drawing was a celebration of wanderlust, but as I drew the eastern nations it became evident we weren’t all partying. Drawn 28 February 1998 = tayya 5a20, five dozen tenth phase (Ñixaþ-Aðilyral Xrga), Cafe Danielle.

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