Joe D's 1970 Ink and Gold Pen Mandala Drawing hindu carving It can be stood from

It can be stood from either end

which seems to suggest this bear's got something important to share if you'll just pay attention

Now it might be used to hang all sorts of things to be peeped through the window

A couple of fat nails near the front and one not nailed all the way in

which has not lead me anywhere

Joe D's 1970 Ink and Gold Pen Mandala Drawing hindu carving It can be stood fromMaybe done in art class, or maybe under the influence of hallucinogens, or maybe both who knows?! Pretty cool I think whatever the case, and the Joe D who signed it was certainly invested in it. To my eye the finely drawn red ink work has a nice relationship to Fraktur drawings, and 19th c. Spencerian calligraphic drawings, too, and the black on gold patterned corners have an Islamic feel. And of course it reads like a mandala. Maybe Joe D was really