It will sound strange. But that thrill is why one draws. I was looking at the crystal creamer and finding myself thoroughly confused. What with its complicated transparencies and my bi-focal befuddlements, I couldn’t tell what was where. My drawing makes it seem simple when the real object and the real sensation is utterly mind boggling. The crystal creamer is a labyrinth of lozenges and fond patterns.
Perhaps in other drawings I can get at the confusions and portray them. For now I want to hold fast to the thrill of making this drawing — this drawing that I made just five minutes ago –because the ball point pen’s delicacy makes these lines, as you draw them, feel like glass. How the medium and the object seem well suited!
I cannot say enough good things about this pen, this common dime store pen.
Aletha Kuschan's Weblog 
Aletha, it is like following a story published little by little.
I receive your post in my email account and read with delight, then think, then , oops, an other one comes…you are so productive, a writing-drawing fairy!
I see exactly what creamer you have.
Ben,
I found the writing-drawing fairies in my backyard. Gabrielle said there were fairies out there! I put those fellas right to work!
Wow, that is neat that you know which creamer. I still haven’t had a chance to get back to it today. It sits beside the computer and taunts me.
ak