Abstract Drawing - Haiku II by James Edward Scherbarth

A striped worm, a tangled knot and a dark dot at the bottom, tethered to a fuzzy cloud above.

Haiku II is an abstract drawing in graphite on paper by James Edward Scherbarth, dated 2020 and signed and dated 08-22-2020 on the verso. Like the poetic form, a small drawing of this kind gives each mark weight by surrounding it with space. A round, softly shaded mass with diagonal hatching sits near the top right. A long thin line curls down from it, looping loosely before it meets a striped horizontal bar and a solid black dot below. Everything else is left blank. It is 7 inches wide and 10 high.

A whole small story, on a single string.