I'm the Raddest of Houseplants

Justice for all. 

Always watching.

The snake and the flower. One for luck. One for power.

One of four illustrations completed as a part of my senior show at Memphis College of Art.

Drawing this was emotionally taxing.

Then, as he put his hand on the door handle to leave, he felt a hand on his shoulder. It was Alice. She held out her hand as she had done so many times before. Expecting a candy wrapper, Neville held out his hand but felt something heavier drop into it.

Sodegarami

“The sodegarami, meaning “sleeve entangler,” was a weapon of the Edo-era Japanese police. Often used by a pair of officers, the sodegarami was a spiked pole they would slide into an opponent’s kimono. 

A quick twist would entangle the fabric and allow officers to bring the offender down without causing (too much) injury. Often, one officer would attack from the front and another from behind, working together to pin the criminal to the ground by their neck. Having two sodegarami tangled up in your kimono made it almost impossible to escape.

“For my mother… For my father… For all those you’ve slain….”

I smell a sitcom about a wound-up blue agate, and her crew of goofball amethysts.