Jack Balas, 2023; LOST IN THOUGHT (#2514); India ink on paper, 22x 30 inches.

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Collin was lost in thought looking out to sea, standing on a wall at a pullout above the Pacific behind Diamond Head, the one with the bronze plaque dedicated to Amelia Earhart, who was lost at sea in the 1930's trying to fly solo across the ocean. He turned around still dripping wet, and when he paused and smiled we both knew what we'd found.