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October 08, 2004

a son honors his father -- a patent illustrator

It has been a long week... so I was thrilled to run across Dr. Andrew Saul's website tribute to his father Warren Saul.  Mr. Saul was a patent illustrator for Kodak and kept a daily journal with drawings and sketches.  Dr. Saul has been scanning his late father's journals and posting the images online.

It is a quite touching tribute from a son to his father.  Well worth checking it out.  A partial reprint of the son's comments is below:

"Some people read while they wait. My father sketched. 

Constantly.

For over 20 years, Warren Saul kept a daily self-illustrated diary he called "Sketchnotes." It ran to some 55 volumes, including many thousands of quick sketches, comments, and watercolors on all conceivable topics. His notebooks at times are reminiscent of an almost Leonardo DaVinci-like rambling, but entirely serious visual inquiry into the world around us. Sometimes, the drawings are just stream-of-consciousness cartoons done while my Dad sat at the kitchen table, at a meeting, or in a waiting room. He sketched from his car in a parking lot, or at a stop light or drive-up window. I like these the best. They are his take on his own life, seen through his own eyes." 

Posted by Douglas Sorocco at 07:26 PM.
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