{"id":4480,"date":"2026-06-25T12:13:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T16:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/?p=4480"},"modified":"2026-06-25T12:20:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T16:20:01","slug":"sketch-of-the-week-young-dali-copy-copy-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/2026\/06\/sketch-of-the-week-young-dali-copy-copy-6\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m a frayed knot (Sketch of the Week for Week 25 of 2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_4785-1024x882.jpeg\" alt=\"A pencil sketch of a figure made of a knotted hair tie. The lil guy looks like he's straight-jacketed, standing on a desolate plain\" class=\"wp-image-4481\" width=\"256\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_4785-1024x882.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_4785-300x258.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_4785-768x662.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_4785-1536x1323.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_4785-2048x1765.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_4785-1200x1034.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 256px) 85vw, 256px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week was all sketches of knotted string, which were largely boring, and so steadily edged their way into being compositionally surreal. I wasn&#8217;t going to post this week, but this lil guy kept striking me with how poignant he was, trapped and bound on a desolate plain. I&#8217;m sure this means nothing. Carry on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">See also: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-small-font-size\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">A string walks into a bar. The bartender says, &#8220;Hey, we don&#8217;t serve strings in here!&#8221; So he goes back out, loops his neck into itself, musses up his hair and goes back in. The bartender says, &#8220;Hey, aren&#8217;t you that string I just kicked out of here?&#8221; The string says, &#8220;No, I&#8217;m a frayed knot!&#8221;<\/p>\n<cite>[old joke; <a href=\"http:\/\/Hello Rabbi Pescador. It is Dave. I am trapped in a hospital in Mauritania and urgently need Apple gift cards\u2014KIDDING! I just have a quick question about brochures\/ads\/etc. for HiHos. Can I ask now?\">source of this version<\/a>]<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week was all sketches of knotted string, which were largely boring, and so steadily edged their way into being compositionally surreal. I wasn&#8217;t going to post this week, but this lil guy kept striking me with how poignant he was, trapped and bound on a desolate plain. I&#8217;m sure this means nothing. Carry on. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/2026\/06\/sketch-of-the-week-young-dali-copy-copy-6\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;I&#8217;m a frayed knot (Sketch of the Week for Week 25 of 2026)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_share_on_mastodon":"1"},"categories":[1021,1022],"tags":[113,262,1026,1200,904,572,1025,1024],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/a2mi.social\/@dave0\/116811654766246575","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4480"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4480"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4480\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4483,"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4480\/revisions\/4483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}