@AnasaziWrites - I connected the dots! As always, such a great interpretation. And gosh, you have a beautiful Spencerian.
And thanks to both you and
@Erica McPhee for all your kind words and supportive patience with my little calligraphy insecurities.
I'm very much an academic paleographer focusing on medieval manuscript culture, so while I'm quite comfortable with my uncials, minuscules, textura quadrata, batarde, and italics, I feel rather out of my depth with these "modern" pointed pen scripts. But because I'm an academic, I want to get them "right" beyond looking good. Your words of encouragement mean so much to me! I do think I'm getting the hang of it now, and perhaps have moved from the asteroid belt onto Mars. That's what Inktober is great for - putting myself out there, getting feedback, getting better!
Also, it's funny you mention the lone cypress at Pebble Beach -- I just passed by there on my way from San Luis Obispo to San Francisco in September. So my "connect" features a scene from that trip, in which we got Sprout 1 installed at college in SLO.
26. Connect