A luminous sun with a human face weeps golden tears at the center of a dark composition, surrounded by whimsical figures including a goat, a crescent moon, flowering plants, cherries, and a contemplative child. Bold outlines and flat, saturated colors in cream, orange, red, and blue create a folk-art sensibility that balances melancholy emotion with playful, almost surreal imagery. Bound with 52 pages of 70lb paper, lined or unlined, behind an anti-scuff matte cover with wraparound artwork, made to order. Notes and sketches kept behind an independent artist's work, not a plain composition cover.