A gridded gingham pattern fills the composition in soft pastel tones of cream, blush pink, mint green, and pale gold, with the grid lines warping and undulating across the surface. The wavy distortion creates a gently rippled optical effect, as if the orderly checkerboard is breathing or moving beneath the viewer's gaze. 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.