'Schlaf/Sleep' : a pen and ink drawing by Paul Klee from 1914.
He was 35 and struggling as an artist.
World War I had started, killing two dear friends in the trenches.
He was not yet called up into the German army.
A dark time.
The outline here is a musical bird, tweeting the name 'Klee.'
It contains a visual pun:
finely hatched lines in the center of the bird meld into the head of a sleeping person.
Alan loved sleep and I carry on his spirit.
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