What is this about?

Have I decided to add cartoonist to my jack-of-the-arts-box?

No.  I am quite aware that my drawing skills are more on the feeble side.

These sketches are for practical reasons, which however are leading to an artistic pursuit.

Several weeks a go I posted a tease regarding a revival of my Edgar Allan Poe adaptation “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre“.  Today I am sharing some sketches that are just a few of the over 160 drawings I have made related to this return to Poe’s story of the madman, the pale blue eye, and the hideous heart.

And why did I go through the trouble of sketching over 160  drawings when, let me reiterate this again, I am not planning a cartoon or graphic novel of The Tell-Tale Heart?

No, these drawings are actually not meant for public consumption (although I guess I just made some of them available for public consumption with this blog post).  They are mainly a means to an end.  Ah, but what end?

Can you guess….?

Tell tale glimpses into a specifically horrific future for “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre”…

Still stumped?  Here is more of a hint.  Each drawing came with annotation.  Here is the above picture with its attendant annotation.

Does that provide clarification or does that confuse?

Tell-Tale Update:  All is revealed!