Working With an Aging Artist:

Since so much time has past since Izzy disappeared, it has been brought to my attention that we might need to create a photo of what Izzy would look like now. I spoke to a bead artist at the mall who said that the FBI has these people trained in the art of “face aging”. (I guess the whole body ages, but I think our best bet to find Izzy has more of a chance to identify his face than his knees or elbows.) Since we don’t have the funds to pay one of these trained artists, I asked him for a few tips that we could use on a budget. He said to gray up the hair (which feels sacrilege, I know), and make the ears and nose a little bigger. He also said I could maybe add some wrinkles, but Izzy was always a stickler for moisturizing, so I don’t know. He also told me that “black don’t crack” but Izzy always said no to drugs, so I don’t think that would be a problem. I’ll post the image when I’m done!

What Can’t Izzy Not Hide:

I’ve been thinking a lot about Izzy lately and what he’s had to do to stay off the radar grid for all these years and all of the ways he can disguise himself from what he’s used to be. He could have a fake moustache or beard, he could have changed his sunglasses, he could (father-son-holy spirit) have changed his hair! I don’t like to think about it, but when you’re on the lam, anything can happen. So, then it hit me. What can’t he change? His spirit, his love of sign-spinning, the way he walks maybe. It’s possible we’ve been looking for all these superficial things, but what we need to do is search for the inner Izzy!