The Graphite Chaos of Glen Ronald | Monday Insta Illustrator

A photo posted by Glen Ronald (@glenronald) on Aug 1, 2015 at 9:43am PDT

Canadian artist, ex-micribiology student, and former teacher Glen Ronald calls himself a "chaos whisperer," for the way he "creates a field of chaos and pulls the cosmos (or order) out of it," according to his bio. What that means is, he starts every illustration off with some bona fide chaos (e.g. ink splotches, subconscious drawing, erratic stamping), then reads it like a Rorschach Test, pulling meaningful images from the ether. According to an interview with Marker Magazine, he sometimes goes through up to 50 experiments before finding one he considers meaningful. Check out the ones that made the cut below.

A photo posted by Glen Ronald (@glenronald) on Sep 3, 2015 at 3:38pm PDT

A photo posted by Glen Ronald (@glenronald) on Sep 1, 2015 at 12:44pm PDT

A photo posted by Glen Ronald (@glenronald) on Aug 24, 2015 at 9:05pm PDT

A photo posted by Glen Ronald (@glenronald) on Aug 22, 2015 at 11:14am PDT

A photo posted by Glen Ronald (@glenronald) on Aug 17, 2015 at 5:05pm PDT

A photo posted by Glen Ronald (@glenronald) on Aug 11, 2015 at 6:24pm PDT

A photo posted by Glen Ronald (@glenronald) on Jun 30, 2015 at 4:53pm PDT

A photo posted by Glen Ronald (@glenronald) on Jun 16, 2015 at 10:06am PDT

A photo posted by Glen Ronald (@glenronald) on Jun 4, 2015 at 11:32am PDT

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