Steal My Ideas, Please

The first inspiration: If a catbox could be made to shake, would it automatically cover the crap? Common sense says, heavy stuff falls right? So the litter, as it’s thrown side to side, would fly on top, and, presto, Sea of Tranquility.
Makes for a funny image (which I’d draw if I had time) of a […]

But Circular Reasoning 2 wasn’t quite right, I thought, because hands aren’t part of the inner loops. So how to convey a tortured soul whose mind was spinning in circles. Like this loopy intuitive result. Hope I’m not spoiling it by talking about it.
Feel free to use these cartoons, by the way … as long as […]

But the thought balloon version of “Circular Reasoning 1” doesn’t quite express how much we torture our thoughts and ourselves to get our ideas of ourselves to fit. Here’s a second attempt.
A lot of logic is circular. Say I’m mean to people who I think are mean to me. That makes them upset, which lets me […]

I wanted to illustrate the illusion of self-concept. Are we who we imagine ourselves to be? Especially if we’re imagining ourselves imagining ourselves? And what if it doesn’t stop there? 

Boredom is peace with an edge. “All man’s miseries derive from not being able to sit quietly in a room alone,” wrote Blaise Pascal in Pensees. What keeps people from truly being in touch with their deepest selves is that feeling we call boredom. But don’t avoid it. Embrace it. Wait. That edge of fear, disgust or pain that […]