But When The Thing That Is Scaring

The Point Of The Daily Diary Exercise Is Not To Record What You Already Know About What Happened To You In The Last 24 Hours. Instead, It’s An Invitation To The Back Of Your Mind To Come Forward And Reveal To You The Perishable Images About The Day You Didn’t Notice You Noticed At All.

I Found Myself Compelled, Like This Weird, Shameful Compulsion To Draw Cute Animals.

But Paper And Ink Have Conjuring Abilities Of Their Own. Arrangements Of Lines And Shapes, Of Letters And Words On A Series Of Pages Make A World We Can Dwell And Travel In.

I Was Unable To Sleep And I Would Stay Up And Draw These Little Cartoons. Then A Friend Showed Them Around. Before I Knew It I Was A Cartoonist.

I Do Love To Eavesdrop. It's Inspirational, Not Only For Subject Matter But For Actual Dialogue, The Way People Talk.