Remember...? (Patreon)

Good early morning my dears! I hope you are all doing well today..or sleeping weel! Back from a long day of work and completely consumed. You know how the weekends are. Each time I had my little break in between the shift hours I would sit at the tables and draw out little things and all that.

I went walking to the bus stop today and a car drove on past with a back window open. A pet carrier fell out thankfully with no pet included, tumbling and running along the asphalt ahead of me. So I picked it up as the car came to a screech, and a man came from it with an intense stare in his eyes. So he began to scream at me as he came closer. Screamed " What are you looking at? " I didn't say a word. Just smiled and came closer, held out the carrier and let them take it from me. I wished them a good day and kept walking. I heard the faintest " Thank you " from over my shoulder.

A lot of distressed people out there. People with problems, whether they are more tangible and identifiable, or neurotic and mysterious. I tell you this story because I told it to others too this day. I'd hear the chuckles and tellings " I would have taken a swing at the guy if he got too close. " " I would have ran or something. " ...yeah.. a lot of people feel the same way, even the one's we deem a threat to ourselves.

So I wanted this day to be about remembering some things. For taking a breath, closing our eyes and staring off into some secret place that's only ever been there for us. For remembering we were all young once..different and the same. We all have so many stories, and the cruelest gift we can give of all is to simplify any given person to a moment. To collectively dismiss all the pain and happiness, the motives and curious distancing tolled on any one person. Once upon a time we felt a whole lot different. Maybe some of you still feel the way you do when you were younger..and maybe some of you look in different places now.

Don't be hard on yourself and others this weekend. You deserve a rest when there has been so much heart ache. Be good to you, and enjoy some sketches.