Tag: illustration
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Good Politico: is having character actually important?
There is something to be said for consistency. As people, we used to think that having good character was a respectable thing. With our new entertainment and our political trends as of late, we have proven that character is not truly important to us. We praise our actors for pretending and we are quick to…
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The Coyote: competition actually limits success
I remember the silence. Only the breeze could be heard whistling over the hill and through the trees and the sun barely gazed over the horizon. It was that part of the morning when everything looked like a silhouette against a dim purple backdrop. I sat against a tree, hidden from the world looking down…
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The Summit: the truth about American individualism
The sight was beautiful and as a man in a thick jacket pulled on his harness and looked toward the summit of the mountain. “Click,” he made sure his harness was secure and walked toward the base, picks in hand. He looked up again, for it would be the last time so that he might…
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Drawn In: Is Being Too Busy Wrong?
“Ahhhhhhhhhh,” the only woman in the room drew a deep breath as she woke up and opened her eyes. She sat up on the only bench in the room and looked around at all of the blank, white walls. There were no doors or windows, only the bench on which she sat; but it was…
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The Suicide House
He loved to make paper airplanes and fly them. That was Joey’s passion as a child. He spent so much time figuring out the perfect design. How could he make a plane that would not crash too early? How might it stay level for as much time as possible? As Joey grew, he became discontent…