Did this illustration on Thursday last week for not particular reason other than as a release for my daily existential fury over the fucking world I live in. It took me the usual 5 goddamn hours. After I finished it, sick to my stomach that I’d spent so much time on it, I received the first draft of the column I typically illustrate for Chris Hedges over on Truthdig – a column I usually get on Saturday for posting on Sunday. He and I were on the same exact page re the current hopelessness of Amurka, so I offered it to him maybe 60 seconds after I finished it. He took it. Amazing when you spend an entire morning drawing a huge piece of shit and somebody reaches out without prompting and offers a yowling and hungry toilet. Thanks, Chris.
?I’m shittin’ on top of th’ world,
Jus’ swingin’ my iron,
Showin’ Stormy my dong.
I’m shittin’ on top of th’ world,
Jus’ swindlin’ along… leadin’ my throng…?
“Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will”
Antonio Gramsci
Thank you to you both xj
A thing of beauty is a joy forever,
Its loveliness increases,
It shall never pass into nothingness….
(With apologies to Mr Keats….)
Henri
This one (unfortunately) describes the current situation perfectly.
“Picture a leader with no fucking brains.”
—Roger Waters, Picture That
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fltPNzD5P2Y