Chaotic Creative Gifts

'Your manuscript was delicious.'

'I keep it this way on purpose, for speedy reference.'

"They're love poems alright, but he cuts up the lines, throws them in the air and reassembles them randomly..."

Photocopying his ass was not as easy as he'd been led to believe.

'It's called 'Oh Bugger It!' if you must know!'

"Good" "Bad" "Work on it" "Keep working - maybe it's not as bad as you think it is" "Put it to a committee" "Give up" "Make it worse" "Make it better" "Still a bad idea" "Overthink it" "Throw yourself into a pit of wild badgers" "Throw it away" "Call it done" "Sigh."

Face painting.

"The dryer giveth and the dryer taketh away."

Future garbage truck driver.

Struggling with issues from his own childhood, the Bedroom Bandit would sneak in and jumble children's room across the nation. Not a mother believed it.

'Look, Dad, I made a pair of boots out of your chest waders.'

'Let's pretend I'm a business owner and you're the janitorial service...'

"Do you realize that you and I have it in our power to cause quite a brouhaha?'

'George! This way quick!'

Every class has one. . .

"Isn't it obvious? I'm writing the great American graphic novel."

Unfortunately, napkins hadn't been invented yet, so good ideas were quickly forgotten.

'Frank is into D.I.Y...'Destroy It Yourself'!'

'This is my natural habitat.'

'Your father and I support your career aspirations, but we feel you need a new practice space.'

"My mom said a tornado hit my room. I checked my weather app, and it said clear skies."

Congratulations! - You have been nominated for the Turner Prize...

'I didn't want to get the napkin messy.'

"Gosh! Look what he's done to his Harry Potter books..."

When cartoonists get ahead of themselves.

"A tornado? Uh, yeah...that's exactly what happened, Mom, a tornado did hit my room!"

Mad scientist holding bubbling flask in lab

"And I suppose cleaning up after yourself just once would in some way stifle your precious creativity."

A Cartoonist's and a Sculptor's File Cabinets.

'...To be fair, the chemistry teacher didn't ask your Son to drink his practical exam.'

Falling for art

Steadman - The Early Years.

'We did some exciting things with tempera today.'

'Maybe if you cut off an ear it would look better.'

'I couldn't put it down... I had peanut butter on my hands.'