Introspective Couple Mugs

Respected cartoon couple, Elmo and Merle Blinkwhistle, take a little time out each day to gather their thoughts.

"Let me slip into something a little more thoughtful."

"That's our house, that's Mommy going to work, and that's you, staring out the window, wondering where it all went wrong."

'Betty liked the way her house provided lots of private space.'

"Then one day, as I caught a tennis ball in midair, I asked myself, 'Is this all there is?'"

That midnight hour when fleeting memories come home to roost.

X-ray Psychology.

"I did the math. If we want to read all of Proust in this lifetime, we have to start tomorrow morning."

"Hey! If you're here to marvel at the smallness of your existence within a glorious, vast and unknowable universe, there's a line!"

"Sometimes I like to come here by myself and contemplate ... or just scream about you."

"Existentialist Trail. Get lost then found. Nietzsche Park System"

"Oh good, more time alone for quiet reflection."

"Wait... what was it I came up here for?"

"Talking to your own reflection? Even your imagination is pathetic."

Trilby - 'The old studio'.

'I think I just had an epiphany. How do I make it go away?'

'You must heal yourself.'

"Is this who I am?"

James decided to stay in that night.

'Funny, I thought a near-death experience would be different, somehow.'

'I think I'm getting somewhere. On the way over I stopped to smell the flowers.'

I wonder what they're moaning about right now?

"I feel like there's a chick in me trying to escape."

A Poem about Sand

"Pride, Covetousness, Lust, Anger, Gluttony, Envy..."

"So why do you think it's so hard to let others in?"

"Last night I dreamed I caught my tail."

"Cops don't get me. Sure, they got me – but they'll ever get me."

"Maybe it's O.K. for an hour or two, but, holy smoke,a whole weekend on the edge of awareness?"

"Is it just me, right, is it just me ...?"

Reflection (with bubbles)

"Wonder if there's something wrong with you? Reality is for us all it's true..."

"Am I a happy man or just an asymptomatic one?"

"What if anxiety is hereditary?"