Map Drawing Gifts

Forget what the warden says. If we try to please everyone, we'll end up with an escape plan that pleases no one.

"And just like that, e got rid of Florida."

Joey discovers the difference between coffee beans and jelly beans.

'Are you sure that's the right map?'

'On your mark. Get set. Create!'

'C'mon get it straight.'

“She’s in her abstract expressionism phase.”

"We're bringing the arts and sciences together here by giving crayons to mice."

"No Timmy, I don't think your pencil has system requirments or upgrades you can download from the internet."

"You've got a long, long road ahead of you, young man."

Can You Spot the Differences?

You Are Here

Man painting over a 'You are here' sign.

My First Camera

"Abstract Expressionism is definitely right for me at this stage of my career."

Indian rajah rowing elephant in a monsoon flood.

A treasure map shows you all the roads without tolls.

Cariactures

"Either that's Marmaduke with a lizard's head in front of us, or I really mixed up my meds."

'What zip code are we in now?'

'I'm in my Blue period.'

"I got 30 likes but Mom's was not one of them."

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

"I don't think I can express what I have to say in just colored paper and glue."

'Just think of it as graphic design, Mom.'

Instructional guide to scribbling

"So, what did you do at charter school today?"

"Elementary, my dear Watson- the cartoonist did it."

Here be dragons.

"In the beginning, God created, like, 300 concept sketches..."

"An unfortunate museum gift shop." "Banksy activity set." "Jackson Pollock coloring book." "MC Escher building blocks." "Claes Oldenburg miniatures." "Marceau Marceau CDs." "Seurat's connect-the-dots aaAAAAA."

Child drawing fish from life by putting his head in a pond.

'It's a Joan Biro.'

"I want to dispel the rumor that this redistricting map was drawn by my toddler on an Etch-A-Sketch. . .I'd never met that toddler before."

"I would like a tube of lemon yellow, cadmium red, cobalt blue, ivory, black, and zinc white, a sixteen-by-twenty canvas, a couple of brushes, and that book 'Painting in Oils'."