Quirky Existentialist Pillows

Understanding the prune.

If you bathe a skunk in tomato juice, it will smell like a dog. A bird in the hand is better than two in your shorts. Never wear aqua after Thanksgiving. Unconventional wisdom.

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

The Map of the human brain

'Oh, Arthur...You sweet, blind, mad, dear, silly fool....Don't you see it could never last?'

'Hey weirdo, where do you think you're going?'

Suzie would later win a Nobel Prize for her Law of Special Social Relativity.

Pigeon Little

'Maybe it should be funnier...'

'I know it's a bit unusual, but that's where he gets all the best ideas.'

'If, as you say, they're so evolved, why do they need to wear clothes to survive?'

'If no man is an island, then what the hell is no woman?'

'Dial 1-900-Fortune.'

Clever visual metaphor used to personify the abstract concept of thought and memory.

"I don't see a destination called 'Veganville' sir."

Reverse psychology

The Chicken Who Crossed the Road, in therapy. My motives are always being questioned!

"I want to be a more interesting person. Think maybe watching old black and white movies would do it?"

Sign: 'Welcome to Fernbanks. Beneath our quaint Norman Rockwell-ish exterior beats a big-box chain store heart, ready to sell out at the drop of a hat.'

"Ok... for today I want a 500-word essay on what you know about nothing."

"Of course they're permanent. I'm an artist."

Texturing the Walls

Dreams I have had...

The Man who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, and the Woman who Mistook her Husband for a New Mercedes.

"I'm sorry, but you didn't recognize me as the Messiah when I had braces and glasses."

'I know it's controversial, but my calculations prove beyond doubt that a nod is BETTER than a wink.'

"Am I sensing fear?"

On-the-job creativity may go unrewarded an may even create consternation among co-workers.

"...Wow, if Malcolm Gladwell is right, we need to get a cat who's a Virgo ASAP!"

Man finishing painting through flap in door.

Large print e-book.

"I'm still not sure if we've hired a creative genius or a complete cretin."

"Sorry - He's changed His mind again. Stripes on the zebra, spots on the giraffe, no stars on the lion and make the elephant bigger and the amoebae smaller."

The lesser of two evils.

'I need you to change my mind on something.'