Struggling Visionary Gifts

A painter drawing a ship

CLOTHES-HORSES OF THE ART SCENE

"I may not know much about art, but I do know what's suitable for framing."

"Someday you'll see my work in the employee break room at the Met."

I need to set upmy own company.

'This is a good time to be young, son. Look at all the opportunities you have in front of you...you can help sole the problems of the environment, poverty,civil rights....'

Travellers with a developer: 'I see ski slopes.'

"Gracie, what does a little girl like you wish for? I mean, besides being a doctor, a motivational speaker, a great parent and becoming president?"

"Maybe I haven't suffered enough. Why don't you whip up some of your curried pork balls and refried rice for dinner?"

"This grade doesn't fit into my five-year plan!"

'All of my paints dried up in their tubes, so I decided to quit painting and become a sculptor.'

"I'm ahead of my time."

Artistic Licence.

"Is this Haiku poopery?"

"The counselor wasn't much help about getting into college. All he said was to study hard and get good grades."

"Someday, son, all this will be in the cartoonist’s flat file."

'You will write a book, but it won't be on Oprah's recommended list.'

"I want an eponymous retail empire when I grow up, Greg. What do you want?"

Son of Alien.

"I can't wait until we're older so we can get into the cannabis industry. At least then we can make a difference in people's lives."

So tell me, Junior.

Adam with big leaf "In your dreams"

"I don't mind him running his own tech company at his age. However, I wish he would, at least, dress his age."

'Turkey dot com.'

The World's First Taxi...

'Take your cartoons serious son, remember, laughter is a serious business.'

Chapter 3. Andrew's scheme backfires.

Rodin's Collapsed Deck-Chair

"Where do you see yourself in five years and what are you doing now to avoid it?"

And thus the concept of artistic propaganda is born.

"Great! Now slightly more awkward, frigid, and dead inside."

A sleeping man counting scuba-diving sheep

Sometimes, good things fall apart, so better things can fall together.

'I played around with acrylics for about a minute, but now I work exclusively with food.'

"Nice igloo, but why isn't it melting?!"