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?"

"Is this Haiku poopery?"

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

Artistic Licence.

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

"I'm ahead of my time."

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

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

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

"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.

Son of Alien.

Some rejected prototypes from Madonna's bra lab.

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

Adam with big leaf "In your dreams"

The World's First Taxi...

'Turkey dot com.'

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

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

Chapter 3. Andrew's scheme backfires.

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

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

And thus the concept of artistic propaganda is born.

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

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

Rodin's Collapsed Deck-Chair

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