Never Disturb a Nest
Casting Call
Gone Fishin'Illustrator Bruce McCall provided me with my fathers day cards this year. It took me a while to "get" these illustrations, but once I did I was chuckling with glee in front of the card display. I bought four -- one for my father, my husband, my brother in-law, and my father in-law. When I like something, I tend to buy in big quantities like that. Plus, each of these cards fit their personalities, as if Mr. McCall was watching them as he did his artistic thing.
Fastest Way Outta Town
I love the humor/darkness/contemplative/outrageous/manly feel. I felt deeply touch by what I see as this universal vulnerability: we're all hoping to stay on the lighter side of things, even if it seems crazy and improbable (as with Gone Fishin'). And then there is this other crazy notion that we all want to fly and climb skyscrapers and live dangerously. While we play Atlas in shouldering the burden of these two realities we have this pull that tells us: just go fishing... or play cards... And we're such simple creatures.
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