Recently, I read a great article on dailymail.co.uk, “I wish I hadn’t worked so hard, and other great regrets of the dying… as revealed by former nursing home carer.” Overall, I think this article is a must read for anyone despite their age or level of ambition. Of the five regrets listed, the two that struck me the most were the first, “I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me,” and the third, “I wish I’d had the courage to express my feelings.” It brought to mind Mark Twain’s quote, “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do…” Most of us know when we are not happy with our lives; we know when we’re not being true to ourselves. I believe that it boils down to this: all of us are given the same two choices in regards to this: you either do something about it or you don’t. It’s that simple. These things, along with others, have helped me make decisions that I had put off for far too long. It was this that led me to…
The image that accompanies this post is the beginning of a new project. For many years, I’ve wanted to write a comics story about the stupid questions that people ask artists; one day I asked myself, “What would Picasso say about this?” And thus, an idea was born. I’ve decided to tackle the ten most stupid questions using Picasso as my voice. Having read my fair share of books on Picasso, I feel that I have a decent understanding of how he would have reacted to these incessant and annoying questions. What you see pictured here is the first page of character studies that I’ve done for my project. I will do more studies before deciding on a final version of what he will look like in my story. It’s exciting to be writing about something that truly says something about me. This makes all the difference in the world. You can stay tuned to the progress of this project via the Graphic Stories section of this website. In the coming weeks I will post all my work, from start to finish, that I will do on this project in the Graphic Stories section of the site.