by Marty Coleman | Jan 3, 2011 | Stupidity - 2001-2011, Voltaire |
Welcome to Stupidity, my first series of 2011! In honor of all you returning to work after the holidays, I thought you might need some classic quote therapy to help you navigate among your co-workers.
Over the holidays our extended family took a long walk along the Arkansas River. We took our 2 dogs with us. We passed a jungle gym play area with a curvy slide and I thought it would be fun to slide wiggle dog down it. I attempted said maneuver but wiggle dog wasn’t happy with this idea and instead of going down the curvy slide, jumped over the edge of it down to the sand below. Wiggle dog got up, favoring one paw. I was worried she had broken something. But she was alright.
My wife and daughter (and others) saw stupidity in action. They weren’t happy to see it. I apologized to wiggle dog. I apologized to my wife and daughter. I went over to the men in the group and said ‘men sometimes do stupid things’. They all nodded.
Moral of the story, don’t do stupid things, especially to someone else!
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Drawing by Marty Coleman
Quote by Voltaire, 1694-1778, French philosopher and writer. Did you know his real name was François-Marie Arouet?
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by Marty Coleman | Jan 2, 2011 | Sketchbook History Tour |
In 1998 I took a trip to New York to visit my sister. I went into Manhattan a few times via the Long Island Railroad to visit museums. I drew along the way. Looking back I saw 3 different types of portraits I was creating. I still do the same three types.
Woman on the Long Island Railroad at Christmas
A portrait of what I see: She was looking out the train window pensively. We stopped and there was an outdoor Christmas Tree with a star on top in front of a house right next to the tracks. She never changed her expression. I took note, quickly adding it to the scene before we moved on.
Woman Peering Through Her Only Portal
A portrait with what I imagine: She was also on the Long Island Railroad, this time on my way back to my sister’s house on Long Island. I didn’t get into the drawing long enough to draw a background so instead I started imagining how the light fell on her face and where it could have come from. I imagined a knot hole in a wall and went with that idea.
Woman With Articulation Of What Once Was
A portrait from all imagination: Maybe I saw someone’s eyes, lips or nose in passing and had that in my head, but basically I made the whole portrait up. It’s a caricature of a type that I see once in a while, oversize and undersized everything, dramatic in how extreme the features go together.
Drawings © 2016 Marty Coleman | napkindad.com
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by Marty Coleman | Jan 1, 2011 | Joey Adams, New Years Resolutions |
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I drew and posted this last year on this day. I like it and it’s been very popular so I could think of no better comment to make than this one again. Have a Happy New 52 Weeks, 365 Days, 8,766 hours, 525,948 minutes and 31,556,926 seconds!
First, a caveat: If you are the type that actually makes resolutions AND sticks to them, then my 2011 blessing is this instead: ‘May your resolutions beat the crap out of your troubles all year long’. But if you are like most of us then this napkin blessing is for you.
Everyone’s life has them. Some are of our own making (more than we would like to admit). Some are due to who we are in relationship with. Some are random accidents and twists of fate. Some are biology and chemistry. Some of you would say it is all God. Some of you will say it isn’t. No matter though, you still must deal with your troubles.
Be it resolved for all of us that we will face them head on in 2011.
- We won’t make excuses
- we won’t hide our head in the sand
- we won’t enable others to continue in their troubles
- We will use our troubles to increase our love. We will use them to increase our understanding, our empathy, our giving, our tenderness.
- We will not use our troubles to build our resentments. We won’t use them to increase our anger, our prejudices, our hatreds, our meanness.
Keep these as your resolutions and they will beat the crap out of any troubles that come your way now and forever.
Quote by Joey Adams, 1911-1999, American Comedian
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