These are napkin drawings I’ve done in December over the decades. I am posting them daily on social media but am combining them here to post weekly.

Day 1

“Pain makes people think. Thought makes people wise. Wisdom makes life endurable.”
Drawn 12/11/2000


Day 2




“We would often be ashamed of our finest actions if the world understood all the motives which produced them.”
– La Rochefoucauld
Drawn 12/04/2001


Day 3

“Destiny is what you are supposed to do in life. Fate is what kicks you in the ass to make you do it.” – Henry Miller

Drawn 12/13/2002


Day 4

“Confusion is the welcome mat at the door of creativity.”

Drawn 12/8/2010


Day 5

“The distance a goldfish swims is not controlled by the bowl.”

Drawn 12/14/2009


Day 6

“Patience with others is love. Patience with self is hope. Patience with God is faith.”

Drawn 12/12/2011


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