Mindset. So important. So nebulous. So full of surprises.<\/p>\n
I’m working on illustrations today that use a portion of a dollar bill as a frame (e.g. where George’s stuffy head usually is, someone else’s will be). Easiest way to begin was to take a big .jpg of a George, erase parts and alter parts. Later I’ll add my own drawings on top.<\/p>\n
The whole time I was messing with the file, my reactive monkey-brain was shouting, “No! No! You can’t deface currency!” Or alternatively: “You can’t depict a dollar bill! They’ll think you’re counterfeiting!”<\/p>\n
Total nonsense, of course. But a perfect example of how those Lessons of Authoritah get into the child-brain and stick around long after reason takes hold.<\/p>\n
No wonder that Patrick McGoohan (BIG spoiler if you’ve never seen The Prisoner<\/i><\/a>) cast — ulp! — we ourselves as the enigmatic “Number One”<\/a> who holds even our fiercest, most independent selves captive.<\/p>\n What taboos — or what commandments — of Authoritah have you found lurking around your own brain, long after you thought you were free of them? Or which have you gotten rid of, but only after surprises or struggle?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Mindset. So important. So nebulous. So full of surprises. I’m working on illustrations today that use a portion of a dollar bill as a frame (e.g. where George’s stuffy head usually is, someone else’s will be). Easiest way to begin was to take a big .jpg of a George, erase parts and alter parts. Later I’ll add my own drawings on top. The whole time I was messing with the file, my reactive monkey-brain was shouting, “No! No! You can’t deface currency!” Or alternatively: “You can’t depict a dollar bill! They’ll think you’re counterfeiting!” Total nonsense, of course. But a…<\/p>\n