As I work, I always have some sort of news program or podcast about current affairs playing on my computer. I have found that practice to be incredibly rewarding over the years. I have learned so much about so many people, places and things. We are lucky to have free access to stations and programs from NPR and the BBC. It is like having graduate degree seminars delivered to my studio every day.
Needless to say the news over the past two weeks has been heart breaking. The war in Ukraine and the stories that have come out of that part of the world are both profoundly depressing and awesomely inspiring at the same time. I hope that the people of Ukraine will persevere and that the Russian people will grasp the meaning of their government’s epic waste of lives and resources.
I saw a great quote recently that was attributed to Walter Cronkite.
“War itself, is of course, a form of madness. It’s hardly a civilized pursuit. It’s amazing how we spend so much time inventing devices to kill each other and so little time working on how to achieve peace.”
I couldn’t agree more and will begin my own protest to this senseless act of destruction by posting these simple cartoons showing the things that make life worth living to me. Little things that we take for granted. Little things that make us smile and make us human.
