Anthony, simply: God bless you — for the struggle to find your path vocationally, and such that your considerable gifts as an artist, creative, and illustrator can be used for the Beautiful, Good, and True. Godspeed in your important work. (And recall Solzhenitsyn, who wrote: the dividing line between good and evil passes through every human heart.) Peace
Heavens, Anthony, that was an intense conversion story. I am so sorry you had to suffer such a grueling awakening to evil and appreciate your bearing witness to Ann’s brutal treatment.
Thank goodness, you saw the light as we are blessed to have someone of your talent and character battling the forces you formerly served.
I’m an illustrator, too—did mostly advertising, editorial, & book/magazine illustration. Now I do paintings about the human-caused death of nature because none of the other stuff was very meaningful even though it didn’t promote anything bad. So now I illustrate our loss of connection to the natural world and what this is doing to the planet.
I was an illustration major at Pratt at that time. I lived off campus and felt the dangers everyday. The G train was the worse, I rode it only twice alone and decided never again. I didn’t know Anne personally but her death was so tragic and made a real impact on the school, it really woke everyone up.
That camel led my dad to his death. He hospiced here at my home for two years. I took care of him night and day. copd is not a pretty way to go. My life is not ever going to be the same.
Anthony, simply: God bless you — for the struggle to find your path vocationally, and such that your considerable gifts as an artist, creative, and illustrator can be used for the Beautiful, Good, and True. Godspeed in your important work. (And recall Solzhenitsyn, who wrote: the dividing line between good and evil passes through every human heart.) Peace
Peace and gratitude, my friend. “The simple step of a courageous individual is not to take part in the lie. "One word of truth outweighs the world.”
― Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn
Heavens, Anthony, that was an intense conversion story. I am so sorry you had to suffer such a grueling awakening to evil and appreciate your bearing witness to Ann’s brutal treatment.
Thank goodness, you saw the light as we are blessed to have someone of your talent and character battling the forces you formerly served.
I’m an illustrator, too—did mostly advertising, editorial, & book/magazine illustration. Now I do paintings about the human-caused death of nature because none of the other stuff was very meaningful even though it didn’t promote anything bad. So now I illustrate our loss of connection to the natural world and what this is doing to the planet.
Excellent!
It’s good that you bailed when you found yourself creating art that helped people that hurt others. Great character trait.
I hope you'll forgive me, but six paragraphs in, I gotta ask ... would you streetwalk a mile for a Camel?
LOL!
Of course, it's only a joke to someone who's familiar with the tag line — otherwise it's just some lunatic on your Stack.
Thanks for another fine piece.
BTW, here's one you're sure to appreciate that explores and explains all things Bernaysian ... https://redpillpoems.substack.com/p/targets
I was an illustration major at Pratt at that time. I lived off campus and felt the dangers everyday. The G train was the worse, I rode it only twice alone and decided never again. I didn’t know Anne personally but her death was so tragic and made a real impact on the school, it really woke everyone up.
Thank you for this piece and for your integrity.
I think we were classmates. I graduated in ‘84.
That camel led my dad to his death. He hospiced here at my home for two years. I took care of him night and day. copd is not a pretty way to go. My life is not ever going to be the same.
I'm so sorry.