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Where I Work: Jon Klassen

I worked at home for a few years after I decided to go freelance, and the novelty kind of ran its course. I missed going out in the morning, and I missed the dining room table not being full of work stuff, so I decided to rent a little studio space. This room is in an old bank building in downtown LA. It still has all the old fixtures and details from when it was built—frosted glass doors and old metal doorknobs. For illustration work it’s a great setup—lots of light and room to spread out. The only thing I miss from home is having the cat around. I’ve been seriously considering getting a fish, but I’m gone for work so often these days that I can’t even take proper care of the plant I brought in. And it’s a cactus.

Klassen’s latest picture book, The Dark with text by Lemony Snicket, will be published this week.

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In Prometheus Bound, the author told as a myth how the primitive creatures that were created to be human at first had no knowledge, skills, or culture of any kind—so they lived in caves, in the dark, in constant fear for their lives. Zeus, the king of the gods, decided to destroy them, but Prometheus, a Titan whose name meant “forethought,” out of his “philanthropos tropos” or “humanity-loving character”, gave them two empowering, life-enhancing gifts: fire, symbolizing all knowledge, skills, technology, arts, and science; and “blind hope” or optimism. The two went together—with fire, humans could be optimistic; with optimism, they would use fire constructively, to improve the human condition.

The new word, φιλάνθρωπος philanthropos, combined two words: φίλος philos, “loving” in the sense of benefitting, caring for, nourishing; and ἄνθρωπος anthropos, “human being” in the sense of “humanity”, or “human-ness”. At that mythical point in time, human individuality did not yet exist because there was no culture—including language, skills, and other differentiating attributes.

What Prometheus evidently “loved”, therefore, was not individual humans or groups of individuals, but humanity as a kind of being, human potential—what these proto-humans could become with “fire” and “blind hope”. The two gifts in effect completed the creation of humankind as a distinctly civilized being. ‘Philanthropía’—loving what it is to be human—was thought to be the key to and essence of civilization.

-Description from “Philanthropy” on Wikipedia.

I’m the artist and I think the above commentary, whether it is intended as a caption for my piece or for Doctor Who in general, is beautiful. Thank you.

“How a TV Show Episode Gets Written” - A PSA

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Another day, another poll won. It goes without saying that you guys never fail to impress us, time and time again. Give yourselves a pat on the back.

“I continued to be amazed at the tenacity of Sterek fans to not only win these online polls but literally throttle the competition. I think Tyler and Dylan will be very proud to know that the characters they helped create have inspired so much dedication and love. Congrats to the Stereks!”

-Jeff Davis [via E!Online]

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Simply one of the most amazing comics I’ve ever seen.

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Why is the term “friend zone” so popular when the term “unrequited love” already exists and is more accurate? I suspect it’s because it shifts the locus of responsibility. “Unrequited love” focuses on the person who has the crush. The feelings being discussed are the crushing person’s, thus the responsibility in on them to get over their crush and move on. “Friend zone”, on the other hand, focuses on the crush object’s choices. The phrase erases the agency of the crushing person. All blame for their pain is put on the crush object. “Unrequited love” is something that can happen to both sexes, but “friend zone” is a sexist concept that implies that women are solely responsible for men’s happiness, and not men themselves.

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The Made Shop - The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories (2012)

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Hey. Don’t just scroll past. Come back and watch this. You need it more than you know.

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the time out of your day to watch this will not be wasted, I assure you.

Okay seriously, yall need to watch this. 

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“After years together, he handed her a book. It was her favorite book, “Neverwhere” by Neil Gaiman. She opened to the first page to find a note. “Hello Ashley… Out of interest, what would you say to marrying Brad? – Neil Gaiman” And just like that, they were engaged.”

http://veronicavaros.com/george-washington-hotel-wedding-photographer-ashley-brad/

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