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From The Onion: “Study Finds Owning Cool Leather Jacket More Rewarding than Raising Children”
A study released Thursday by the Pacific Parenting Institute found that owning a seriously cool leather jacket is significantly more fulfilling than raising a child…
As I have been doing both in parallel, it would be impolitic for me to comment on the conclusions of this article.
Before I started off on my own, I worked for what seemed like an eternity for a graphic design firm. The art director would give incredibly vague orders & was outraged when we didn’t read his mind. I think a four-year-old would have been a better boss.
Step forward, Tiny Art Director! Your commands are far clearer, and your criticism are more reasoned! Example:
The Brief: I want you to draw me a dinosaur! Not a scary one! He’s taking a bath.
The Critique: I don’t like him.
Job Status: Rejected.
The artist nina Maria Kleivan dressed up babies as famous dictators. Kleivan says she’s exploring the meaning of evil:
Anyone who doesn’t think that kids can be dictators doesn’t have a child.
As Kleivan says, “We all begin life the same. We all have every opportunity ahead of us. To do good, or inexplicable evil.”
Babies are like aliens. And some of them are terrifying aliens, as was mine. From Fail Blog:
Well, it felt that way to me