The Drawing Bee

Take one

Music video of the day

kellyventura

“I just have this phone because I like small phones. It’s not really a good symbol of conservation. Conservation isn’t some huge sacrifice. It doesn’t mean you can’t have nice things. I’ve got a nice flat screen TV at home, great furniture, a sauna, sporting goods, and all the clothes I can wear. Conservation just means that you aren’t constantly getting rid of perfectly good stuff to replace it with stuff that you don’t need. A perfect table is perfect for hundreds of years. You don’t need a new one every couple years. Our culture is called ‘materialistic,’ but that’s not even correct, because ‘materialism’ implies that we value our possessions. And we don’t. We get rid of them, then we destroy Africa to get more shit that nobody needs. There’s no more pressing problem right now than the depletion of the earth. The earth can tolerate a lot of punishment, but if there isn’t a change in the way we consume, there is no way it can survive. We will gladly give money help people in need. But we can’t equate the act of conservation with helping billions of people for generations to come.”

Artist at work (thedrawingbee) 

Helen Macdonald at Greenlight Bookstore, 4/8/15

Listening to The Staves’ new album today reminded me to dig up the illustration I did of them last year :-)

"What was the happiest moment of your life?" "I don’t think I have one yet but it’s probably coming up and it’s going to be a surprise."

Ssshhelfie

Walk my lips

Some pictures from the TimeToAct2015 climate march in London yesterday