Y.S. Stephen - Digital Artist

This was a redesigned version of something my daughter drew. She wanted it on a t-shirt for her birthday. Still it make me think about children, young adults, as well as adults' fascination with "coolness" and being seen as great.

Being seen as "cool" might be good for self-image and development of empathy. However I believe we need to go beyond that if we want to develop a strong mental strength and lead on difficult issues.

This is one of the recent designs I made for my shop at Redbubble. I felt the need to communicate the importance of slowing down and taking a break once in a while.

Why a mouse? Well, mice work quite hard, but they kind of do other important things well too - eat and sleep when appropriate.

The painter, Chuck Close once said,

"Inspiration is for amateurs - the rest of us just show up and get to work."

This is a quote that has always been a close companion in times when life gets in the way and I don't feel like creating anything. I created the above image in reminder of that.

A thing can be good as well as bad. Mass media (TV, books, games, etc) are a good vehicle of knowledge. In today's world of insecure work, relationship problems and unjust wars, they can also be an effective means of escape. Yet, they can also be used for mind seduction and subtle brainwashing in a way that makes us act against our self-interests.

Balance is a difficult state to achieve in today's world of information abundance. Yet this is what the wise must strive for as we cease to look outwards for answers. We must cultivate a strong inward authority and seek to test things out for ourselves.

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Shortly after I had put this picture together, I kept thinking about the futility of control (at least, the human version of it).

I understood that most of us tend to surrender and look at things objectively after we have exhausted all other options and therefore feel helpless. Whether we believe it or not, taking ourselves out of the picture can sometimes be a key to seeing clearly as well as living without suffering.

At the heart of supplication is surrender.

In the current world of “opinion piece”, “fake news”, “sound bites”, you might want to think about the hidden meaning behind what policymakers and news corporations say to you. Understand how propaganda works.

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