a cartoon is worth a thousand sensations

When we’re little and first discover drawing, we – and by we, I mean all of us – use a set of symbols to describe what’s going on around us, to represent people, parts of the body, clothes, emotions, houses, animals, the sky, the sea, cars, etc. In other words, we are all natural-born cartoonists. While not everyone wants to be a cartoonist when they grow up, everyone, I believe, could draw cartoons if they wanted to. It’s strange how few people agree with me.  Everyone can draw, and the strange thing is most people believe, actively, that they can’t. Everyone can draw a smiley face, ergo, they can do cartoons. As Picasso said, “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist when you grow up.”

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