My initial reaction to Wendy MacNaughton’s illustration was “Wrong! Wrong! Wrong!” I let it marinate and then returned to it. My reaction shifted to “please, please, please let it be wrong.”
Wendy MacNaughton. I’m a big fan. She’s an illustrator and graphic journalist with a long list of brand name clients including the NY Times, Wall Street Journal, Time Magazine, NPR and a slew of others. Some of my other favorite illustrations include:
Source: Explore
Proof that we should live on the edge.
Smiling. Exactly. On the outer edge…Good morning Dale
“A ship is safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are for.” –William Shedd
Love it!
P.S. I, too, love Wendy’s illustrations. 🙂
What a talent she is…
Terrifyingly unknown outcomes can make me more than a little nauseous with anxiety. I’m not known for being intrepid.
Me, not so much. I’m batting 400 on the others.
This is so true about so many things in life. I work with a lot of people who have an extreme fear of abandonment and fear intimacy. Because of this they push others away. ” Better to have loved and lost, than to never have loved at all.” Fear holds us back from so many great things! Love the illustration. I can use it with my clients! Have a terrific day, David.
Thanks Kristin. I’m glad to see that Wendy’s work can be shared and used for a worthy purpose. Dave
I’m sorry that extreme nausea is at the center of it all. I’m for living on the edge in this case. I found myself imagining scenarios to see how they fit into these circles. Very interesting depiction of so many events in our lives.
Yes, Anneli…I was rejecting it initially for the same reason. And then, after noodling it…
I don’t know what this means. Are the best things those that skirt things involving others and are nausea producing? Or are the best things those that include the inner ones? If so I agree with the people part — the best things involve people one way or another. But I don’t put myself on the edge or in danger. I avoid danger and nausea if I can. Not at all costs but I don’t seek them. I don’t like being in a dangerous position simply for the adrenaline rush. That’s a drug addiction IMO. I had a dog that I loved who was smart and cautious. He reminded me of me. He seemed like a coward at times — would hide behind me if an aggressive dog approached. But if anyone seemed to threaten the family — especially our daughter who he helped us raise, he would be all teeth and danger himself. He was a philosophical dog and will be reborn as one I’m sure.
Thanks for sharing Frank. I appreciate the introspection. Very thoughtful. I concluded and agreed that the best things in life are human connections yet, they can cause fears, regrets and embarrassments – of which are anxiety producing and become the center of our being. Instead, we should endeavor to play outside of the anxiety causing circles in our human relationships to reach the optimal zen place…(One man’s interpretation)
Feel like I am in the * and need to get to the outside.
You think you are alone in the *?
Just nodding…
You are substantially more self-aware Bonnie. I took me 4 hours to start nodding…:)
Hardly…it was just all I could do… 🙂
Laughing.
Good! Me too now!! 🙂
Thoughtful.
It is Ivsrao. I had to stare at this a long while to let it sink in after blocking it initially