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the gaping­void manifesto:

“We live in inc­re­di­ble times. And as long as there is still one per­son on the pla­net who doesn’t believe this, then there’s still work to be done.”

[BACKSTORY : My name is Hugh MacLeod.  I’m a car­too­nist. I star­ted gapingvoid.com a decade ago in in May, 2001 when I star­ted publishing “Car­toons Drawn On The Back Of Busi­ness Cards”. I used to be an adver­ti­sing copyw­ri­ter. Even­tually I wrote a cou­ple of books. I now draw “Cube Gre­na­des” i.e. cor­po­rate com­mis­sions for a living, my big­gest client now being Racks­pace. I have a daily car­toon news­let­ter, which I send out every week­day to tens of thou­sands of peo­ple. I also have an online gallery, where I sell art. Thanks for rea­ding etc.]

INTRO:

“We live in inc­re­di­ble times.” I say that a lot.

But it’s true. We really do.

And that’s the main pur­pose of dra­wing gaping­void car­toons: To make peo­ple believe it, or die trying.

I drew this car­toon in January ’11. My first of the year.

The fellow in the car­toon is “Gloop”, a cha­rac­ter I’ve been using since college. He pops up in my work now and again. Part Alter-Ego, part Everyman.

Most peo­ple who read my work are crea­tive peo­ple; that’s not just an opi­nion, that’s just how it wor­ked out. This car­toon is for them. For you.

“Bring new light to what life might be.” That’s what Crea­ti­vity means. That’s why you were born; that’s why you are here. To bring some new angle to the human con­di­tion– if not to the broa­der world in gene­ral, then at least to your family and the peo­ple around you.

You don’t have to believe this– this drive may not be your drive, may not be the thing that pro­pels you for­ward. That’s fine.

Howe­ver, if you DO have that capa­city within your­self and you DON’T act upon it, then everything around you turns to desert.

“Bring new light to what life might be” is my wish for you and Every­body else. That’s why we are here. Godspeed.

[TO BE CONTINUED…]

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