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My problem is that I don’t paint ambitiously. It’s all catch and release – just tiny fish that aren’t really worth the trouble to clean and cook.

Bill Watterson

There are no restrictions of taste, approach, or subject matter. The gatekeepers are gone, so the prospect for new and different voices is exciting. Or at least it will be if anyone reads them.
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Different Gatekeepers Gone Prospects Voice
I asked mom if I was a gifted child. She said they certainly wouldn’t have paid for me.
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Children Mom Motivational
A box of new crayons! Now they’re all pointy, lined up in order, bright and perfect. Soon they’ll be a bunch of ground down, rounded, indistinguishable stumps, missing their wrappers and smudged with other colors. Sometimes life seems unbearably tragic.
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Color Crayon Order Perfect Pointy
Scientific Progress goes boink?
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Hobbes Progress Scientific Progress
I’ve got plenty of common sense! I just choose to ignore it.
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Common Ignore Plenty Sense
Barney’s Dad was really bad so Barney hatched a plan when his dad said “Eat your peas.” Barney shouted no and ran Barney tricked his mean old dad and locked him in the cellar Barney’s Mom never found out where he’d gone, Cause Barney didn’t tell her. T
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Dad Mom Peas Plan Sorry
I liked things better when I didn’t understand them.
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Liked Thing Understand
It’s surprising how hard we’ll work when the work is done just for ourselves.
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Done Hard Surprising
Know what’s weird? Day by day, nothing seems to change. But pretty soon, everything’s different.
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Change Different Funny Life
I’ve been amazed at how one idea leads to others if I allow my mind to play and wander.
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Amazed Ideas Mind Wander
The way Calvin’s brain is wired, you can almost hear the fuses blowing.
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Brain Hobbies Way
Everybody I know fails the acid test of friendship.
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Acid Failing Tests
Tomorrow we’ll not only seize the day, we’ll throttle it.
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Day Seize Throttle Tomorrow
I let my mind wander and it didn’t come back.
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Bumper Funny Mind Sticker Wander
You mix a bunch of ingredients, and once in a great while, chemistry happens.
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Chemistry Design Ingredients
Life’s disappointments are harder to take when you don’t know any swear words.
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Disappointment Friendship Harder Swearing

My problem is that I don’t paint ambitiously. It’s all catch and release – just tiny fish that aren’t really worth the trouble to clean and cook.

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My problem is that I don’t paint ambitiously. It’s all catch and release – just tiny fish that aren’t really worth the trouble to clean and cook.

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