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The [Art] Of Survival

July 3, 2011 · 20 comments

Cartoon © Jean Burman 2011

We’re all SURVIVORS here.

That’s the beauty of Earth don’t you think?

As long as we’re here breathing in and out… and putting one foot in front of the other…  we’re already acing at LIFE!

Just being here is an accomplishment in itself.

But deciding to be happy as well… is the icing on the cake (((chuckles)))

I know… people might look at you strange at first.

But just keep smiling.

Eventually they’ll get the hang of it [grin]

I emerged yesterday from under a rock [yes that's where I was all this time] after completing my first intensive subject.

What nobody tells you is… intensives are intense!

How it works is… you take one perfectly ordinary subject which would normally be conducted over a 13 week period and condense it down to 8 days of… well… it was an ambitious way to start… I see that now [grin]

But I don’t regret it… not for a minute.

And yeah… okay… there were a couple of times over the past week and a half when I might have bailed.

Especially when a couple of the others did.

Soon they were dropping like flies… albeit very nice flies… and friendly ones too  [no offence intended I promise]

And I get it… I really do!

But no… I wasn’t going to quit no matter how much it hurt [grin]

Though… there were a couple of times when I did seriously question the rationale of my enthusiastic leap into the crucible of fire LOL

I know.  Sounds dramatic now.

But  I managed to shake it off.  I mean… how hard could it be?

And who needs sleep anyway? [grin]

I stuck it out.

My eyeballs might be hanging out… and I think I’ve gotten taller [it was a bit of a stretch] LOL

But I now have one subject down… and one less now to go!

YAY.  Go me.

Who’d have thunk it?

Must be time to paint!

Ahhh… the sweet joy of freedom… [if only until the 18th]

Okay… what have you been up to?

What are your thoughts on the [art of] survival.

I’m sure you’ve got a few… and I’d LOVE to hear them.

START HERE… shoot… no excuses now… [I'm not hearing 'em] (((chuckles)))

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Women of the World

February 26, 2009 · 14 comments

Pen & Watercolour 8″ x 12″

Artwork & Content Copyright 2009 Jean Burman

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Well… it’s been a race against time but I have my entries packaged up and winging their way… as we speak… to the inaugural International Women of the World Exhibition at the Bunker Cartoon Gallery in Coffs Harbour.

This exhibition is being held for the very first time in 2009… to celebrate International Women’s Day… and runs from 13th March to 11th April 2009.  The event is for women only… and cartoonists, illustrators and caricaturists from all over the world have been invited to submit their work.

I have submitted two cartoons.  The first is “If Women Ruled the World” and is a whimsical take on the state of the nation (aka the world) if women were to dominate it’s halls of power.  Let’s face it… we women are the only ones with our priorities right when it comes to the big issues of shopping and shoes.  I realise that this particular theme will likely get me into all sorts of political hot water but it’s just for fun (and in the words of Jane Austen)

“For what do we live but to make sport for our neighbours and laugh at them in our turn”.  She said it… not me… I’m just reporting what she said!  (((chuckles)))

Pen & Watercolour 8″x 12″

Artwork & Content Copyright 2009 Jean Burman

(unauthorised use prohibited)

The second cartoon is a re-make of my earlier cartoon “Mothers Make the World Go Round”  I think it’s an improvement on the first… and as I simply couldn’t bear to part with the original “original” I did another to send away to the exhibition.

Cartooning has… for reasons unknown… been historically (hysterically?) dominated by men… (it is a man’s world afterall girls – wink & grin)… so it’s great to see that this time the girls are going to get a guernsey of their own… and for a cause that’s close to our hearts as well.

International Women’s Day began in 1911 and remains a major day of global celebration for the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future.

I hope you enjoy my cartoons as much as I enjoyed making them.

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