Allen Panakal - The Watchtower

I like to believe that when my friends talk about me in my absence they start their conversations with, "When last we saw our hero..."

"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Important potato technology.

“Control the things you can control. Let everything else take a flying fuck at you and if you must go down, go down with your guns blazing.”
- Stephen King

"It's the children the world almost breaks who grow up to save it."
- Frank Warren

This quote means so much more to me these days.

"My skin is singed, but it heals my heart, and with glowing pride I'll wear my scars."

"If you work really hard, and you're kind, amazing things will happen.”
- Conan O'Brien

I believed every word of it then, and I believe every word of it now.

“Artistic talent is far more common than the talent to nurture artistic talent. Any parent with a hard hand can crush it, but to nurture it is much more difficult.”
- Stephen King

"You can't be an important and life-changing presence for some people without also being a joke and an embarrassment to others...because there's no such thing as a lack of adversity."
- Mark Manson

"What is the bravest thing you've ever said?," asked the boy.
"Help," said the horse.
"Asking for help isn't giving up," said the horse. "It's refusing to give up."
- Charlie Mackesy

The reality is no matter how much effort you put forth, someone will always be disappointed in you. The solution is, focus on what makes you happy.

"It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving, but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living.”
- F. Scott Fitzgerald

"There's some good in this world and it's worth fighting for."
- Samwise Gamgee

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My piece goes live on Every Day Original at 10:30 EST (9:30 CST).
It's an illustration on the back of my Magic: The Gathering Foil Artist Proof. This is your chance to own one of my traditional pieces.

Welcome to Every Day Original - Original Art Every Day share.google/uv01PUo4PpX6...

"For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you."
- Neil deGrasse Tyson

"No matter how hard Evil tries, it can never quite match up to the power of Good, because Evil is ultimately self-destructive. Evil may set out to corrupt others, but in the process corrupts itself."
- John Connolly

"If it's ka it'll come like a wind, and your plans will stand before it no more than a barn before a cyclone.”
― Stephen King

:: I was reminded today by Carey R Drake that during Solo I realized Lando wore his Gordon Gartrell just as well as Theo Huxtable.

:: I was reminded today by a friend that during Solo I realized Lando wore his Gordon Gartrell just as well as Theo Huxtable.

"Patience, he thought. So much of this was patience - waiting, and thinking and doing things right. So much of all this, so much of all living was patience and thinking."
- Gary Paulsen

Is a Grande coffee a pint? Can I ask for a pint of coffee?

“Do you have the courage to bring forth this work. The treasures that are hidden inside you are hoping you will say yes.”
- Jack Gilbert

“Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world...would do this, it would change the earth.”
- William Faulkner

"The rules I wrote, I wrote on your heart. Truth I spoke, you've known from the start. Be kind, don't harm. It isn't that hard."
- Lucas Jones

“We need leaders not in love with money but in love with justice. Not in love with publicity but in love with humanity.”
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

"If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much."
- Jim Rohn

Rules for being a good Artist.
1. Don't be an asshole.
2. Don't. Be. An. Asshole.
3. Make art.

The people out there reporting these atrocities are heroes.

"As my sufferings mounted I soon realized that there were two ways in which I could respond to my situation -- either to react with bitterness or seek to transform the suffering into a creative force. I decided to follow the latter course."
- Martin Luther King Jr.

"He knew in the core of his heart that he was not large enough to bear such a burden,even if such visions were not a mere cheat to betray him.The one small garden of a free gardener was all his need, not a garden swollen to a realm; his own hands to use,not the hands of others to command.”
- Tolkien

I'm still shocked they just let them get away with it all.