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I have historically attempted to let my cartoons stand on their own and leave it up to the viewer to interpret it however they want. If it's read a different way than intended, that's OK, I can't control that. But this weeks cartoon was one I created a couple years ago and sat on. It was a tough one for me to do.
What spurred this post, was my last one where I say I like to make people smile, and I do, but every so often I will do one where it's more of an editorial on something, and Yesterdays fits that category. The Transair flight 810 was the one that triggered it. Thankfully the pilots survived, but it became clear, pretty quickly, that nobody outside of our tribe knew about it. It is what it is, and I get human nature, but I feel pulling the curtain back a little can be illuminating.
I think art such as yours, should be left to the viewer to interpret and I appreciate that you let it happen. However, I also enjoy being let in on the creative process and back story as to why the piece was made. For that, I really enjoy your throwbacks where you ad the commentary. I feel like I get the best of both by following your Monday and Thursday posts.