Good morning,

So today's cartoon is interesting because I created it with a certain goal, but then I found out that it's being interpreted differently, which is always suprising and interesting. Letting go of how somebody interprets my cartoons is what actually allowed me to start drawing and writing them in the first place.

Yes, I will make a cartoon, and as long as it's a square of paper in front of me and eventually a file on my computer, then it's mine. BUT! as soon as I release it into the wilds of the world, well, then it becomes yours and how you view it through your own lens, biases and lived experience is now how you take ownership of it. I will always have my own intention for a cartoon, but I can't deny somebody else's interpretation. If I dwell on it too much it becomes intimidating. But I have to let it go and trust people. So here it is.

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