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“What’s most important to it. I love cartoons: I love that Everything is seen as a brand

now. We’re pressured to
language, and I love bright, big,
me is to remember that this pop-y stuff. present everything, including “ What I enjoy about
our own lives, as perfect and
I wish I was into minimalist,
is my passion. Even if I was smart design. I wish my work glossy. The question we have painting and art is that it
to ask ourselves is: Am I
looked like a Rothko or a
working somewhere else, Rauschenberg. I would love for going to be the first one to be can lead to conversation
I’d be trying to do this, so I my work to be that, but it’s just vulnerable? about anything. It might
a fucking weird, crazy cartoon

might as well try to do it for world where anything is possible. Totally. All we’re looking for lead us to talk about death
At the same time, it doesn’t really
is honesty—that one little
myself.” make sense. Abstract art doesn’t ounce of honesty in the world, or being afraid or anxiety,
whether it’s found within art or
have all of the answers we want,
and that’s why I love it. other things. Everything comes
No, but it has a lot of feeling. back to that in some way, shape, and then hopefully it will
Exactly. That’s what I’ve tried to or form.
Do you think one of the reasons be,” because like you said, it’s create. What about the artist who I once heard a really cool get us to ask the larger
you were able to develop such a art. I’m not reliant on it. Even believes there’s another language interview with Tom Hanks.
strong voice with your personal if another Nike doesn’t come and grouping of emotions that “What makes a piece of art question about what the
work was because you had the around, I’ll continue making you can’t express through words? good to you, whether it’s film or
commercial work as your bread whatever the hell I want. And music?” He said, “Every great human experience means
and butter and there was no you know what? It’s going to look piece of art asks the eternal
pressure no make money from like this weird, cartoon world. question that we all have, which to each of us. To me, that’s
the personal stuff at the start? Some people are going to look has to do with existence.” As
at it and say, “Dude, this fucking generic as that sounds, it has a much more interesting
It didn’t cross my mind then, but guy is all about cartoons and it’s to do with asking the eternal
it does now. I completely agree really naïve—is it for a kid?” question: Why are we here? conversation. ”
with you. I’ve thought about that recently. What are we doing? What is this
It’s like I’ve hit this weird It’s so weird what my work is place?
moment of, “Fuck it, I can make turning into, but at the same
this into whatever I want it to time, I let myself intuitively make