“Is This Healthy” is a comic that I made for an independent study in which I looked deeper into the idea of health, mental, physical, and emotional as it relates to myself.
This project was extremely personal and I thank any of you who take the time to read it
Pair of adult Bald Eagles enjoying a little cover from the rain just downstream of Grand Coulee Dam (the third powerplant is in the background). Eagles fishing for a meal can be a common sight around the nation’s largest #hydropower plant from winter to spring. They nest in the area surrounding the dam, competing with Osprey for meals and nesting sites, May 5, 2016. #wildlife #baldeagles
Photo by Craig Brougher, Hydrologic Technician with the Bureau of Reclamation, Grand Coulee Power Office.
[Image description: two green frogs are sitting on leaves, one above the other. Their skin looks somewhat translucent and fades from a bright green at the top of their heads to yellow at their toes. Their eyes are bulbous and white with black vein-like markings surrounding horizontal pupil slits.]
Stella the cat started her journalism career as an intern at The Village Voice twelve years ago. Following a short stint as a stringer at Newsday, the kitty wordsmith found a home as art critic for Time Out New York in 2011. Five years into what she’s long told friends was her dream job, Stella is starting to burn out.
Friends and co-workers say it’s starting to show in the cat’s work. An audit of her reviews of gallery shows over the past five years shows that her earlier pieces tended to be upbeat and positive. More recent reviews, however, are often biting, sarcastic, and spiritless.
“Stella’s probably been to, I dunno, 1,500 art openings at this point,” said Time Out assistant events editor Nicole Thackery. “She’s seen a lot of great art, but a lot of really bad stuff, too.”
Thackery thinks that all the bad stuff is starting to get to Stella.
“We’ve talked about maybe letting her take a sabbatical to work on some book projects she’s been kicking around,” said Thackery. “You know, clear her head, let her rediscover what she initially loved about this beat.”
[image description: Stella, a light orange cat, is sitting on a sidewalk next to a simple chalk drawing of a cat. Stella is looking over her shoulder directly into the camera and appears weary and unamused by the crude artwork.]
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