Thread by @KeriLeighMerrit

So the story from this weekend: Sat night was discussing political messages in the old Warner Bros./Bugs Bunny cartoons. Sunday morn I drive a couple miles down the road & see this:

*Fine print says, "The Boss is Coming!"

(❤️ ya, #ATL!) /1

Anyhow, it had me thinking about the "Father of Contemporary Animation," Chuck Jones. I had been to one of his galleries in New Mexico but still didn't feel like I knew the real story behind his greatness. /2

And greatness of this caliber is often associated with early lives of pain & suffering.

I immediately looked him up, & found my answer within the first few paragraphs about his childhood.

You see, Chuck Jones was born in Spokane, but his family moved to CA in the 1920s. /3

His father started business after business, failing each time.

Yet every time he started a new business, he'd order stationary with the name of his current venture.

When they inevitably failed, he'd give all of the stationary he bought up to his children, /4

Urging them to use up the paper as quickly as possible - so he no longer had to see the evidence of each of his repeated failures.

So Chuck, of course, began drawing & sketching, thousands and thousands of figures & cartoons, honing his craft and perfecting his skill. /5

Thus: Take all of your failures today - all of your misery & anguish & anger - and USE them.

Allow them to fuel your creativity; permit them to propel your work & your passions.❤️❤️❤️

"Let fury have the hour
Anger can be power
D'ya know that you can use it?"
-The Clash /fin