The Grass is Greener

I have students in my writing classes undertake a creative project at the end of the semester.  They can do anything.  A video, a song, a picture, whatever.  But they also have to include an artist's statement in which they describe their creative process.  So I'll do the same here.

Last Sunday, I was sitting in front of the National Portrait Gallery waiting for some friends to arrive for an afternoon of ooohing and ahhhing at all the portraits, reading a book.  I was wearing my beloved shirt that reads "Purroud Childless Cat Guy," inspired by that delicious (not really) quote from JD Vance about his childless cat ladies.  A man with a baby-filled stroller walked by and smiled at me as he looked at my shirt.  Inspiration struck.

I can't draw for squat, so they had to be stick figures.  Instead, I imagined the guy as one of those regretful parents (see the Facebook page "I Regret Having Children"; it's a real group) staring at it.