Respect Authority

Feeling a little uninspired today? Suffering from a bit of post-weekend malaise? The best advice I can give to you, the creatively barren, is to steal from those who are somehow immune to cases of the Mondays, free of this weekly torture either through an irritatingly positive outlook on life, happy employment at one of those fairytale jobs we were lied to about in high school, or a mild to moderate cocaine habit.

Robin Hood is considered a hero, as he went on to inspire President Barack Obama’s policies — but more than that, because he believed in fairness. Those with good ideas will surely have more, and surely they can spare a few to those of us adrift on a blank Photoshop canvas. Because after all, if you don’t have enough gum to share with everyone in the class, then you might as well not chew it at all.

This appropriate illustration featuring a fairly incredible quote by independent filmmaker Jim Jarmusch was tipped off to me by my friend and fellow designer Brandon. Now go recycle something, it’s good for the environment.