summeranne: Every Hall of Famer covers Mr. Cub / Mr. Sunshine today and I love this guy and am proud of this drawing. “You must try to generate happiness within yourself. If you aren’t happy in one place, chances are you won’t be happy anyplace.” -Ernie Banks I love how the light appears to strike his face as though the sun just peeked out from behind a Chicago summertime cloud. I was feeling listless tonight — missing baseball, yearning for people and places I’ve never seen, pining for wisdom or ignorance or the absurd certainty of any old raison d’etre, missing baseball — when Mr. Cub reminded me of what I already knew, namely: “Existence, life, intelligence, and consciousness are miraculous gifts that we are designed not to appreciate, but are able to with effort.”

summeranne:

Every Hall of Famer covers Mr. Cub / Mr. Sunshine today and I love this guy and am proud of this drawing.

“You must try to generate happiness within yourself. If you aren’t happy in one place, chances are you won’t be happy anyplace.” -Ernie Banks

I love how the light appears to strike his face as though the sun just peeked out from behind a Chicago summertime cloud.

I was feeling listless tonight — missing baseball, yearning for people and places I’ve never seen, pining for wisdom or ignorance or the absurd certainty of any old raison d’etre, missing baseball — when Mr. Cub reminded me of what I already knew, namely: “Existence, life, intelligence, and consciousness are miraculous gifts that we are designed not to appreciate, but are able to with effort.”