Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for March 17, 2020

Stephan, what would you know about the moods of a creative person?

very good be this guy

Looks more like the Congressional Record.

Trump’s brain thinking about Covid-19 and actresses?

I’ve read some about folks who make a living writing. A significant fraction of them claim that their most important trait is the ability to actually sit down and churn out words, every day, whether they’re “inspired” or not. Day after day after day. Not being a creative type person myself, I’m not able to say whether or not they’re blowing smoke.

The chart on the right was taken the day before the manuscript is due. Before that, it’s fairly calm.

Looks like the inspiration of a Vraylar commercial.

Looks like Donald Trump’s signature.

Steph, go run a cyclist off the road. That’ll calm you.

Better come up with some earth-shattering cartoons now, Steph!

It has to require a massive amount of creativity to work backwards from all those terrible puns.

That’s why a lot of creative people self medicate.

What no Pot Of Gold ! Have a Great Saint Patrick’s Day Everyone ! … Croc Power !

More like the EKG of a person in the current situation.

Getting booted to a basket on your front stoop scarred you for life, Pastis.

Artists need their space to regroup so they can grace us with their wonderful talents! I love Stephans work! Just keep on drawing!

The peaks are way too even… that’s not even remotely manic-depressive.

I know a number of ‘not creative’ people on the same graph

That’s the humming of my toilet seat after Taco Bell Tuesday!

What would Stephen know about being creative?

Recent chart of the DJIA.

The moon changes astrology signs every 2 hours, emotions change every 2 hours.

It,s not his

The roat leading up to those great Sunday Punnies. Thanks Steph. Take a breath.

Oops. Road.

When I first read the last panel thought it said crazy person… but now I see creative person…. in either case explains Stephan pretty well….

That may be what bi-polar disorder is Stephan…

So apparently Mr. Pastis has become a Quaker.

(Perhaps he just felt that he needed some Friends.)

Stephan, the truly Creative people don’t get depressed very often because they can change the things that bring them down or at least find a suitable distraction that eases those negative thoughts.

Thankfully, of my five grandchildren, only one is an artist. But this techy now knows dancers are in the best possible physical shape.

I’ve spent my life as a creative person around others like me and teaching other creative people the craft of writing fiction. Mood swings aren’t that common for those of us who write long form genre fiction. We tend to be mostly Zen when we write because we are too busy juggling things like character, plot, and worldbuilding at once. The business of publishing, however, is a serious source of stress.

That reminds me of the “push/pulls” we did to practice cursive writing. Palmer Penmanship! ;-)

Not to worry. There are marvelous modern drugs available for bipolar disorder. They work for everybody except “artists” consistently making bad puns. Electro-shock therapy straightens them out fast!

How now, down Dow ?

Thank you for still being here and still giving us Pearls to read & enjoy!

Visual track of a Spotify tune.

Hey, Cartoon-Boy! What do you know about Creative Persons? Huh?