There’s nothing more to it.

Sala, a young artist from Zurich, Switzerland is the person behind the project. From my incredibly basic calculations, he’s made at least $300,000.

Completely genius and sad at the same time.

Actual unspoken thought: “I’m envious of your drawing skill and feel I have no ability whatsoever to accomplish anything remotely similar.”

What you mean to say: “I’m envious of your drawing skill. I wish I magically had the ability to draw because it’s good to be able to draw. You must just be a naturally talented person and I’m not… because I can’t draw like that and never will be able to.”

Reality: Drawing is a skill like any other. It requires effort, practice, and time to develop. You choose not to apply yourself in order to develop your drawing skill. You berate yourself for your crappy first drawings instead of patting yourself on the back for having drawn something. You give up on drawing almost immediately because it’s “hard”, yet you somehow find the ability to deal with the entire world and your life’s situations on a daily basis.

I CAN’T

Bullshit. You choose not to. Should you choose to apply yourself, have patience, and stop with your garbage negativity, you will absolutely learn how to draw much better.

So, shut your mouth and draw something laying around your desk or house. Then draw something else. Then draw the first thing all over again, this time with more detail and careful consideration for what you are seeing with your eyes. Draw something every day. Turn your frigging moronic TV off, go to a quiet place with no cell phone, and DRAW.

Or don’t. Just don’t tell me, with envy, that you “can’t” because you’re going to get an earful.

Bound for Glory: America in Color is the first major exhibition of the little known color images taken by photographers of the Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information (FSA/OWI). Comprised of seventy digital prints made from color transparencies taken between 1939 and 1943, this exhibition reveals a surprisingly vibrant world that has typically been viewed only through black-and-white images. These vivid scenes and portraits capture the effects of the Depression on America’s rural and small town populations, the nation’s subsequent economic recovery and industrial growth, and the country’s great mobilization for World War II.

The full online exhibit is at the Library of Congress.