As a political cartoonist, I’m obsessed with the past and the future, but the future is hypothetical and the past is…well…the way we remember it. They both exist in our minds.
A ritual that I’ve set for myself is to periodically escape from the familiar and to live in the present. To find satisfaction in what I am, to feel what it’s like to be me.
I’m soon back to thinking about the past, and considering the future. But like any vacation, a quick trip to the present can really recharge your batteries.
Yaakov ‘Bones’ Kirschen is a political cartoonist and commentator for the Jerusalem Post. www.mrdrybones.com
