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| Pride Stables (2012) Art by Gerhard This print is available to buy directly from Gerhard. All proceeds to Pride Stables. |
If you could make a hundred clones of yourself (ethical dilemmas aside), what would you set yourself to work on?
GERHARD:
Hmmmm... hundreds of clones, eh? My first reaction would be to set them
all to work completing all of the unfinished projects that have stalled.
It would also be great to be able to hand off a drawing once I've done
all the "fun stuff" and have my Legion of Substitute Gerhards ink all of
those tiny little lines. A couple of them could cut, split and stack
wood. But then I got to thinking that there are probably much better
uses for the manpower. I volunteer at Pride Stables assisting with the
therapeutic horseback riding programs and they can always use more help
with the horses and riders, or with fundraising. There are a lot of
worthwhile charities and causes that could use a couple of hundred
helping hands. It'd be nice to keep one of them, though, for chores
around here and to have him make me a sandwich.
2 comments:
The interview was far too short. Just as it gets going it ends.
It is interesting that Gerhard is living an almost solitary, monk-like existence somewhat similar to Dave Sim.
A lot of creators live pretty solitary lifestyles- Gene Colan mentioned that it sapped an incredible amount of time from his family life, and he always regreted that. It takes a lot of quiet and time, which isn't exactly conducive to an active social calendar. The few times I've pushed myself into trying to get an art project done, I pretty much had to ignore everyone and everything to do so.
-Wes Smith
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