by Godfrey J. Ellis This cartoon shows very little art ability and is as simple as simple can be. However, it is my and my wife’s favorite illustration for some reason – perhaps it’s simplicity. What does it illustrate? Why, simply to always have a Plan B in your back pocket in case things don’t […]
Category: Cartoon
Whad-d-I-Do?
by Godfrey J. Ellis This cartoon illustrates a concept used by Joe Miller called the Curse of Knowledge. He makes the point that we don’t always know what we know and tells the story of trying to teach his son how to drive a car. The lesson assumed his son knew things that he didn’t […]
Abe and the 12% Haters
by Godfrey J. Ellis All of us have detractors and haters and we all have our fans and supporters. It’s a part of life. In the book, we talk about not letting the negative opinions of, at most 12% of the people we meet get us down. One of the examples to illustrate this point […]
Communication Sucks
by Godfrey J. Ellis This drawing is to show the difficulty with communication in the English language. Even if the speaker chooses words wisely, the listener must then decode the words into an assumed interpretation based on culture and personal experiences. The cartoon asks how phrases such as this one can be effectively shared.
The Big Squeeze
by Godfrey J. Ellis This cartoon was NOT drawn for the book. In August of 2019, we attended a 50th reunion of the Vancouver 1st Ward. Participants were encouraged to share the story of their joining the Church at that time. My story, from back in early 1963, included the funny incident of two large […]
In the Cooking Pot
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 1992 This painting was done in 1992 as a joke for my niece Christina. I was then 42 years old. Christina’s son, Tyler, had crawled into a cooking pot that was sitting on the ground by their tent when they were camping in a mountain retreat. She shared a snapshot […]
Pinky, the White Mouse
by Godfrey J. Ellis – oil 1976 When I was 26 years old, Merry and I traveled to BYU to work on a post-doctoral research project studying family interaction. The project director was one of my old professors, Darwin Thomas. As a part of the project, I painting an elaborate game board onto the surface […]