This entire project [of illustrating Neil Gaiman’s ‘Chivalry’] has been a struggle between what I think I am worthy of and what I hope to be.
Like the search for the Grail itself.
—Colleen Doran
Something we’ve all felt, but rarely admit to others. The chasm between “what I think I am worthy of” versus “what I hope to be” can be the largest gap in the universe sometimes, and some days it seems you could almost put out your hand, reach across it, and touch the other side.
What’s strange about that gap is that which side of the canyon you’re standing on can flip from day to day or year to year.
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