The Sunday Cartoon
Remove the Fence That Traps You
Sometimes the fence protecting your world becomes the very thing keeping you from discovering it.
Artwork description
Color editorial cartoon showing a small community enclosed behind a tall wooden fence while a vast, vibrant world of cities, mountains, beaches, boats, travel and activity exists outside. A sign facing the people inside reads “DO NOT PEEP OUT.” Above the scene, the message reads: “You will find that there’s a whole world around you if you just remove the fence that traps you in.”
Behind the drawing
We can become so comfortable inside the boundaries we know that we mistake those boundaries for the whole world. The fence may be physical, cultural, political, economic, ideological—or simply something we've built in our own minds. Sometimes understanding what exists beyond it begins with being willing to look.