Friday, August 18, 2023

The Shadow of Your Smile

 

Some of my renderings are meant


to be more odd than humorous.


However I do realize, depending


on your own personal emotional


view, “just plain funny” can be


a subjective thing.



Occasionally, I illustrate some


pathetically, funny things which


may cause a chuckle or two.



With wordless action, Charlie Chaplain


and Buster Keaton were talented that


way. Back in the Golden Days of


Silent Films, they became famous


with their soundless yet laughable,


idiotic “shtick.”



Nowadays, my cartoonish pen and ink


renderings in these raucous, decibel


filled times of tomfoolery can be a


silent treat which may tickle the


funny bone, curling up the ends


of your lips into a smile. This also


is a silent process indicative of at


least you too just may have become


cheerfully amused.



Without the utterance of the slightest


sound, even the deaf could read that


snickering smile upon your face.



Did you know, due to the lack of


air in outer space sound cannot


travel? Even so, Chaplain and


Keaton, perhaps even one or two


of my cartoons may prove to be


funny anyway.



                -30-


Chris Hanch 8-18-2023



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