How to make important decisions

Decision makers is a cartoon by artist and illustrator Artmagenta
Mona and her two teenage daughters Linn and Jessica

Street Survey
Who in your family makes the important decisions?

MOTHER MONA:   I've always spoiled my two daughters but when it comes to important decisions I always make them!

LINN:  If I had to wait for the mother to get ready to decide, nothing important would have happened in our lives. So I make all the important decisions!

JESSICA:   I always let mom or my sister think that they are the ones who make decisions, whereas in reality it is me who has influenced them to choose the right decision!




It can take hard work to be lazy

Lazy Lizy, caricature by ArtMagenta


Street Survey
Would you describe yourself as lazy or hardworking?

LIZA:  I was brought up to be a hardworking person. And so I am.

But - that does not work when I'm writing. I have got to have a lazy style to get the writing to flow. And to be that lazy is really a hard work for me.

When I am sucessful my friends call me Lazy-Liza.


Psychiatrists never dream

Psychiatrists never dream. Cartoon by ArtMagenta

Street Survey
What is your most common dream?

ANNA: As a psychiatrist, I am very aware of what different dreams mean and therefore a little scared to reveal myself.

So my answer must of course be: I never dream!



She smeared him with eggs and he fell in love with her

She smeared him with eggs and he fell in love with her. Cartoon by ArtMagenta
Florence and Fred
Street Survey
You are a couple. How did you meet?

FLORENCE: The moment I saw that guy I decided that he will be mine. I started up a plan where we should meet in the local grocery, a place I know he tends to visit once a day. I will carry a large bag loaded with eggs an as soon as he enters the shop I will crash into him, covering him with the eggs - smearing his suit.

After thousands of apologies i will offer him to come home with me so I can clean up his clothes. I live just a block away.

And from here (my appartment) I will start phase two of my plan, but this whole story will be more of a novell than a short story, so let's stop here and just confirm that it all worked out the way I planned and we married 8 months later.

And here we are. Still married, 40 years later!



A Party Puffin

Fun card by Artmagenta



A Puffin fun card by Artmagenta.
TAGS: Party Card, Fun Card, Birthday Card, Congrat Card, Greeting Card

The watchmaker who couldn't stop counting time

The watchmaker who couldn't stop counting time. Cartoon by ArtMagenta

Street Survey
You are a couple. How did you meet?

CURT:  I'm a retired watchmaker and time is very important.
We met exactly 31 years, 18 days, 2 hours and 33 minutes ago.
Never mind the seconds, I am retired.

She's the morning hiccups for film producers

People sketch, caricature by ArtMagenta

Street Survey
Are you a morning person or an evening person?

KATE:  I'm a night owl working on being an early riser.


Every morning, and that is really,really early, early mornings about 9 AM, I take a long one hour power walk.

At the same time I promote myself as an actor by walking really slow in front of all houses belonging to important film producers.