Today I draw a symbol. It’s not a symbol of hate or revenge or politics. For me, it’s a symbol of justice and peace. I am not drawing what was done to those buildings and the people in them. I am drawing what our best response can be to what happened to those buildings and the people in them.
In 2001, Two days after 9/11, I drew the following drawing for my daughters and put it in their lunches.
It’s about freedom. Freedom comes when you have justice and peace. If you aren’t allowed to have those things, either from within your country or from without, you are allowed, indeed it is demanded of you, if you want freedom, that you fight to regain those things.
Seek justice and seek peace. That is where you will find freedom for you, yours and your country, wherever it may be on the earth.
Drawing and commentary by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily
The first half of the quote, having to do with justice, is by Francis Bacon. I added the part about peace.
The quote on the vintage napkin is by Ralph Waldo Emerson
