I Hope You Will Look at This.
Neatorama picked up on a Buzzfeed story earlier in the week after the rescue of ALL of the boys trapped in the Thai cave. It is a story of an illustration two sisters from Bangkok created to depict and honor all of the parties in the rescue. Aruni Aunhawarakorn and Jantima Manasviyoungkul added entities to the illustration as the situation developed, but, as Buzzfeed quoted them, their ‘pens didn’t start working until the first boy was successfully rescued from the cave.’ Then the drawing evolved!
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Neatorama, Buzzfeed, abc au, yahoo, uk businessinsider, uk the times and lots of other places have reproduced the illustration without hesitation, but I have not obtained permission, so I have not included it in the diary. I wish! It’s that good!
However!
Please.
Please.
Please. Go look at it.
It is prominently featured in the Buzzfeed article, which also contains a guide to identifying the individuals or groups the little characters represent.
Hmm. You know what? That is not the latest iteration of the cartoon. As far as I know, the latest is the one shown on the Neatorama page. The main difference is the inclusion of another rescuer with angel wings, to depict the diver (Thai Navy Seal, Saman Gunan) who lost his life participating in the rescue. I think that’s important.
The latest version is always on the sisters’ Facebook page, if you would like to view it there. Please leave them a compliment if you go view it there!
Anyway, I did not see that anyone had diaried this. I searched on comments, also. If someone wrote about it, my searches did not locate it. I’ll be happy to update the diary with a correction if someone did write about it.
Even going into the next week, I find myself buoyed by the brilliant rescue. And by the fine creation of the two sisters. I hope you feel the same!
On to tonight’s comments!
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