It's a Small World, After All

This project by Edgartista (aka Edgar Gonzales) on Cool Hunting is an example of how a small, daily project—such as a doodle—can often become something much larger. As I begin attempting to come up with a thesis topic, this idea is particularly inspiring (and comforting-?). While the artist began his project simply as a doodle of the NY cityscape while on his way to work, it has evolved into something far more conceptual.

As stated on Cool Hunting,

Inspired by the urban landscape, the upshot is a large-scale futuristic drawing that incorporates major landmarks from cities around the world, signifying unification among everyone to create this new life for the future. . .[The artist] also refers to his utopian image as the "The New Hope," representing the ideal that one day the world will be a better place.