In late 2025 I came across a book called The more beautiful world our hearts know is possible. The book talks about the need to imagine a better world than what we live it. It is a great antidote to the pesimissm we constantly hear in the media today. It is an arguement against the practicality that is expected from our thoughts and discussions.
I soon started collecting some quotes from the book that I really resonated with. Quotes that could stand independent of the book. Quotes I could share with others.
I started tinkering with some visuals and drawing based on the quotes. I wanted to imagine narratives that connected some stories that communicated these quotes.
Whenever I'm working on a creative project and I feel like I'm having a hard time finishing it (or I'm not even sure what the finish line looks like) I set up constraints for myself. One of the constraints I set early on was to make each comic/quote four panels, not less, not more. I liked this format, there was a setup and a delivery.
I finally decided that I would make a total of 5 quotes. So, the final product would be,
- 20 (5x4) pages for the quotes
- 2 pages for the front page
- 2 pages for the back page
- 4 pages in the middle as separators
- Total: 28 pages (7 sheets of 4 pages printed on each sheet)
After multiple test prints and rearranging pages multiple times, I finally was happy with the final booklet.
The last piece of this project was the binding on this booklet. I first settled on book stamps, but luckily I was introduced to japanese binding. And, it looked amazing with a beautiful red thread.
I made 20 of these, and had them at the Berlin art market in November 2025.
