My friend Annabelle usually says “I want to be horizontal” whenever she feels exhausted. Today, just like her, I found myself to be beyond tired. After wining for a good hour, I am now fully committed to the idea that being horizontal fits the concept of exhaustion much better than saying “I want to sleep”, “I need a nap/break”, etc. I say this because at tiredness point of no return (which Annabelle and I both constantly reach) even sleeping or resting feels like doing something.

As someone who needs to illustrate everything, I couldn’t help but to send her I sent her this:

“How I am: |
How I want to be: _ “

Once this text was sent, I had the urge to start playing with these characters and had to sit down in a Cafe to start my iterations. Here are my favorite ones tied together via a short story.

As I said, i think being horizontal is the best representation of a tired being, just look how inactive this line looks.

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Now, let’s see what would happen if it were sleeping.

_^zzz

Or perhaps dreaming.

_^.o

What if it was woken up.

^”|^”

by what?

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It’s roommate and couple are doing something we should not be seeing. Let’s close the door.

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Ah. Silence at last.

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Time to play some music, Maybe dance a little.

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BZZZZZ.

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Ugh.

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BZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.

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I got it.

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PLAT!

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All that activity.

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It just want to be…

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