Thank You
Mara Heuer
Thank You, 2020
Digital Illustration
© Mara Heuer, 2020
In Mara Heuer’s world, even the wildest creatures soften under a little kindness. This pastel striped tiger curls into itself with a calm that feels newly earned, its pink and gold bands shimmering like someone finally talked it down from its feral ledge. It’s a thank you for the person whose gestures tamed you a bit, the one who reminded you that your sharpest edges can be sanded down the more you rub up against other people.
Mara Heuer
Thank You, 2020
Digital Illustration
© Mara Heuer, 2020
In Mara Heuer’s world, even the wildest creatures soften under a little kindness. This pastel striped tiger curls into itself with a calm that feels newly earned, its pink and gold bands shimmering like someone finally talked it down from its feral ledge. It’s a thank you for the person whose gestures tamed you a bit, the one who reminded you that your sharpest edges can be sanded down the more you rub up against other people.
From the people who send them
The handwriting doesn't look printed. My mom asked if I'd written it myself. I said yes.
— Blake, LA
Arrived in four days. I'd braced for longer.
— Ian, Chicago
Sent it to a friend I hadn't seen since college. He sent me a photo of it on his side table a week later.
— Dave, Philly
My wife sent it to me on a random Tuesday. No occasion. That was the point.
— Eddie, Tampa
Kept it on my shelf next to my books. Doesn't look out of place. That's the highest compliment I can give a card.
Chelsey, New York
My little brother graduated in May. I live across the country. This was the closest I could get to being there.
— Jared, Chicago
Put one in every welcome bag for a networking event I hosted. Got emails afterward asking how I'd handwritten them all. I told them my secret.
- Carly, Ft. Lauderdale
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