Japanese Artist’s Thought-Provoking Illustrations Are The Food For Thought We Desperately Need

The power to capture your thoughts on the canvas is a powerful skill that few wield well. While words do have the power to incite thoughtful introspection, a picture is worth a thousand words and can do the same thing much more efficiently.

Take the works of Japanese artist and illustrator Avogado6, which are beautiful renditions of thoughts about human life that might be difficult to put in words.

His Twitter profile doesn’t say much about him or his real name, except his bio, which says, “I am an ordinary person who likes chemistry.” Of course, his illustrations are far from ordinary and his 650k followers on Twitter and two published works are testament to this fact!

Avogado6, with his illustrations, manages to portray some stark realities of life as we know it, sometimes directly and sometimes through layers that must be understood eventually.

Not saying I can exhaustively interpret every hidden thought but I would love for you to join me as I unravel the meaning behind some of his illustrations!

1. We’re all slaves to our hearts, and sometimes, that can hurt.

2. It’s always about the money, all the time.

3. He(a)rd mentality, much?

4. Prolonging the inevitable end of life!

5. You can guess what will happen once the time runs out, right?

6. Aren’t we all puppets playing out part in the rat race?

7. Recharge or die?

8. Bearing the weight of time….

9. People heading to work or chickens herded into the slaughterhouse?

10. When the key to set you free is just out of reach…. Or maybe, you aren’t trying hard enough?

11. Life’s short. Before you realise it, your loved ones will be gone.

12. It takes immense kindness to help someone despite knowing that it will hurt you.

13. Sometimes even when the sun rises, its light cannot reach the farthest corners. BUt that’s probably where it is needed the most….

14. When your eyes meet, and you feel the connection. it’s only the two of you and the rest of the world just disappears!

15. We all suppress so much hatred inside of us….

16. Someone’s conducting the rhythm of your heart… but look closely, it’s the Grim Reaper waiting to collect your soul….

17. How often do we listen to our hearts?

18. No little girl, it’s a trap!

19. That’s how we rise fresh and newly minted every morning?

20. What the world sees is the filtered truth achieved after several tries!

21. Ever felt like the people around you are noise and you wish you could shut it all out?

22. Being trapped in a dysfunctional family can take the life out of you….

23. Kids these days have it hard. Should they go to bed or give in to the lure of video games and television?

24. How do you hide yourself from all the ‘eyes’ out there?

25. As you burn one everyday, you’re slowly running out of lives. But remember, this isn’t a video game.

They hit you right where it hurts and make you think hard about life, don’t they?

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