Yes, you heard right. Baba is finally here. Baba is an illustration done by my good friend Williams Fincannon. I simply assisted in creating the webpage for this creative idea. Baba will be dealing with many topics in a serious and also whimsical manner.
Baba is not like other sheep. He doesn’t follow the flock. He isn’t unnecessarily stubborn or skittish or tolerant of tyranny. He hates mobs– hates that they are usually unjust. He hates that the individuals within them want to get caught up and lose perspective. He hates inequality, too. Hates it beause he’s lived it, being born and raised in the clover fields of North Carolina.
See, one time there was this poofy ass group of ewe-know-whats hogging all the clover and carrying on like they were the pride of the flock. For days this went on. So many were going without because a few were either too stupid or too greedy to notice or care that they were eating more than their share. Baba wasn’t gonna have any of that; he was a fair-minded individual. He trotted right up to the leader of that group and gave her the lesson of the day.
You do NOT get to take more than you need with all these little lambs running around here starving, trying to eat bits of chewed up clover when they fall out of your mouth like they was some kinda livestock. You should be ashamed of yourself. Who raised you?”
The ewe looked at Baba for a moment, offered up an annoyed “baaa” and went back to eating.
“More!? You need more clover!? Really!? You’ve done eaten the whole south pasture land! This stuff doesn’t grow back overnight you know?”
At that the ewe finished chewing, swallowed and headed towards the shade, presumably for a nap.
“Thank you,” Baba said.
“Baaaaaaaaa,” replied the ewe.
As I said, Baba is not like other sheep.
—Daniel Fincannon
