It’s Adventure Time: On Divergence, Discovery, and the World We Build
For me, Adventure Time isn’t just a pop culture reference—it’s a mindset.
It’s about celebrating divergence. Letting one thought lead to another. Giving yourself permission to chase curiosity without a map. Eventually, you look up and realize: you’ve created a whole world that didn’t exist before.
“I haven’t given up on the strange, wild parts of myself. In fact, I’m leading with them.”
This piece began as a sketch I made over a decade ago. At the time, it was just a loose idea—some ears, a face, a feeling I couldn’t quite name. It sat in a sketchbook until recently, when it found new life.
Lately, my youngest son and I have been watching 6 to 10 episodes of Adventure Time each week. It’s become a rhythm for us. A connection point. We both have ADHD, which can make bonding through traditional conversation difficult. But this—this shared world of surreal logic and emotional honesty—clicked. It gave us something to explore together.
And somewhere in those episodes—so weird, so heartfelt, so unpredictable—I saw my old sketch again. Not just the drawing, but the idea behind it.
So I brought it to life.
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It’s Adventure Time is a surreal portrait of someone who’s still exploring. Still inventing. Still wearing the ears—not because they forgot, but because they remember. Because they choose to.
