Jesus really does love me! :D

It all began one fine day when I was doing a design review on a product that contained the following image:



That picture did not inspire me to have "success with people" -- neither did it inspire me to run. Or to do anything at all, for that matter. Besides commenting on how it looked like a malnourished person who was very out-of-focus and didn't entirely seem to convey the intended message, I did admit to understanding the artistic concept.

Well, my comment went off, along with the usual hair-brained comments I generally contribute -- and everyone else's thought-through observations.

A few weeks later, we received a mag with the following design:



I was morally compelled to submit the following comment:

"I've said something similar, before, so I hope I don't sound weird, but could we use some more attractive legs? E.g. A bit beefy-er? The lean-and-mean thing just doesn't do it for me (in graphic design, that is, everything else is relative ). But that might be just me... Even the ones to the far right in this same photo are better, besides, of course, the lovely Brasil-colors-clad ones (hallelujah!) in the other photo on the right. Actually, just looked at the article and it's about marathon runners, so I guess this photo is technically appropriate, despite the less-pleasing look. Sigh..."

Now, it's very likely that the illustration above will remain exactly as it is, which is fine, of course, since the job of a reviewer is simply to submit suggestions for modifications or improvements -- the application is the call of the designer. :) In any case, you can imagine my joy when, upon opening an updated/finalized version of the first product, I was met with the following lovely illustration:



Isn't that just so healthy and vibrant? It should make _anyone_ happy! :D Besides, the baton he bears very aptly illustrates the section title.

After this pleasant discovery, I remarked on the difference between sprinters and marathoners and Vince gave me permission (er...??) to spend 2.7 minutes of work time researching the matter. The results:



Need I say more?

Okay!

I will!

...

Be a sprinter for Jesus!! Always and every day.

(Disclaimer: I realize the use of the marathoner-versus-sprinter photograph above is not entirely accurate or representative of those fields. But it did make my point. :] )