每日英语听力

当前播放

A cartoonist's guide to navigating 'normal'

On the show today, So Awkward.

And as Ty said, growing up awkward can stink, but it can also be a bonus later in life if you figure out how to harness it.

Drawing has always been my, like, first language because I was so shy when I was young, and I always loved to draw.

So I think I started using it to explore these big feelings in my late 20s, and it's been so helpful.

This is New Yorker cartoonist Liana Finck.

She has made an entire career based on her simple line drawings that capture uncomfortable moments in her life, big moments like what it felt like when she found out she was pregnant... It's so weird, and it's so weird voluntarily choosing to do it.

It's like standing out in a field with a big sign saying, like, take me, aliens.

... But also everyday interactions, like how to respond in a coffee shop when someone asks you to watch their laptop while they go to the bathroom.

It would startle me to the point where I got a migraine and, like, couldn't get back to work for 10 minutes.

Like, it's, like, that much startle.

下载全新《每日英语听力》客户端,查看完整内容
点击播放