Cartoon – seeking one’s “True Self”
An idealistic young man on a spiritual quest to find his true self in the mountains of the east (Following the tradition of the hippies of the late 1960s).
He comes across a version of himself from a few years in the future, dressed as a conservative businessman, showing what he is going to become as his attitudes and priorities change with age.
The cartoon was drawn in 1991 when the phrase “True Self” was in vogue. In the 2020s, with its emphasis on identity politics, the phrase “Authentic Self” is popular.
A cartoon about spiritual quests, personal identity, identity politics, seeking, seekers, eastern enlightenment, mysticism, religion, buddhism, eastern spirituality.
This cartoon was a very popular greetings card published by Paperlink.
Drawn: 1991
Cartoon reference number: tru001
