It’s Always Darkest Before the Dawn

by Allen Forrest / October 5th, 2024

The English theologian Thomas Fuller is credited with first saying: “It’s always darkest before the dawn.”

The usage was meant figuratively to refer to bad times being followed by good times.

Literally, however, as the sun approaches the horizon there is a gradual brightening of the sky.

Allen Forrest is a writer, painter, graphic artist and activist. He has created covers and illustrations for literary publications and books, is the winner of the Leslie Jacoby Honor for Art at San Jose State University's Reed Magazine for 2015, and his Bel Red landscape paintings are part of the Bellevue College Foundation's permanent art collection in Bellevue, WA. He lives in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Read other articles by Allen, or visit Allen's website.

This article was posted on Saturday, October 5th, 2024 at 7:58am and is filed under Cartoon.