Unlike the other Life's A Chibi images, this one is more on the playful and happy side.

Pillow Forts. Who hasn't made a pillow or bed fort when they were a kid? It was your own custom made sanctuary where you can let your imagination run wild. You could pretend you were king of a castle, an explorer in a cave, a spaceman, God, anything you wished to be. You set your own rules in your fort. "No Girls Allowed" or "No Boys Allowed" were the most popular of choices. And when its time to take down the fort, there is a sense of enjoyment watching your fort topple over.

When you got older, you realize that you have no time for pillow forts. You are too busy and you think that part of your life is long gone. No one is too old to go back and make something out of pillows and blankets. you can even create a full room out of pillows and blankets and have a pillow fort party with your friends. Hang electric lights on the blankets, make separate rooms for people and friends to go in, serve drinks and food, etc. If you want to make a fort and just want to have it for yourself, no harm in that. Its your small quiet and exciting sanctuary where you can just let your imagination fly and build.

artwork © 2013 Alex Cockburn