The first thing I thought about when I saw this poster was yes, yes it does!.

© Frank Chimero

This poster is part of a series of Inspirational Design Posters by graphic designer and illustrator Frank Chimero. He created the series specifically for designers in an attempt to provide a spark of inspiration.

Chimero writes:

The topics range from various truisms I’ve discovered about the field in the past few years to snarky tongue-in-cheek comments. I think we designers spend an awful lot of time talking to ourselves, and I consider this my contribution to the monologue.

Here’s another one of my favorites from the set.

© Frank Chimero

You can see the connection here. This stuff applies to pretty much anyone in a creative profession, including photographers.

I’ve mentioned before that being hired for your style and unique vision is one of the best things that can happen to you as a creative person. When you’re allowed (by yourself or others) to be as creative as possible (which, granted, doesn’t happen all the time) and you realize that following your vision pays off, there is indeed nothing stopping you from doing and getting the type of work you want to do. These posters are just a beautiful reminder of that fact.

My kids love public transportation. Especially Charlotte’s new light rail system.

Every time my two-year-old daughter Sophie sees anything pertaining to public transportation — a city bus or light rail train — she calls out LIGHT RAIL! in that sweet little voice of hers.

My five-year-old son Nick knows all the light rail and Charlotte Trolley stops from 7th Street to Tyvola.

Anyway, it’s a fondness for kids and their obsession with public transportation that endears me to illustrator Christoph Niemann’s The Boys and the Subway, a story and illustrations from his blog Abstract City at The New York Times.

Check out these excerpts:

Illustration by Christoph Niemann

My sons Arthur, 5, and Gustav, 3, are obsessed with the New York City subway system.

Illustration by Christoph Niemann

People often ask me for directions in the subway. Even though I know my way around rather well, I still have to defer to Arthur very often. Yet it seems people don’t trust the advice of a preschooler. They should.

You gotta see and read the whole piece. It’s priceless.