Artist Jeremy Collins travels the world with a clear directive: "observe, find a connection, and draw," and the result is Eventually a Sequoia, a beautiful collection of sketches, stories, and encouragement for anyone with a longing to serve others and an urge to create. Pulled from Collins's travel journals, the graphic memoir features detailed line drawings, watercolors, and the occasional photograph to illustrate the mix of handwritten and typed stories. Each chapter highlights a different mission-driven adventure, like paragliding and earthquake relief in Nepal, or floating the Aichilik River as part of preservation efforts in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
The travelogue is visually stunning and thoroughly inspiring as it shares what Collins learned while working with such "giants" as film director Céline Cousteau and founders of the Ancient Forest Society Wendy Baxter and Anthony Ambrose. Not content with merely sharing his art and ideas, Collins asks readers, "What do you care about? What are you concerned about?" before urging them to action: "Pick up your pencil and start there. Every good idea starts with a pencil." --Sara Beth West, freelance reviewer and librarian