A small paper kite caught on a twig with a spool of thread on the ground.

Original artwork, not a still

Drew Baylor

A failure is simply the non-presence of success.

— Elizabethtown  ·  2005

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

Drew defines failure in the flattest possible way: it's just success not showing up. That takes the drama out of it. Nothing is condemned or punished, there's simply an empty spot where a win might have been.

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