Existential poeticism meets playful, animated sketches in Gary White's “Doom and Folly.” The phrase, meaning a situation where a person’s lack of judgment or arrogance causes their own downfall, is the fulcrum for his collection. More so, it's about “embracing your doom and befriending your folly,” taking note from Praise and Folly by the Dutchman Erasmus. To White, it's all about explaining the world more thoroughly, as exemplified in his piece “The Battle Between The Literal And The Figuratives,” where both sides are pulling with equal strength in a game of tug of war. Whether he likes it or not, White states, he divides the world into two sides to make the world a more reasonable place, although most of the time it simply is not.

Most of his work stems from the existentialists, who became a self-healing remedy in his twenties while in England, a pivotal moment for White. His focus shifted to literature, writing more poetry, inspired by Samuel Beckett. To this day, he incorporates much of what he learned from them into his poetry and art. During the process, his words come first, followed by the image of how to depict his collection of phrases, most of which are scattered across his desk. When combined, they are transformed into these amusing, cartoon-like depictions, showing us how to be comical in the face of seriousness.