I always say that I'm mediocre at a lot of things and I'm exceptional at puns.

It's just something that my dad and I have a super freaky talent for.

And I'm by no means a poet or a word smith in other ways.

I have no idea why I have such a talent with puns.

Marily Graschen is many things, an illustrator, a flourishing author, a strong but modest woman.

There's something effortless about the way she describes her career that could lead one to believe

it's been easy. To be fair, it might just have been the day that I caught up with her.

This was Marily's twelfth day in Los Angeles, recently relocating from New York City.

And she's still wrapping her head around a few things.

What began as spontaneous sketches during her early days busing and waiting tables

has developed into a small business called Greek and potatoes, which produces humor,

screening cards, and prints featuring food and beverage, theme drawings, and puns.

Marily has also written an illustrated book called Women's Libation,

a whimsical celebration of women, history, and cocktails.

All of this in a fairly impressive window of time.

But don't tell her it's impressive.

I've just always drawn. I studied art a ton. I studied art history and a lot of our theory and art

for political change. But as far as skill, I'm always

learning and getting better by the end of the book. I just picked up a bunch of new skills just

in drawing, but no, I haven't. I'm not like trained really.

On this edition of On the Job, I'm speaking remotely with Marily Greshan

to hear more about her career as an entrepreneur, a creative person, and her personal journey

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