Some illustrators stress about rush jobs but I don’t. They are like quick challenges on Top Chef so I treat it like a game. Dan Smith called with a rush job for an article about new US tax rules for global companies. Global companies complained about the mountains of paperwork required and the US agreed to a simpler approach. The variation of “seeing the forest through the trees” was the favorite idea with the editors. Sometimes the perfect idea pops into your head as the clock is ticking.