“My years of building and using a bubble level inspired this concept and led me to illustrate this image. After posting this drawing on my website jeffdouglassart.com, I began to look online for other examples of level hats.  I then became aware of the significant variety of  hats with bubble levels, some going back decades, all making a similar visual association with the phrase levelheaded.  It occurs to me that perhaps these bubble level hats are like a talisman,  inviting good fortune while guided by the benefits that come from a balanced outlook, and for the wearer it becomes both a proclamation and bears a responsibility to uphold the statement it proclaims.”         – Jeff Douglass