How to Exist
"Wherever we go, we are friends" -Sloth and Manatee
Sloth and Manatee
OK this one might be a little peculiar, so let me explain. You see, there’s a certain type of suffering brought about by losing the ability to be truly present, truly there. This is a type of suffering that to me feels very widespread - I see it when there’s a whole train of people endless-scrolling. Something I’ve struggled and struggled with, this sense of being kind of locked out of what’s happening.
Today’s world seems like it’s made to keep us perpetually in this un-present non-existing state. Always pulled just one layer away from what’s there, like there’s a piece of wax paper between us and ourselves. It’s very dis-empowering.
I think a lot about my own experience of being not-there and what it feels like when you are-there. And so Sloth here is a representation of that process. By bringing attention fully to the flower, Sloth begins to really exist. So this comic is an attempt using the pencil-y scribble-y line work to show what it feels like to “fall together.”
Maybe this makes a little sense to you?
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This took up my time so now it can take up yours: The 368 Chickens Game
More chickens/clickens: Rate pairs of chickens according to important attributes (built by my friends! I have cool friends)
More birds: Audubon has a bird migration explorer that is not only extensive but very beautiful
Okay! That's enough nonsense for now.
May you be fully there, may you get lost but with friends, won't you be my neighbor? - Betsy
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