What we do with the time that is given to us

What an untimely time to be alive. Though I think everyone must have felt that way throughout history, right? (I mean things were pretty bad, with all the raiding and diseases and public executions, etc). “What a time to be alive” itself can be read in very different tones, depending on how much is in your proverbial glass. 

So…what a time to be alive? Things are tense, if nothing else. Maybe it's retrograde, planet alignment, the Schumann resonance, impending WWIII, or maybe our phones are secret soul vampires, but things are...tense. Every day feels like holding your breath, watching someone on a tightrope (as if there is some correlation that would give you any sense of control.) You can only hope their teetering is performative to keep you fixated. Is our attention worth so much? Perhaps, since someone is likely pick-pocketing you during the show. I will quit the circus metaphor while I’m ahead. Though this does feel like a big circus and all the clowns are scary. 

Ok, now I will quit the metaphor. 

Anyway. Patreon has been a particular struggle lately. It has been difficult finding the snappy sort of cheek I like while making cards. Dumb doodles feel insufficient to putting out fires. (Being an artist now in general is summed up perfectly by this meme). I like making people laugh, but I haven’t yet figured out a solid voice for pithy black humor in these troubling times. Because of this, I have a folder of protest work I haven’t really shown (even more left unfinished). It feels wrong to post on social, like these views are here to promote me. (Social feels like everyone talking during your presentation, anyway.) I don’t know what to do with it all, so I will offer it here, because maybe it’ll boost someone else’s resistance, inspire another’s protest. I'll add to it as I discover better ways of depicting "fuck this shit"

So I’m putting it out there, hopefully you are fighting the good fight (and not using for your own profit, because that would suck. Especially since I find it so hard to figure out).

So enjoy. Raise hell. 

Resist!

What a time to be alive.