Hello World 2021, a moment to breathe for the New Year. – Things Without Arms and Without Legs

Hello World 2021, a moment to breathe for the New Year.

Comic Transcript: Goodbye 2020 Hello 2021 What can we hope? What might still be lost? What changes or lack of changes could swallow us up?....... To be HERE in this pause in this breath. hello world. Thanks to all my patrons and a special big extra thanks to Kate Webb, Erik Owomoyela and Sandra M. Odell.

Published On: January 3, 2021

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Comic Transcript: Thing 1 has lots of rays coming in at them. Thing 1 has even more rays coming in at them. Pop! Thing 1 has exploded into lots of little pieces. Thing 1 is a jumbled mess of pieces pulling itself together. Thing 1 has pulled some of itself up, but on of its eyes is falling off the agglomeration of broken pieces. Thing 1 catches its falling eye and looks itself in the eye. Thing 1: We got this. Thing 2: How are you? Thing 1: I broke, and now I’m sad. Thing 1: How did I let this happen? Thing 1: I hate I was so weak. Thing 2: What if you breaking wasn’t a sign of weakness, but a symptom of having been strong for so long.

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Transcript: Liz is wearing her Aikido gi and hakama (Japanese formal wear that looks like an awesome pleated skirt). Liz: Why do I feel so terrible and itchy? Caption: Being hypermobile means that symptoms are sometimes repressed. If you injure something and don’t lose range of motion it can be tricky figuring out what’s going on. It can feel like this... A small spider crawls up onto Liz’s hakama. Liz: Oh look, a spider! Liz pulls up her hakama to reveal two legs entirely covered in spiders. Liz: It’s all spiders!! Liz‘s hakama is back in place. Her hand brushes the one visible spider away from her foot. Liz: Well, at least I know why I’m itchy.

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Thing 2 looks at new doodle character: What are you? Doodle Character looks to the left. Doodle Character looks to the right. Doodle Character: I don't know! Thing 2: Is that exciting for you? Doodle Character: I think so, yes

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Webcomic Transcript: If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid - Epictetus Bunson looks up. Bunson: ok! Bunson pulls a series of foolish faces and gestures, sticking his tongue out and rolling on his back.

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Transcript Boot sits in silence. Boot sits in silence. Boot sits in silence. Boot: My curves please me.

Transcript: Doodle Creature: Curves are pretty cool! Boot: Who are you? Doodle Creature stands there in silence with a smile on its face. Doodle Creature: I get that a lot!

Transcript: Mayara sits on the doodle monster's nose for the whole comic. The doodle character has loopy ears inspired by a doodle and a large, shapely nose. Mayara: Why are your ears like that? Doodle creature: No reason. Mayara: Do you mind me sitting on your nose? Doodle creature: No, why would I? Mayara: I think we're gonna be friends. Thanks to all my patrons and a special big extra thanks to Kate Webb, Erik Owomoyela and Sandra M. Odell.

Comic Transcript: Goodbye 2020 Hello 2021 What can we hope? What might still be lost? What changes or lack of changes could swallow us up?....... To be HERE in this pause in this breath. hello world. Thanks to all my patrons and a special big extra thanks to Kate Webb, Erik Owomoyela and Sandra M. Odell.

Feelings of Failure Comic Transcript: Thing 1: Sometimes it feels like the hard I try, the more I fail. Thing 1 cries silently. Thing 2: So what are you going to do? Thing 1: I guess Thing 1: Keep trying? Thing 2: I adore you.

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I thought I'd use this day to read more Martin Luther King speeches, look at some things that aren't so commonly read. Quotes are one thing, but it is nice to read the wholeness of something. The Give Us the Ballot speech has some complexities. It has an optimism towards voting rights that could be read as too optimistic, or a provide a profound reason why voter suppression is so savage and severe. To get the vote turns out to be more complex than saying folks have a thing, there's a whole lot of machinery of government and culture that can work to support or suppress true democracy. The Give Us the Ballot speech is probably not quoted as much because it has an uncomplicated anti-communism statement from someone who had a complicated relationship with the term and faced savage investigation because of the term. The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute has some interesting analysis about that. This quote touches so powerfully on a need, still owing, over 50 years later. And when I read the final paragraph of this speech I am reminded about how so many Black voters in the USA are to be thanked for helping get Trump out of Office and changing the balance of power in the Senate. Martin Luther King's praise seems quite fitting when he speaks of the good that can come from Black voters: Keep moving amid every mountain of opposition. (Yes sir, Yeah) If you will do that with dignity (Say it), when the history books are written in the future, the historians will have to look back and say, “There lived a great people. (Yes sir, Yes) A people with ‘fleecy locks and black complexion,’ but a people who injected new meaning into the veins of civilization (Yes); a people which stood up with dignity and honor and saved Western civilization in her darkest hour (Yes); a people that gave new integrity and a new dimension of love to our civilization.” Transcript: [We are] pleading with the president and members of Congress to provide a strong, moral, and courageous leadership for a situation that cannot permanently be evaded.. civil rights issue is not an ephemeral, evanescent domestic issue that can be kicked about by reactionary guardians of the status quo. -Give us the Ballot May 17 1957 Thanks to all my patrons and a special big extra thanks to Kate Webb, Erik Owomoyela and Sandra M. Odell.

Transcript Dog: Hello, I'm newish! Doodle entity: Hi, so am I! Dog: I'm a dog! What are you? Doodle creature: I'm... Doodle thingy: I'm me! Thanks to all my patrons and a special big extra thanks to Kate Webb, Erik Owomoyela and Sandra M. Odell.

Being a Person Comic Transcript Thing 1: You ok? Thing 2: I'm very tired. Thing 2: Being a person is a full time job. It's so complicated. And it just doesn't stop. Thing 1: That is true, but part is because you try and care and work so hard. Thing 2: Yeah? Thing 1: Yeah.

Webcomic. Boot: I didn't always take in the best foods. Boot: Lots of Can'ts, Shouldn'ts, Not Good Enoughs, Don't Deserves, Get Over Its... lots of negatives. Boot: I'm trying to eat more Cans, Wants, Wills, Worth Its and supportives. Boot: It's not always easy, but we are what we eat.

Webcomic Cow: Happy Year of the Ox! Bunson: Are you a cow? Cow: Yes! Bunson puts on a cow costume Bunson: I wanna be a cow! Cow puts on bunny ears. Cow: Ok!

Webcomic. The Things look at each other. Thing 1: I like your face. Thing 2: I like your face. Sometimes Often the obvious is worth saying.

Spook looms over Bunson from an interrogation table. Spook: Are you a collaborator? Bunson: Yes! Spook: Not many confess so easily Bunson: I collaborate on jigsaw puzzles and making lunch and I'm a really great dance partner! Spook, with palm on face: It's going to be a long day.

Spook: Are you a collaborator? Doodle Entity: No, but I'd like to be. Spook: We could use someone with your co-operative persuasion Doodle Creature: Bunson told me all about it. Can I help with lunch? Spook puts a hand to their face.

webcomic. Doodle's name changes because it doesn't actually have a name, so I change the wording around a bit. Spook and Doodle monster stare at each other Spook and Doodle entity stare at each other some more Doodle creature: Ok, well, seeya! Doodle person leaves. Spook is holding a sandwich. A bit has been taken out of the sandwich. Spook: This is a pretty good sandwich.

Webcomic. Doodle entity is wearing a tall hat with a large purple flower. Thing 1: Nice hat! Doodle: Thank you, I think it's quite tasteful. Thing 1 leaps up and eats the flower on Doodle's hat. Thing 1: Mmm, and tasty! Doodle: I agree Thing 1 grows a flower out of the top of their head. Doodle is leaping towards the flower with their mouth open Doodle: My turn! Thing 1: tee hee!

Webcomic. A variety of different looking characters, ranging from a triangle with legs and no facial features, to humanoid characters with spiky hair and a character that looks a bit like a robot biped with a series of shapes stacked precariously on top of each other. Caption: After all these years, I'm still learning how to draw myself

Folks say just be yourself work hard stay focused you can achieve anything. Thing 1: They make it sound simple. Thing 1: but it's so hard. Thing 1: my body can break sometimes Thing 1: And looking at the gulf between where I am and where I want to be... I feel so small, useless and pointless. Thing 1: I feel so tired. All too often. I am ashamed. Thing 2: it's ok to feel tired. Thing 2: it's ok to have naps.Folks say just be yourself work hard stay focused you can achieve anything. Thing 1: They make it sound simple. Thing 1: but it's so hard. Thing 1: my body can break sometimes Thing 1: And looking at the gulf between where I am and where I want to be... I feel so small, useless and pointless. Thing 1: I feel so tired. All too often. I am ashamed. Thing 2: it's ok to feel tired. Thing 2: it's ok to have naps.

Webcomic. Happy Aprils Fools! If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid – Epictetus Bunson looks up. Bunson: ok! Bunson pulls a series of foolish faces and gestures, sticking his tongue out and rolling on his back. Thing 1: May your day be full of curiosity. Thing 2: and wonder

webcomic. Thing 1: Getting better at stuff is hard Thing 2: Yes Thing 1: It's REALLY hard Thing 2: Yes Thing 1: And the more I try, the more I'm aware of SO MANY imperfections Thing 2: True Thing 1: Maybe I should give up Thing 2: Would that make you happy? Thing 1 looks up Thing 1 looks down Thing 1: No Thing 2: You might have to forgive yourself for not being perfect instead Thing 1: Doh! Thing 2: Tee hee

Things 1 & 2: Sometimes I worry let People down not good enough too loud too quiet might hurt someone Things 1 & 2: but then I remember learning space peace play worthiness joy hugs simplicity teddy bears Bunson: And don’t forget Bunnies!

Thing 1 looks at big pile of squiggles and stuff. Thing hunches looking at the squiggles some more. Thing 2: Hello? Thing 1 (still looking at the pile): I'm looking at old stuff I've done. Thing 1 gets big and jagged looking more deeply at the pile of squiggles. Thing 2: And? Thing 1 looks up. Thing 1 looks down. Thing 1 looks to the left. Thing 1: And Thing 1 and Thing 2 grin at each other. Thing 1: Some of it's really good!

Mayara: The project in my mind. Is so much better than what comes out. But there is beauty in the work. And through doing, room is made for the next thing.

Liz: Recently I was haunted by a mean e-mail I had sent. She holds her arm and stares into space. Liz: FOUR Years ago Liz: It was bugging me for days. Liz puts her hand to her face.Liz: So I decided to apologize. She smiles.Liz wearing glasses and typing on the computer. Liz: It took me ages to find the email.Liz stares into space with her hands clenched, full of tension.Liz: The email was actually polite! I'd just felt really grumpy when I wrote it!

Webcomic transcript: Bunson Hoppydew: It’s too hard! I can’t do it! Bunson falls asleep sitting up: Zzz zzz Bunson: Zzz do the thing zzz wake up zzz too sleepy zzz five more minutes. Bunson (shakily awake): Huh? Whuh? What day is it? Bunson has his paw out towards a mug of hot cocoa. Bunson frolicking along. Bunson: This is easy! I can do anything!

Webcomic Thing 1 & 2 have a lot of lines (sound) beating down on them. Thing 1 now has a lot of lines coming out of their mouth and into the face of Thing 2. The lines beating down have dies away but the lines coming from Thing 1 are even more intense and blasting into the face of Thing 2. There are still lines coming out of Thing 1's face. Thing 2: What did you want to communicate? Thing 1 looks up. Thing 1 looks down. Thing 1's mouth is half open. Thing 1 looks a little sad and big eyed. Thing 1: I think I was just enjoying sounds. Thing 1: Ok.

Lifestyle Advice Transcript Lifestyle Advice from a small pink bunny Bunson Hoppydew: I'm gonna teach my granma how I suck eggs. Bunson: It's so nice when we share ideas with each other. Bunson: There's seldom one way to do anything! Bunson dances and frolics around. Bunson happily sits amongst some dotted and striped Easter eggs. Especially when the eggs are chocolate.

Comic Script Lifestyle Advice from a small pink bunny. Bunson Hoppydew: Good things come to those who wait. Bunson looks up at big clock. Bunson: But sometimes even better things come from dancing. Bunson dances and prances around to music and then he sits down happily, staring out at us.

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