Communication and the LOUD Noises in the World (Comic #672) – Things Without Arms and Without Legs

Communication and the LOUD Noises in the World (Comic #672)

Published On: May 3, 2021

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.

Things webcomic, full transcript below

webcomic, see transcript below

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.

Saying No is Hard, Comic Transcript. Bunson Hoppydew, a pink little boy bunny who likes dancing friendship and cake, bounces up and down. Bunson: Oh please, oh please, oh please. Thing 2: The answer is still no. Bunson: hrmmph. Bunson spoings off. Thing 1 goes up to Thing 2. Thing 2 looks a little bashful. Thing 2: I said no to Bunson. Thing 2: I said no to Bunson. Thing 1: I'm so proud of you. Thing 2: Thank you, saying no is hard! The Things smile at each other.

Structure Comic Transcript Thing 1 and Thing 2 are talking. Thing 1: I've put more structure into my life. Thing 2: Fantastic! Like regular works, journalling or bed time? Thing 1 enthusiastically thrusts their head forward. Thing 2 looks a little worried. Thing 1: Dessert at 9:30pm Thing 1: Every Night. Thing 1 has a big goofy grin. Thing 2 looks a little non plussed. Thing 1: Don't worry, if it feels too long to wait there's always pre-dessert. Thing 2: ... Thing 1: STRUCTURE!

Modify Your Environment Comic Transcript Thing 1 and Thing 2 are in conversation. They're both smiling. Thing 1: In the morning, I opened the curtains. Thing 1: And then later, at night, I closed the curtains. Thing 1 has a huge grin on their face. Thing 1: I NOTICED my environment. Thing 1: AND I modified it. Thing 2: I'm very proud of you. Thing 1: ME TOO!

Perfect Story Comic Transcript Thing 1 and Thing 2 are in conversation. Thing 1 has presented to Thing 2 a stack of handwritten pages. Thing 2 is looking at the pages. Thing 1: Behold my story! It is perfect. Thing 2: You write about cheese so well. Thing 1 looks a little forlorn. Thing 2: This one isn't about cheese. Thing 1 and Thing 2 stare at each other. Thing 1 has a pencil in their mouth and they're writing extra pages. Thing 2 looks on and smiles.

It's OK to Take Breaks Comic Transcript Boot is a brown work boot. Boot: If you always give 100%. Boot: Eventually, there will be nothing left of you. Boot: Enjoy the flow. Throw yourself into things. Boot: But it's not just ok to take breaks, it's necessary.

If the Shoe Fits Comic Transcript Bunson Hoppydew (a pink little boy bunny who likes dancing, friendship and cake) has put one of his front paws in a blue shoe with spots. He is smiling at the shoe. Bunson: If the shoe fits. Bunson is standing up and holding the shoe in the air. Bunson: It still might give you blisters! Bunson is frolicing and dancing around, he has flung the shoe off his paw as he zooms through the air. Bunson is sitting down with a pair of shoes next to him. He is smiling. Bunson: Hello shoes

Shoe Still Fits Comic Transcript Bunson: If the shoe fits. Bunson Hoppydew is wearing a blue shoe with white spots on one of his back feet. Bunson puts his hand over his mouth and looks a little shocked and surprised. Bunson looks down at a pair of blue shoes with white spots. He's not wearing any shoes anymore. Bunson: It might still belong to someone else. Bunson dances and frolics around (for he is Bunson). Bunson sits down next to the shoes. Bunson: Oops!

Sock and Boot Comic Transcript Boot, a well rounded work boot, and Sock, an orange and yellow sock are hanging out together. Boot: Hey sock Boot: I've missed you. Boot: Socks and boots often do stuff together. Boot: So... Boot: Wanna go to a movie? Sock bounces up in the air. Sock sits on top of Boot and they zoom off together.

At Ease Comic Transcript A brown boot with round laces and curved leather is talking to us. Boot: Not everything gets easier with practice. Boot sits in silence. Boot: But with practice you can be, at ease with yourself.

Vitamin Connection Comic Transcript Boot (a brown boot with round laces and curved leather) is being playfully pounced by Bunson Hoppydew (a pink bunny, he likes dancing friendship and cake). Boot: Bunson, you're an excellent source of Vitamin C. Bunson: Is it because I eat a lot of carrots? Boot: I mean Vitamin Connection. Bunson: The best vitamin. We see an orange with a single leaf attached to the stem. Orange: I'm not very good at hugs.

There are Other Ways to Grow, Comic Transcript A brown boot with round laces and curved leather is talking to us. Boot: Facing death can change you. Makes you grow in way you never imagined. Lots of traumatic experiences are like that and there is no shame in surviving horrible stuff. Boot sits in silence. Boot: But I still wouldn't seek trauma. Boot: There are other ways to grow.

Elephant in the Room Comic Transcript Boot is in a small cramped room with a grey elephant that looks uncomfortably wedged in. Boot: Are you Fear Based Decision Making? Elephant: Yeah. Boot: Sorry to be rude, but I wish you weren't here. It's crushing me. Elephant: Yeah, on the savanna I was "Cares About Others," but it's so crowded here, I've changed.

Elephant in the Room Part 2 Comic Transcript A brown work boot and a grey elephant are talking to each other in a small room. Boot: I'm sorry to hear about your troubles. Elephant: Thanks, I think just talking about it has made the room a bit bigger. Boot: So... I got you a present. Elephant: For me! Boot and Elephant have put on a green tutu and a purple tutu and are dancing to music. Elephant: My very own tutu! Caption: Once you've named the elephant in the room, it's not just easier to deal with, it's easier to have fun with.

Asking for Help Comic Transcript A warm brown work boot is talking to us. Boot: Asking for help is hard. Boot: And you don't always get the help you want, which can make it even harder. Boot: But there are lots of things in life that are hard the get easier with practice. Boot: So keep practicing.

Make Marks Comic Transcript Bunson Hoppydew (he is a pink bunny who likes dancing friendship and cake) is standing in front of an easel with his hands on his hips. Caption: Draw a line. Bunson is drawing a line on the easel with a large pencil. Caption: Any line. Bunson has drawn a lot more lines. Caption: Draw more lines if you feel like it. Bunson: yay! Bunson spoings and jumps and dances around. Bunson is sitting down looking at us, there is a pencil tucked between his ears. Caption: Make marks.

Good Lines Bad lines Comic Transcript Bunson Hoppydew (he likes dancing, friendship and cake) is setting at a slope board with paper bull clipped to it. He's drawing with a pencil, he's smiling and he's sticking his tongue out. Bunson: Draw a line you might want to call bad. Bunson: Tell the line it's a good line. Bunson: Nice to meet you. Bunson pats the squiggles on the page. Bunson: Find a specific nice thing to say. Bunson: I like that little flick you did. Bunson dances and spoings around with joy.

Draw a Feeling, Comic Transcript Bunson Hoppydew, a little pink bunny, he likes dancing friendship and cake, is drawing on a piece of paper and smiling at us Caption: Draw a feeling Bunson concentrates intensely as he draws further lines, bending over the page. Caption: It's ok to struggle, drawing feelings can be tricky and symbolic. Bunson is smiling and drawing on the page with both hands. Caption: One way to draw complex feelings is to draw the feelings around feelings around feelings. Bunson stands up, proudly holding one pencil in his hand (a little like a rampant lion, a little like someone holding their pencil like a spear!). Bunson zooms through the air, holding a pencil. Bunson sits down and smiles at us. Caption: Using lines helps too!

Make Sounds Comic Transcript Caption: Make a cow sound. Bunson Hoppydew (a little pink bunny, he likes dancing, friendship and cake) is sitting down, smiling and mooing. Bunson: Moo! Caption: Make an alien sound. Bunson's ears look a little electrified with lots of diagonal lines and shapes. Bunson: Mweep mweep. Caption: Draw the Cow and Alien talking to each other. Bunson is drawing a cow and an alien on a piece of paper. Bunson is smiling. Bunson is prancing and saying mweep mweep. Bunson is dancing, Moo moo! Bunson is sitting and smiling at us. Caption: Art is a conversation.

Plans Comic Transcript Bunson is sitting and holding a piece of paper in his paw. Piece of paper: Plan – some really great ideas, things (the rest of the words are obscured by Bunson’s paw Bunson: Life doesn’t always go to plan Big noisy lines charging in from above. Bunson looks a bit shaken. Piece of paper: Plan, Planity Plan Plan Plan things stuff! Bunson, looking up at the scary noisy lines: This changes everything! The big scary lines have gone away. Bunson is standing and painting a smiling sun on a piece of paper. Bunson: So I paint on the backs of old plans. I don’t just throw them away. Bunson frolics and dances around happily. Bunson sits down and gazes off into the distance. Bunson: The paper is really nice.

Comic How to Write Poetry with Bunson Hoppydew. Bunson Hoppydew, a pink bunny who likes dancing friendship and cake, is excitedly looking at us. Bunson: Look at all my amazing drawing advice Bunson is sitting down and writing “There is was a duck in a thicket.” Bunson: Now do it with lines of poetry, not drawn lines. Caption: Write a line you might want to call bad. Bunson pats the writing. Bunson: Hello new lines, nice to meet you. Bunson: I like how playful you are. Bunson dancing and spoinging through the air. Bunson sits down and smiles. Caption: Poetry is for everyone.

Collaborative Comic Transcript Page 1 The Things are hanging out together. Thing 1 is staring up into the sky and has some tears welling. Thing 2 is looking at Thing 1 with a little concern. Thing 2: You ok? Thing 1 is smiling, if looking a little wobbly. Thing 1: Yeah… I’m just a little overwhelmed. Thing 1: Isn’t it amazing that our ability to even perceive our existence comes from survival of the most collaborative? Close up on Thing 1: Particles, cells, biomes… where things survive and are complect enough to be perceived it is because of the most profound and remarkable collaboration.

The two things are quite small on the bottom left of the page. They’re looking up at some incredible stars (globular clusters to be precise, not at all visible to the naked eye, but they are amazing clumps of stars). Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, Acknowledgement: Giles Chapdelaine.

Do Comic Transcript Thing 1 and Thing 2 are having a conversation. Thing 1: No matter how much I do. Thing 1: There’s always more I’m not doing. Thing 2: Yeah Thing 1: Yeah? That’s all the advice you’ve got? Thing 2: Yeah. That’s life! Thing 1: Yeah, I guess so.

2 thoughts on “Communication and the LOUD Noises in the World (Comic #672)”

Rav
05/04/2021, 1:52 am
absolutely love this. thank you for sharing it.
1. liz
  
  05/04/2021, 8:04 am
  
  You are very welcome 🙂 Thank you so much for coming by

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