When will things be reset I wonder? I mean, there has to come a point in time where everything thats is possibly conceivable, has been conceived. Will things just be reset? or will 'originality' become some vestigial term. Things do invariably become more and more coincidental the more and more times they can have possibly happened. It just so happens that the first person to have it out gets all the credit and everyone who succeeds him must tribute to said forerunner.

I draw because it's probably my last escape, my last relaxing action--listening to music and writing being a close second. It's escape from the hectic cycle of work, school and a great escape from my failing body. That being said, I really don't have much time for it, so whatever I sketch up usually endures several months of loneliness before advancing to the next level.

Of the many things that have taking up my 'arting' time, have been some reference drawings; namely side mug/profile shots. I just got comfortable with posting two of said works, feeling that they had progressed to such a point where they were acceptable as completed pieces--about eight months of work. Less than a day later, I've got notes from four people all individually claiming artistic jurisdiction and infringement.

I know that there is a patent for cardboard and steel; but what about even more broad categories, like poses? Can I not look at something from it's right without having to pay royalty to someone? I wonder if there is a patent pending on the circle, the triangle and the color orange. Or should I give up the tools I've been learning--Photoshop, Painter X--lest my works turn out with a line, or coloring pattern reminiscent to that of the several other million purchasers of the programs; those numbers do not take into account the pirates. Y'har.....

Correct me if I'm mistaken, but I see art is very much like the battle of religions. The more you have following you, the safer you are. Safer from accusations of infringement, safer from people encroaching on your territory, or establishing a rival faction; with so many eyes on your side, it's hard for something to slip by. But if you're on your own, the minute some similarity registers in someone's mind, that little klaxon bursts to life and their tail wags in the feeling of pleasing their god by reporting such theft--and it spreads like wildfire (or E. Coli on room temperature Canadian Beef, take your pick). I assume it sounds something like the "SPY! SPY! SPY!" chant of TF2; or the seagulls from Finding Nemo. So soon the area is alerted and no cardboard box can hide you from the mob searching for you.

So it comes down to whoever has the bigger following, wins. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a fan of the Death Kool-Aid and the Halebop comet, but, the biggest group is not always the best--religious or not. I'm sorry that that's incredibly vague, and I'm not exactly sure what it means....but I mean it.

The problem is that is that everyone must find their own uniqueness, not someone else's; something that is totally their's, 180 degrees from everyone else, totally out there. The quandary is that there are only 360 degrees available. Unless someone tore a space hole that I'm oblivious to.


I open the floor, talk amongst yourselves.