Something Different

A response in picture to both Kristofer Straub ( http://www.starslipcrisis.com , http://www.halfpixel.com ) and to the work of Randall Munroe ( http://xkcd.com/ ).

Straub recently started the second website listed under the philosophy that he should be creating something new every day. I’m not sure how well the philosophy works with creative minds, and whether “creativity block” is ever a problem but it sounds like an interesting idea. Although I am not of an exceptionally creative bent, I like the concept when restated as such : “Everyone should strive to not only consume but also to produce.” Consumption and production here refers to the creation / assembly and use / enjoyment of music, art, food, technology, anything and everything… I guess I’m thinking mostly along the lines of cultural and technological grounds, although the concept does extend to some degree to include physical resources such as the food farmers produce for us, etc. Consumption is, of course, necessary and unavoidable in any society. Then again, maybe that restatement doesn’t cover it – it puts creativity as a social obligation. If you were alone on an island where no one would ever find you or your artifacts, would it matter what you created and devised? I think it would.
The idea also suggests the topic of the laughable comic strip I drew up (artistic style was heavily influenced by Munroe). I think the basic idea presented in the strip is clear, and something that we often forget in the monotony of job, family, school, sleep. Part of the idea is also expressed the following XFCD comics :

Permission to copy these pictures was given at http://xkcd.com/about/. If my tenuous leaps of logic between these comic strips is to much, let me know.