damekage

First of let me say that though my Making Habits thing was originally going to start immediately I got slightly busy as life goes... okay that's a lie I choose to do other thing because habits are hard and I didn't set a notification aside to work on stuff each day/week. So I have chosen to officially start the project on the first of April which is next Wednesday.

With that being said lets discuss what I mean by the irrelevance of society in this instance. As a whole our society has chosen to focus on the differences amongst us.

To put it simply race, religion, sexuality, and gender should have no basis on why we do or do not like others individuals.

Your "race" doesn't matter. I'm not saying your ancestors or culture does not but your race does not.

If you like males, females, a rock, or nothing sexually does not matter.

Whether you are a Catholic, Islamic, or Jewish doesn't matter.

Who gives a damn if you are male or female you shouldn't need to call yourself a feminist or anything else for that matter.

Basically what I am getting at is that we are all part of the same species. We are members of the human race and genetically we are all the same. There should be no one saying "I'm targeted because I'm a minority/gay/religious/etc."

On principle we should all be able to get along because when you break down the human body into its individual chemical compounds you will always find the same stuff. We are not different and should not feel the need to hate each other for any reason.

I see all these things in the news and on the internet where people have become so used to seeing the bad in people they don't wait to hear the full story or let the full story be discovered before they start calling for fair treatment even in cases where such an outcry is not required.

We are all all members of of the species Homo Sapiens. We all consist of Oxygen, Carbon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Calcium, Phosphorus, Potassium, Sulfur, Sodium, Chlorine, Magnesium, Iron, Fluorine, Zinc, Silicon, Rubidium, Strontium, Bromine, Lead, Copper, Aluminum, Cadmium, Cerium, Barium, Tin, Iodine, Titanium, Boron, Selenium, Nickel, Chromium, Manganese, Arsenic, Lithium, Mercury, Cesium, Molybdenum, Germanium, Cobalt, Antimony, Silver, Niobium, Lanthanum, Tellurium, Gallium, Yttrium, Bismuth, Thallium, Indium, Gold, Scandium, Tantalum, Vanadium, Thorium, Uranium, Samarium, Tungsten, Beryllium, Radium, and Polonium.

Though some of these are only found in miniscule quantities it it what we consist of as humanity. As such our societies need to separate us into smaller catagories is irrelevant.

So stop calling for feminism, white power, black power, gay pride, etc and instead just call for "Homo Sapiens/Humanity"

Until next time Cogito Ergo Sum.
          ~ damekage the Insane Philosopher

Graphics and Coding by: damekage

So recently I was reading a post about forming new habits or breaking bad ones. It said that though some people can make or break a habit quickly others can take almost an entire year to do so.

This got me to thinking that probably the best way to better myself as an artist and recommit to my weekly Philosophy post is to make it a challenge of forming a daily and weekly habit.

So for the next year I'm going to post a Philosophy thought every week even if it's only one sentence and not an entire thought process like I used to do. The way I'm going to go about this is by writing them nearly a full week before on Saturday in case I'm busy on Friday's or what not then through scheduled posts I will be writing every week and posting early on Fridays.

The other thing I'm going to be working on doing is making art a daily habit for at least an hour a day for one-hundred days to start and from there hopefully it is just a habit. The reasoning behind this is that the study I was reading about forming/breaking habits said the average person did so in about sixty-six to ninety days. So I'm going to go a little extra while and see what happens.

The last part of this and perhaps the most important part is that I want myself to be accountable for doing as such. Therefore I will also require myself to post what I did each day even if its just a crappy picture taken with my phone. The hope is that friends, family, and followers of my art will hold me accountable and be like WTF dude why didn't you post.

In any case I would love to see others join me in the en-devour to see how far we can all get in one-hundred days of art.

Graphics and Coding by: damekage

Holy shit I'm never on deviantART anymore hell I've failed miserably at restarting a weekly philosophy post over on my tumblr even. So while I debate whether or not I want to renew my premium account here as I'm trying to feel more motivated to do art stuffs and having an account I'm paying for might help that some I figure that it's been like six months since an update so I should do one.

Writing~ Haven't done any actual "writing" on anything. I have sat down and worked out some of the where I want my book to go so that when I do sit down and start up again I won't have writers block.

Commissions~  Still find myself debating what to do with it but since I don't seem to have any sort of following that is interested I'll probably keep it on the back burner.

Traditional~ Basically I've done a few things I actually like and a lot I haven't liked at all in various sketchbooks. I need to take a day with a scanner and get them uploaded.

Digital~ Still hate digital work. Since I started working a full time job I find less time to do digital stuff since I cannot take my computer with me to do work. While I can take a sketchbook. Planning on sorting out my funds to by a Wacom companion tablet PC so that when I do go places I have a form of digital art besides my 3DS.

Youtube~ This is a nightmare waiting to happen. I've been working on a few projects to get myself going again even with a full time job. Once I sort out those last few things I'll probably get it going again on a semi frequent basis.

Streaming~ Actually did some streaming a few weeks ago for a couple of hours. However no one showed up to watch so I was basically alone listening to music working on a graphic that I'm designing.

Tumblr~ Holy shit I stay busy here but mostly because I interact through reblogs and stuff on tumblr. Even though I've been struggling to actually manage my philosophy posts every week I am online there a lot and my ask box is open. So if you want to contact me and bother me you can find me there.

Well at the end of the today looking back at the update I did six months ago I feel slightly ashamed at how little I've actually accomplished as far as my creative self goes. Sure I found a full time job and am getting a daily run/bike ride in everyday. So here is to finding the motivation to further myself as a creative individual in all mediums before another six months have gone by.

Graphics and Coding by: damekage

I have decided that at least for the moment my Philosophy Friday posts will only be over at my tumblr. This is a personal choice at least for the moment so if you are interested in reading them click the link below and that will take you to my philosophy tumblr. If you so choose from there you can follow me.

Since I'm not going to post them here anymore the only way to know when I post a new one is to follow that tumblr or my twitter.

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Graphics and Coding by: damekage