Like most small press artists I find myself prone to bouts of laziness. I'm also prone to inhuman levels of mental exhaustion. Normally these two conditions seldom overlap, allowing me to get some work done by sheer force of will, and/or a combination of caffeine. But lately, with the economy of Rex being about 10 times worse then the market for Sub Prime Mortgages, I find worry for the future eating away at what little energy I have, and my artistic output falling to total zero. I've done nothing for the last 4 weeks. Not even simple doodles. This matches my income. Zero. Luckily I have a modest reserve so starvation isn't going to happen anytime soon, but...
... Having a deep interest in the Austrian School of economics (The one school of thought that predicted this economic melt down many years in advance) I know with near total certainty how it will play out. A potentially decade (or decades) long recession with the possibility of double digit price inflation in the next year or two. If that kind of inflation happens we can all thank out respective Central Banks for printing money like the greedy counterfeiters they are. I see economic doom in the future. (At least for a person of modest means such as myself)
... So as you all can guess, I've been plagued with worry for the long term survival of Rex.
... Funny thing about stress is that it makes me even more tired then normal. I feel exhausted 99% of the time.
... And today and for the last few weeks I've been experiencing an insidious bout of laziness. Usually manifested by me watching youtube videos all day long. It's gotten so bad that I have to leave the computer off just to get any work at all done.
In other news I have a wacom tablet that I got well over a month ago and haven't had the energy or will to do anything with except to see if it works. So far it's proven to be a magnificent paper weight and fairly good improvised backscratcher holder.
Such a waste of money... It sits there staring up at me trying to scream out "Rexxxxxx! Use me damn it! I'm expensive! You spent days researching me and now that I'm here I sit and rot on your table top!" :D
... Sigh. So that's what Rex has been up to for the last month.
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Worried, and Tired, and Lazy
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that sounds bad!!! fear of what will happen in the future is pretty common these days. i think about nothing else. i'm not aware of the austrian school of economics but that sounds like a prediction right out of hell. one can only pray that it won't be that bad. but it probably will be.
the problem is for everyone that no one knows for certain how to cope with the problem.
hope you have a plan b, and come up with something that will bring some income, eventhough i know it is a stupid advice if you are exhausted.
get a lottery ticket and win. then you can show every bastard that gets on your nerves the true meaning of revenge by sueing him to hell for nothing.
ok i shut up now. hope i didn't make it worse.
mk
You didn't make it worse. Some of it was pretty funny. I actually doodled a little yesterday. I was supposed to create a "things to do lis" and instead drew stick figures. It's an art recover of a sort. :)
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