Its very essence, if you will

We'll all get by alright

Another true story. The figure on the left is one I drew for an earlier comic and copied into this one, while the figure on the right was drawn with today's level of motor control. Luckily for me, I've been preparing for days like these with lots of reusable parts, handwriting fonts so I can type the dialogue instead of trying to hand-letter it, and adaptive user interfaces with my computer.

Brain farm

  The day before yesterday, I posted a comic about a person's brain not letting them sleep. That was inspired by a story that is all too real.
  Yesterday I inadvertently demonstrated just how harmful the lack of sleep is (plus chronic pain and bunch of other health stuff) by 1) struggling to think the word 'equinox' and not immediately type 'solstice' (which I managed to fix before too many people saw my mistake) and 2) thinking "11,000 years ago" as a rough approximation of when some ancient people were making giant stone circles...and then typing "eleven centuries ago", which I didn't realize until the middle of the night was off by a zero.
  It's frustrating being chronically ill in both body and brain. For most of my life, I've done most of my living inside my own head. Knowledge—especially obscure knowledge—has always been one of my favorite things. But the past few years have forced me to slowly start coming to terms with the sad fact that my own cognitive capacity is no longer reliable from day to day or hour to hour. It's a slow process. It's grieving on an installment plan.
  I have no intention of stopping my years-long streak of daily comics until I absolutely cannot continue. But just...please know that the terrain I'm navigating is hazardous and unfamiliar, the pitfalls nearly invisible. Don't stop pointing out errors when I make them, please! I believe more than ever that it is better to be corrected than to falsely feel correct. Just please also be patient with me as I'm also learning to be patient with myself.

Monumental movements

"The world is full of important-seeming things that we don't really understand, so let's make art about it" is one of the most relatable thought processes demonstrated by ancient people.

Hyposomniac hypotheticals

Folks, we joke around and have a good time here, but make no mistake: my brain and I are mortal enemies.

Show me a sign

Pictured: a reenactment of a scene that takes place inside my head multiple times a day.

The subject of today's Remake Monday was first posted on 20 March 2015.

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