ChatsVoid
@chatsvoid.bsky.social
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A personal comic by @skullbird.bsky.social about self reflection and animal skulls. Reposting the backlog slowly to rebuild! Thank you for your patience and understanding 🙇💜 http://skullbird.com/chatsvoid
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skullbird.bsky.social
May the right fire burn within me.
There is hatred all around me.
But i wont let it win.
I can fight for what I love, 
more than against what I hate.
chatsvoid.bsky.social
Sorry Ive been REALLY SLOW about uploading the 50+ backlog of these, even with regular reminders on my phone…

Honestly the alt text is my biggest hurdle... Trying to be better!
chatsvoid.bsky.social
Exercising my free will to give myself anxiety.
HEY UH... DO I HAVE FREE WILL? IS FREE WILL EVEN REAL?

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

IF THE UNIVERSE RUNS ON SET LAWS, WITH ENOUGH COMPUTATIONAL POWER,
IT COULD ALL BE PREDICTED... ACTIONS, THOUGHTS, ALL OF IT COULD BE ANTICIPATED! SO CAN I EVEN HAVE A CHOICE IN MY ACTIONS?

MAN, WHAT DOES “FREE WILL" EVEN MEAN? WHAT DEFINES “FREE" OR "WILL"?
WHAT'S A "CHOICE"? I THINK YOU'RE REALLY JUST GETTING TANGLED WITHIN THE LIMITATIONS OF WORDS.

I GOT A BETTER QUESTION: WOULD THE ANSWER CHANGE YOUR LIFE IN ANY WAY?

PROBABLY NOT... BUT IT'S KINDA FUN TO FREAK OUT ABOUT IT.
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The end isn’t the part that matters most.
You’d think, with how life ends in death, we’d all figure out that true value and purpose doesn’t exist in the end result. It’s in the experience we take to get there.
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Number one causer of my problems, reporting for duty 🫡
Life has been bad lately…

Eh life is what you make of it, really.

Well, then i guess i’m… MAKING IT BAD!
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chatsvoid.bsky.social
Many ways to pass a torch.
I GUESS THE FAMILY LEGACY WILL END WITH ME...

HOW SAD AND SHORT SIGHTED TO REDUCE YOURSELF AND ANY LEGACY TO GENETICS.

THERE ARE FAR GREATER THINGS YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE TO YOUR KIN'S FUTURE. YOU CAN HELP BUILD A FOUNDATION...

...WITH CREATIONS AND TEACHINGS THAT WILL RIPPLE ACROSS TIME.
chatsvoid.bsky.social
Happiness is just the byproduct.
IF SHARING MY CREATIONS DOESN'T MAKE ME HAPPY... WHY DO I FEEL SO COMPELLED TO DO IT?

BECAUSE THE MOTIVATION
BEHIND THESE ACTS OF SHARING...
...HAS NEVER BEEN FLEETING HAPPINESS.

IT'S TO MAKE THE INTERNAL EXTERNAL.
TO SEE IF YOUR WORK CAN SURVIVE OUTSIDE YOURSELF. IT'S BIGGER THAN JOY.

IT'S COMMUNICATING IN A LANGUAGE OF YOUR OWN MAKING, AND SEEING WHO ELSE CAN CONNECT TO IT. CHATS WITH THE VOID
chatsvoid.bsky.social
When the ego dissolves,
the head feels lighter.
“HEY, DO THAT THING THAT MAKES MY HEAD FEEL ALL
WEIRD.”
“SURE.”

“OUT OF THE MILLIONS OF LIVING THINGS
THROUGHOUT TIME THAT YOU COULD HAVE BEEN, OUT OF ALL POSSIBILITIES...
YOU EXIST HERE AND NOW AS YOU...” 

“BUT WHAT AND WHO "YOU" ARE
COULD ONLY EXIST HERE AND NOW.
ANY OTHER TIME OR PLACE, AND YOU WOULD NOT BE YOU.”

“NEAT”
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skullbird.bsky.social
Digging through it.
“It was hidden for a reason”
“But what if… I look right at it.”
“Maybe letting it out…”
“… will set me free.”
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skullbird.bsky.social
No see when THEY do it, its understandable. When *I* do it, it’s a sign of my weakness and that I am unworthy of love.
“My friends are better than me…”

“Then why do you hold yourself to a higher standard than the people around you?”

“Wouldn’t that imply that you think you’re better than them?”
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skullbird.bsky.social
Feeling good, feeling bad.
“This are fine for me right now, but worse is right on the horizon.”

“Then you have a choice. Enjoy the good of noe or wallow in the concept of a future ill”

“…”

“Let’s do both!”
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But that’s what I’m the worst at.
#webcomic #animalart
“I cant keep doing this, but i cant stop either!”

“What do i do?!”

“Your best.”

[disgruntled owl displaying what their best looks like]
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🦋🐊

#comic #animalart
I CHOOSE TO SEE THE BEAUTY IN LITTLE THINGS.

MAYBE NOT CHOOSE BUT... I WANT TO. I'M TRYING TO...

SO I PRACTICE. I LOOK FOR IT WHERE EVER I CAN. IT'S WORK.

BUT MORE AND MORE OFTEN.. EVERY NOW AND THEN.

it gets easier.
chatsvoid.bsky.social
How I’ve been doing.

#comic #animalart
“So, how’ve you been doing”

“Uh, well I guess Ive…”
[images of life, growth and plants]
[images of death and bones]

“Ive been doing okay”
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skullbird.bsky.social
#comic #animalart #joy
“How am i supposed to feel joy when the world around me is being destroyed?” 🐿️

“However you can.” 💚
chatsvoid.bsky.social
Its okay to be upset with this.
But dont just let it take from you.
Make it give.

#comic #animalart #newnormal
MY NORMAL IS FALLING APART BEFORE MY EYES.

THESE ARE UNEASY TIMES WE'RE WALKING IN FOR SURE...

BUT LET'S BE HONEST WITH OURSELVES:
NORMAL HAS ALWAYS BEEN A FICKLE JERK. IT NEVER STAYS OR LASTS.

SO LET'S MAKE THIS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE NEW NORMALS. ONES THAT BETTER SERVE US.
chatsvoid.bsky.social
I think its easy to get swept up in the idea that you’ll “fall behind”, and not allow yourself rest. I permanently damaged my drawing hand because i was worried about bills and pushing myself to keep working. Looking back, i could have afforded the setback and saved myself from years of pain...
chatsvoid.bsky.social
Just keep swimming.
Just. keep.. swimming…
Just….. keep……….
FINE, SELF CARE IS IMPORTANT. BUT I CAN'T PULL BACK NOW.
I'VE WORKED HARDER THAN THIS BEFORE!

IF I DIDN'T REST FOR THAT...
I CAN'T REST FOR THIS.

YOU MISJUDGED YOUR LIMIT ONCE, AND NOW YOU'RE LOCKED INTO REPEATING THAT MISTAKE UNTIL YOU BREAK?
IS THAT HOW THIS WORKS NOW?

...DAMN, GO EASY ON ME.

HEY, I WILL WHEN YOU WILL.
chatsvoid.bsky.social
Slices of life.

#webcomic #comic #moth
A NEW CHAPTER IN MY LIFE IS STARTING AND I'M SCARED.

BOTH GREAT AND TERRIBLE. I'VE BEEN THROUGH SO MANY ALREADY...

BUT IF WE EACH ONLY GET ONE CHANCE AT EXPERIENCING LIFE...

ARN'T YOU REALLY QUITE LUCKY WITH JUST HOW MANY DIFFERENT SLICES OF EXISTENCE YOU'VE GOTTEN TO TASTE?
chatsvoid.bsky.social
Regularly scheduled maintenance.

#comic #webcomic #opossum
IF I'M REALLY DOING SO MUCH BETTER NOW..

...THEN WHY DOES THIS SADNESS TASTE SO FAMILIAR.

BECAUSE "BETTER" ISN'T SOMETHING YOU JUST UNLOCK FOR YOUR LIFE ONE DAY. IT'S WORK.

"BETTER" IS BUILT FROM ACTIVE CHOICES AND HABITS. YOU HAVE TO MAINTAIN "BETTER"
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What do you bring?

#webcomic #titaalik #void #abyss
IF I GAZE INTO THE ABYSS, THE ABYSS WILL GAZE BACK INTO ME...

BUT THE ABYSS IS NOTHINGNESS. A VOID CAN ONLY HAVE WHAT YOU BRING INTO IT.

SO I ASK YOU.

WHAT DO YOU BRING?