A Full Time Chimera

In the first panel, SG sees TG playing on the computer and is disappointed. SG puts a lot of value in the idea of “making things,” specifically “art,” and thinks TG is just wasting their time

So he asks them if they wouldn’t rather be “making something” instead of just playing games and listening to music, implying that TG isn’t doing anything worthwhile or creative with their time

But TG replies that “interpreting is generative,” meaning that even if they spend their time just doing fun stuff, the mere act of enjoying something is creating an experience and an interpretation. Talking about something, dancing to music or sharing a piece of art with your friends IS “making something,” and each of those can be worthwhile and artistic.

SG leaves, complaining he “can’t be an auteur of [interpretation].” Auteur is a movie term that refers to a filmmaker with artistic control and vision enough to be considered essentially the singular creator of the resulting work of art. Turns out, SG doesn’t just want to “make things,” he wants to make things he and others see as “important.” He wants to make art not for the sake of art, but for the sake of being recognized and praised for his art.

This comic really speaks to elitism within the artistic community, the idea that art needs to meet certain standards to be considered art. SG’s viewpoint is really traditionalist, that art need to be “approved” and validated in order to be considered “really art;” while TG recognizes that art can be as little as just talking about what you love.

"Freak Antlers of Whitetail"

Lives of Game Animals, Volume 3. 1927. Written and illustrated by Ernest Thompson Seton.

Alchemical hermaphrodite from: “The Book of the Holy Trinity,” c. 1467

Unexpected Beauty

A masterpiece of Baroque imagination.

Part satyr, part woodland spirit, this extraordinary 17th-century sculpture by Christof Angermair transforms ivory and stag antlers into something both powerful and poetic. The work feels almost alive—its expressive face emerging from nature itself, blurring the line between myth, artistry, and the natural world.

What fascinates me most is how perfectly this object embodies the spirit of its age. Created during a period that celebrated wonder, curiosity, and virtuoso craftsmanship, it is a reminder that great art often lives at the intersection of imagination and technical mastery.