Some little sketches....

Here are some sketches I did a while back. The first one is an obvious bit of slapstick based on the notion of the Floating Signifier, a phrase coined by Structuralist and jeans maker, Claude Levi-Strauss. 

Floating signifiers '' represent an undetermined quantity of signification, in itself void of meaning and thus apt to receive any meaning".<sup>(see more here)

 































 

The second is one of my imaginings of the Kantian Noumenal Realm. Philosophical issues aside, I think it's probably a bit like Star Trek, where everyone from the parallel universe has EVIL MOUSTACHES.</sup>

^{Also, Claude Levi Strauss didn't really make jeans, but I thought he did for alot longer than I should have.}

^{More to come soon(ish) I hope. Fingers crossed!}

^{becca xo}

Introducing....

Here's a sneak peek at a new project I am working on: it's the Founder of Modern Philosophy SOCKRATES! (Made from pipe cleaners, a sock and googley eyes, as you might be able to guess!)

I'm going to make some videos with him, once I've made the set and side-kick (Plate-O obviously), and worked out what he should sound like...any ideas anyone?

Becca xx

The Relatives, The Absolute, and some stuff about Apophaticism

oh dear. Not only did I miss our appointment last thursday, but once again I've left this late so I have had neither time to properly clean it up, nor to think of anything interesting to say, and as such, Being in particular looks a mess. Although in my defence, I was 'experimenting with a new style'....y'know, messy!

Anyway, the joke here is about confusing the relative with the absolute, but this is a silly philosophy pun, so instead I will talk about Apophatic Theology, in order to use long words and feel clever. Ready? Apophatic theology is a posh name for Negative Theology, that wot I mentioned in my last post, the idea that God is so awesome and infinite that language can't describe him, we just have to say what he's not like, in a gesture towards him. Sort of like saying, 'oh our language is so rubbish, but there is this thing beyond it that is not rubbish.' That's a direct from Julian of Norwich that is.

Also behold how I have put the three sections in three different parts! This is to build DRAMATIC TENSION, and not because it's too fiddly to put them altogether on photoshop...!!!! Let me know if you think it works, see you on thursday!     becca xo

More Beckett!

Well, I was thinking of going all ''low-brow'' today (!), but then my friend Jimmy (on the left with the ukulele) came up with these two ideas, continuing the Beckettian theme of the last post, and it must be added, further limiting the people who will find this funny. So these two are dedicated to all you weightlifting philosophy cartoon fans out there! For everyone else look here! Jimmy seems to think the second one was particularly funny, it being a reference to a Beckett quotation from Waiting for Godot again. I don't know how famous it is, nor how funny it is, but Jimmy insisted. And you can see from the photo that he's a dangerous man.

Let me know your thoughts anyway!

See you Thursday,

becca xo