Alex van Rossum

The Ripple: When a friend’s Depression Becomes your Struggle too.

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I was recently having a conversation with a friend, about one of their friends, who is going through a lot right now. The meat of the conversation often focused on how difficult it can be to be in a relationship with someone who is going through a difficult time or who is working through challenging mental health or similar issues. One of the common themes in this discussion was how the other person’s “stuff” affects, well, other people.

Existence is Absurd

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I’ve been listening to a lot of Great Courses lectures on Audible lately, mostly with a preference on history, physics, metaphysics, psychology, and the human condition in general, and it’s been a real mind trip. I’ve been considering (and reconsidering… and re-re-considering….) the absurdity of existence, and I’ve had a lot of “young” philosophical thoughts … Read more

Keep it weird

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What would it mean to you to keep it weird? I don’t mean like “being weird” – mooing like a deranged cow every time someone says “hour” is certainly weird and if that’s your thing, well, you do you. No I mean what’s weird to you? To me – it’s deciding to have a color … Read more

Uh oh I think I might be creating a brand

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Bit by bit this all seems to be coming together! I have characters that I love (even if they are reminiscent of ISAC and Dem!) I’ve decided on a fairly limited color palette of black tombow brush or zebra ball, and four molotow fluorescents, and I’m just creating and churning out new stuff. It’s pretty … Read more

Some days you need a little brain tape

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You ever have one of those days where it feels like your brain is simply too goopy and you are just struggling to hold it all in your skull? Focusing is painful – not like headache painful – but “holy-crap-this-is-beyond-exhausting” painful? Introducing Brain Tape! This new revolutionary product is here to help you Hold it … Read more