u/wanderingrockdesigns

Inspired by the quote:

“A man climbs a mountain because it is there. An artist makes a work of art because it is not there” by the minimalist artist Carl Andre; as well as Albert Camus' The Myth of Sisyphus.

A redditer was making a point of "art is dead" with various supporting quotes of artists and philosophers. I support that art is an act of the artist and cannot die.

Through the process of creating individual memes, based around an image of Sisyphus (matias del carmine, free digital image), I began to ask myself "When does a meme become art?". So I decided to organize the simple set of collages, that started as statements on impossible or repetitive tasks, into a portfolio and approach the subject more seriously as an artist.

Each meme has a source of inspiration, included in the description. There is a series of 7 within the entire Sisyphus body titled The Daily Grind; in which I made 1 a day focusing on the activities common through daily life.

Through the process of creating each one, it was then I came to the realization that it was inspiration and the will to create, to express something that which existed within the mind, that made art art. The act of creating was the art, not whether or not other people see it as art.

The series final collage and penultimate piece, titled: Eternal Happiness (The Absurd Life as an Artist) ; is the only meme collage not in the same Sisyphus background pushing the subject matter. It also is a piece of creative writing describing the perspective of an artist in the process of creating.

The final piece is an original creation in digital format; Minimalist Sisyphus (One must imagine an Artist Happy). This one is answers the question through the use of comparison. Some believe minimalism isn't Art. So, is something art when it's created and presented as art?

[My portfolio] (https://www.reddit.com/u/wanderingrockdesigns/s/BQQYqVqVKq) *best viewed when sorted by Old.

18 pieces; 17 digital collages (16 in the same meme format and a series of 7 The Daily Grind, and 1 collage of illustrations with an expressive writing for the description), and 1 Original Composition done in Digital Media, Minimalist Sisyphus (One must imagine an artist happy)

I have an antithesis piece planned as well, a physical creation of value. Though this whole process has been inspired by Camus and the rebellion, I see today is the same battle Minimalist and Pop artist fought, an acceptance of their expression, their creations.

Like it or not, isn't really the point of the presentation. It has been a realization of thought and a journey of inspiration and creativity. I hope you do feel something from it and that it inspires you to think, to write, to create something of your own and bring a part of yourself into the world.

Thank you to all those who have made posts, comments, up and down votes, here and on every part of reddit. Continue to explore and contribute to the world. Be bold, be true to yourself, and live passionately.

Would you rather push or hold?

I saw a post about someone rereading Camus trying to better understand him and thought about how the first time I heard about him and read TMoS I felt like he was voicing ideas I had felt but never put to words. Not that it's a bad thing, having to go through material again, and perhaps it's been my personal experiences with the indifference of the world that made Camus feel so familiar, comforting even.

> “Thinking is learning all over again how to see, directing one's consciousness, making of every image a privileged place.”

I see pieces of Marcus Aurelius and early philosophy there with the directing mind. Made me think of: Explore the mind and different perspectives and you may find yourself there before you even arrived.

I still haven't listened or read all of Camus' work having only recently found out about him 6 months or so ago. I just finished The Plague, man I can't imagine reading it in 2020, and I'm waiting on The Stranger to become available on the Libby app.

Hope you like the meme. I have a whole series in r/Sisyphuscirclejerk of various, mostly food based topics, featuring Sisyphus pushing stuff up the hill.

Keep pushing that rock fellow rebel rollers.

The Daily Dish; Part 6 of The Daily Grind. Always cleaning something; dishes, the kitchen, bathrooms, cleaning up after pets, kids, the disabled or infirm. Life can seem like a struggle sometimes, at least there's always a good audiobook.

Imagine Sisyphus Happy with a lighter basket; Part 5 of The Daily Grind. With increasing prices, more people are cutting back on what they can afford to eat.

The greatest gift given or received is a meal for those who are hungry. Please donate to your local food bank/kitchen and make a difference in someone's life today.

Food Not Bombs

Need a Lift?; part 4 of The Daily Grind. Daily commutes, traffic, and rising fuel prices; One must imagine the Commuter Happy.

Part 3 of my Daily Grind series. One must imagine starting your day Happy.

Good morning fellow rock pushers. Today's Sisyphus creation is The Last Load of Laundry; posted to r/memes in which the AI flagged as not a meme before posting, so let's see how it goes and if another one gets taken down.

Keep pushing out there.

I've been making various Sisyphus memes for a while now and spreading them around Reddit, so I was curious if there was someplace to post my portfolio. I hope you enjoy:

1. In Search of Perfection; posted when F1exican began his journey for the internet's approval of perfectly cut chives in Kitchenconfidential which inspired my first meme, learned about Camus, and began my Sisyphus period.

2. Tears of Happiness; after listening to The Myth of Sisyphus I made this one and posted it to OnionLovers. I love it's concentric rings and visually is my favorite.

3. Climbing the Corporate Ladder; I made this one and posted again to Kitchenconfidential after a well known cream cheese company tried to tie in it's marketing campaign to F1exican's daily posting of cut chives. The corporate ad campaign was not well received.

4. Just Another Day; a soul-crushing line is delivered by Kino Loy (played brilliantly by Andy Serkis) in Episode 9 of Andor, titled "Nobody's Listening". I posted this to the Andor and 4Kbluray subs as this question is frequently asked in both subs.

5. Just Another Day (improved); I wanted to put a little more effort into it when I put together the collection of Sisyphus memes. *Resulted in permanent ban: temporary ban after asking why it was taken down, informed rule 10 violation of sub (No Wishlists) then permanent ban imposed. Idk, but it seems like warnings should be before banning and shouldn't be perma banned for asking questions.

6. Camus Caramelization; someone had made a comment in which I was talking about caramelizing onions after posting the Tears of Happiness meme, something like One must image, and I came up with this on the fly from some pictures I had. It reminds me of Andy Warhol's 4 box style. I thought about using some other pictures or screen grabs, but these 4 were together in the camera roll.

7. Feel the Burn; as a frequent lurker and Chive LOYALIST of Kitchenconfidential, someone had posted day 7 of 14 days in a row on the line. What's more appropriate than line cook facing the burners everyday for a torment from the gods?

8. Pushing that Rock; after getting banned from a sub I came up with this one and posted it here in a comment.

Note to Mods of SCJ: Thanks for letting me post my memes here, a lot of people don't get or appreciate them. Especially other reddit mods, which apparently don't read books or appreciate rock culture. I can't imagine them happy.

Hope you enjoyed my memes. Feel free to repost or use. If any monetary gains come from them, please donate to your local food bank/kitchen the rewards. There's no greater gift given or received than a meal to those who are hungry. Food Not Bombs

Camus Caramelization

Well searching for an answer, google returned a reddit post from 1mo ago so I guess it's my turn to ask when we get a 4k release

These are all over my front garden in small clusters and individuals here and there. Location: Maryland, US

I let this garden self seed the past few years and it always makes me happy seeing all the different pollinators visiting them.

Used my spare parts in orbit; experimental landers with staging issues, extra fuel tanks, mini orbital tractor probes, and circulizer stages, to do the Mercury return after I had finished the Mars Grand Tour and Venus return. I've only got outers left, Beltalowda.

I'll post links to my previous posts in the comments.

Just found out about Test Career challenge mode, it was a lot of fun. Hopefully they add more parts. To unlock: start a new world in challenge mode and name it Test Career and some instructions should pop up explaining this mode of the game.

Venus return blueprints I used to assemble B.R.O. (Big Rocket in Orbit) Boosters, fuel Tanks, and tractors. I posted yesterday, but it didn't include blueprints originally and I had to remake the heatshield launch. I don't have the middle boosters saved, but I'm also thinking a single Frontier would be better than 3 Valiants so they can gimble without burning the docking ports or I should have turned gimble off when building.

It took a little bit of experimenting to finish the achievement. Using a double heatshield was tricky, burned up a lot getting flipped over entering the lower atmosphere. You may want to adjust the docking port settings, I'm still new and haven't looked up optimal settings for things.

The final assembly pic has the cast off experimental landers and extra parts assembled below B.R.O.V.R.

Finally did it after a few redesigns and too many attempts that resulted in burning up in Venus's atmosphere. Made the landing in a small rocket at first. Built a flying fuel station and put a few different lander designs on top of it to test them all out in 1 go, then built a final extra tall landing rocket for the return trip.

Some garden friends around the front porch planters. I think i grow gardens for the interesting visitors as much as the plants.