Frog Applause by Teresa Burritt for February 22, 2017

Not a problem. I have Asperger’s.

Shear fantasy.

Not. A. Problem.

This picture was taken just prior to a space rock smashing the scissors.

I have always been mei generis.

Did you used to listen on radio to The Cinnamon Bear, an annually-broadcast Christmastide children’s series that featured Scissors Soldiers?

Embrace standing out..

Of course, it’s a way of life. I’ve always been a square peg in a world full of round holes.

…reminds me of my beard…

…resistance is few-tile…

…the story of my life, using scissors to cut down trees and chain saws to shave my face…

…Alone by The Pretenders…

…I feel like an American electric cord in Europe…

…I feel like a hermit at a football game…

…the ugly duckling was too popular for my liking…

…if I agree with you will you like me?…

RESIST!

Time to cut your losses and find your way through the forest.

Cutting down people who make comments one by one until the whole forest is clear cut.

I will guess someone hacked GoComics and shut down many of the political and other cartoons.

For some of us that’s our default mode.

Run with scissors.

I see this a metaphorical representation of creative conflict, both acute and protracted, with the Overlords.

Acute: The snowy foreground, unbudded leafless trees, and overall drab lifeless mise en scène are a clear Shakespearean reference to the universally disliked new GoComics’ platform (“Now is the winter of our discontent.”).

Chronic: The trees represent the many Overlordian obstacles between creators and success. The two stumps, scissors and parsimonious copy evoke the struggle to strike down obstacles with the mighty blades of ordinary household instruments and the hammer of not over wordifying.

Or maybe Teresa picked out a random image, threw in a tool, added a few words and headed to the mailbox to collect her royalty check.

If a tree falls in the forest and I don’t have an app for that, does social media feel my resistance?

@Rotifer Thalweg. I’m going with your metaphorical representation of creative conflict. Teresa can run but she can’t hide from readers like you who have unencrypted her mysterious thinking processes. Your analysis was great… I fondly remember your daily offering of MY FAVORITE PART WAS THE - (deer scat next to the stump).

@RANSOMKNOTTS. I didn’t see the deer scat until you mentioned it. Good eye!

P.S. My favorite part was “… unencrypted her mysterious thinking processes.”

Struwwelpeter . was . here

“You cannot simply take,” he said. “You must give first, and bestow your blessings, so that a greater fluidity is achieved in which what you desire is freely given.”

I contemplated his wisdom for a moment, and then I swatted him.

Flies are just the worst sort of filth.

A nice message, and impressively detailed art. Well done, Teresa.