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Japan, Alone

academic-stlye

In conversations about globalization the world is often divided into the West and the rest, or the developed vs. the non-developed world, which are meant as the same places in the world. While the West refers to parts of Europe, USA, Canada and sometimes Australia, New Zealand, parts of South America 1 and the developed world consists of Canada, Japan, United States, and part of Europe 2. While Japan is not the West, it is a developed nation. It has high educational achievement 3, industrialized4, and wealthy 5. And yet it’s not discussed in conversations of the global world as part of the wealthy, developed world. It’s not disused in the same way—or in the same sentence as are other industrialized nations. I find this curious and wonder why.

Let’s pause for a minute. I’m pointing out and exploring a complex system of conversations of globalization. I’m looking at the parts of conversations of globalization that compare us—the developed world and simultaneously the West, vs. them—the developing world. I don’t have space to question this language, that’s a different paper. Because I must limit myself to a small subject, I cannot discuss in depth, what it means to be part of the West, vs., to be part of the developed world, vs. the developing world. I noticed a slight difference in which countries where to be understood as “the West” and “the developed world” in conversations of globalization, along with other areas or world comparison. While these are good issues to discuss, it is not for me to explain in this post. I also recognize that Japan is not the only quark in the different words to describe the West vs. the developed world. I could also discuss South American countries which are not considered developed but are sometimes argued to be Western. In short, I choose to discuss Japan’s place in the language of globalization because I want to, because I find it curious.

To look at speech patterns of language of globalization I will mostly rely on Globalization: The Translation of Social Worlds by D. Stanley Eitzen and Maxine Baca Zinn 6. Why this book? It is a collection of essays written by several different people, in many years. I think it is a good representative example of general language usage in the United States.

In the text book there are many variations on how the West and its global domination is described. The Preface disuses the US egotism (pg. ix). Chapter one (pgs. 1-8), which is the introduction on what globalization is, discusses spread of US culture (pg. 7), and West vs Middle East (pg. 7). Chapter 2, Debating Globalization (pg. 16) makes interesting connections to West, industrialized nations, Westernization…, on pg. 19 instead of using the word West, “America or Europe” is written out. These are a few examples of how the West is described. An interesting examination of world power dynamics is in Chapter 6 (pg. 145- 184 reading 20: 151) about Hip-hop in Japan—this article is about cultural globalization—hip-hop moving from the USA to Japan, and the way the spread of hip-hop is talked about is in the format of cultural globalization—from the powerful to the less powerful, from the USA to the rest. Now I will continue with examining several reasons why Japan is in the “rest” category.

One reason Japan may not be discussed along with other developed countries is Geography. When talking about the West, japan is considered to be in the East. The West as a geographical unit is a ridiculous notion for a round planet. There is some geographical closeness to the West, most of it being concentrated in Europe, but a geographical West falls apart because Canada, the USA are in the West and are across the Atlantic Ocean. The concept of the West is geographically global, lading me to further question why a developed nation isn’t part of it.

I would suggest two important reasons are race and religion. Japan is not a white Christian nation, which is sometimes cited as a reason a country would be in the West. I counter this idea by noting there are white, Christian nations that are not part of the West8. I think these are important factors to explore, but also complex ones, that I think are worthy of a different paper.

Another reason Japan may be excluded from discussions maybe History, specifically history of colonization. Europe has a history of colonization, and so does the USA. This has led to global domination 9, and the world thinking about things as the West, or Euro-America (which includes Canada), or as Eurocentric vs. the rest. Japanese history has been more closed off 10. Because of Euro-America history being about us, spreading our ideas though colonization, while Japan’s history of closed-offenses, and lack of egotism Japan may be left out of conversations about developed nations in the world stage.

What countries are part of the West is an opinion. Most would agree that it includes the USA and several countries in Europe, all developed nations. But who else is included is up for question. I have chosen to question why the developed nation of Japan is not part of the West. I’ve explored many reasons, all related to globalization, and USA’s 11 understanding of each topic as to why this might be. I think these are interesting points to consider and give insight into my inquiry. I know there are more points to consider, that this is a starting point, and not a conclusion. Hope I got you thinking and wondering.

1 I determined this list based off consensus from several websites. See: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_world#Modern_definitions and a map explaining where this definition would look like https://brilliantmaps.com/european-ancestry/ and more maps from the Wikipedia article https://sashat.me/2017/12/07/what-is-the-list-of-western-countries-in-the-world/; another source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/terms/western_world.htm; here is a discussion on the topic: https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-list-of-western-countries-in-the-world. I include these sources to demonstrate what is and isn’t considered the West, it is a collection of colloquial ideas of the West, what average people think it is, and not what a scholar has stated to be the West. What is common, and I think very interesting is that among most definitions is that Japan is usually not included. 2 See UN’s country classification: http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/policy/wesp/wesp_current/2014wesp_country_classification.pdf 3 Sernau, Scott R. “Education Access and Success”. Globalization: The Search for Equity, Peace, and Sustainability. Third edition. 2013. In this chapter, Japan is recorded to have achieved close to or at 100% primary and secondary enrollment. 4 See note 3, see specifically pg. 105. 5 Tasch, Barbra. “Ranked: The 30 Richest Countries in The World”. Business Insider. March 2017. Japan’s GDP is #30 in the world: http://www.businessinsider.com/the-richest-countries-in-the-world-2017-3#1-qatar-gdp-per-capita-129726-105791-30. Has beautiful pictures, check it out. 6 Eitzen, D. Stanley, Zinn, Maxine Baca. Globalization: The Transformation of Social Work. Third edition. Wadsworth Cengage Learning. 2012. 7 To reiterate: The West always means parts of Europe, the USA, and Canada, and even if other places are also added by a person, “the West” is conflated to mean Euro-America-Canada. 8 “Reginal Profiles”. The ARDA. http://www.thearda.com/internationalData/regions/index.asp. Data on religious practices by country and region. 9 This point should be obvious. In case you want a bit of an explanation, I will site Eitzen (note 6), specifically pg. 16. While Europe and the United States don’t have absolute dominance and control over the world, we have much influence and control. 10 Heinrich, Amy Vladeck. “Japanese History: A Chronological Outline”. Asia For Educators. Columbia University. 2009. http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/timelines/japan_timeline.htm. 11 My understanding of the USA’s understanding of globalization, and of each of these topics, along with my understanding of each of these topics, is shaped by the fact I am a US citizen, and have lived in Washington state my whole life.

 

Globalization and Art

academic-stlye, Reflections, Social Justice

Across the world, there are Hollywood movies and McDonalds. These are part of what could be described as part of global culture(Eitzen). The spread of how to make art and what art should depict is also part of our global culture and ideas of what art should be in many ways follows that of other globalized cultural phenomenon, but it has some differences.

Art has always been a global phenomenon, so when examining art in the context of globalization the question is not how did art get to be everywhere, but rather how has globalization influenced and changed production of art.

I’ve selected some examples that demonstrate the some of the effects of globalization on art, specifically African art. As globalization happens ideas spread and so do ideas about how to make art. As Jayna Clemens puts it “Colonization had a major impact on Africa’s culture and history, including contemporary African art.” (Clemens 2). Colonization will unevenly (from colonizer to colonized) spread ideas about culture where ever it is located. Western seems to spread everywhere else.

For example, look at the work of Chéri Samba. It almost looks like it could be painted in Europe by a European, what shows the viewer that it is not European is his works distinctly depict Africa as a content and African people. His work is created in a post-colonial Democratic Republic of Congo (Chéri), which means that it must be influenced by European art. According to Clemens: “During post-colonialism, conceptual art design began to make its way into contemporary African art”. It is evident that in Samba’s work is contemporary in style and time. Samba is one example of an artist working in both a global art culture and a local art culture.

Even if it is Western culture that usually influences the world, there are examples of the non-Western world influencing the West. Here is an example. These are examples of ornate coffins made by Kane Quaye. These coffins are used to burry people and are found in many Western museums. At the Magiciens de la Terre show, Westerners first saw the works of a few non-Western artists, including Quaye’s coffins and the viewers where impressed (Kerman). The Magiciens de la Terre show, was an example of the world sharing culture, even though the amount of sharing was minimal, instead of globalization just being an exporting of culture.

I think in a cultural exchange between a non-Western country and a Western country, I think the western country will demand “authenticity”, which the definition of which is set to a particular time and place, and not to do with what the non-Western culture actually creates. Cultures constantly change what is the kind of food, visual art, music etc. that a culture uses and enjoys constantly changes. Artist move, cultural and national identity change. In the case of black British artist Yinka Shonibare, he is expected to create “African looking” art. In response to this pressure he creates The Victorian Philanthropist’s Parlour (Kerman), here. This art work and person are examples of globalization’s power to spread ideas and people around the world. The fabric is Dutch wax print fabric, which originates from Indonesian fabric designs. This kind of fabric is popular in Africa (I don’t know which country or region Dutch wax print is popular in). The figures are of black British footballers. (Kerman). The elements that went into this art are from the Netherlands, Indonesia, and Britain via Nigeria and generally the African continent.

The previous examples show that globalization is a two-way stream, to some extent. Here is another example: “African artist were experimenting with Western figuration and easel painting while Picasso was doodling with African sculptural forms” (Fisher). I think these examples illustrate that the effect of globalization on art is slightly different than the effects of globalization on other cultural phenomenon such as Hollywood or McDonalds.

Works cited

“Chéri Samba.” Artsy. https://www.artsy.net/artist/cheri-samba

Bussman, Jeffrey. “Yinka Shonibare’s The Victorian Philanthropist’s Parlour.” Title Magazine

Clemens, Jayna. “Impact of Colonialism on Contemporary African Art” 1, Dec. 2015.

Eitzen, D. Stanley, Zinn, Maxine Baca Globalization: The Transformation Of Social Worlds. Third Edition. Wadsworth cengage Learning. 2012. Pg. 145.

Fisher, Jean. “The work between us” Trade routes: history and geography, edited by Enwezor, O. pp.20-22.

Kerman, Monique. April 2018. Lecture, WWU, Bellingham.

Seattle Art Museum. Collections. http://art.seattleartmuseum.org/objects/10007/mercedes-benz-coffin?ctx=7cac674b-bf2e-4b34-bc8d-039e178ccca4&idx=2

Another In A Minute: Church Bells and Dancing Song

Another in a Minute 

  • Tittle: I Can Have Another You In A Minute

    Sub: A comic for space, music, and bad hand-drawing lovers

    By: Ruth Ewald

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                                      S1E10: Dancing Song

  • Narrator:  That whole choir singing.

  • Ry: You’re the one that I saw! You abducted me.                                                    Show us how you did it.

  • Dan: Here’s our transporter. We had to test our technology: we’re in a war you see. Had to know if our weapon would work on humans, without reviling our tec to the humans from here.

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Two episode special this week!

  • Tittle: I Can Have Another You In A Minute

    Sub: A comic for space, music, and bad hand-drawing lovers

    By: Ruth Ewald

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                                      S1E9 Church Bells

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    Jones: While on a holosuite, Brownsteine and Ry where transported off station to an alien planet, and Brownstein was shot.

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                        and Brownstein or Ry to find to know how the aliens did it.

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    Simon: Send Doc, they can figure out alien tec as well as I, and I can’t leave the station.                                                                                                                                   Brownstein: Send Ry. I was shot!

Some words in these episodes are from the songs Church Bells and Dancing Song ‘97 by Carrie Underwood and Sleater Kinney in Storyteller and Dig Me Out, all respectively.

Three Evils

Reflections

50 years from April 4th 18, The rev. Dr. Martian Luther King Jr. was assassinated. Yesterday I heard a lot of mentions of his 1967 speech “The Three Evils of Society” speech. I asked myself, what do I think are the three worst evils in America today? I initially answered: our unhealthy mix of individualism & capitalism, white nationalism and lack of civil discourse & neighborliness. Please note this is a reflection piece and not a research paper. I will use the rev. Dr. Martian Luther King Jr’s three evils of: poverty, racism and militarism, as a lens to view and understand my list of evils.

First, I examine the evil of poverty. Being poor in America leads to being held back form education, food, housing. Living in a poor, impoverished neighborhood is associated with low health, more crime, trash on the streets, lower income, lower family wealth, ect. but that’s not the fault of poor people. It is the fault of a society who won’t take care of its own people. People who don’t care and scoff, saying “you put yourself there.” “stop being lazy.” “work harder.” “pull yourselves up by your boot straps.” “they don’t value education.” “they don’t care if their children succeed.” “they aren’t there for their children.” Let’s be clear. These statements are not true and are often true of richer Americans. Very wealthy Americans hire nannies to raise their children, benefited from systems of privilege and not individual merit, and boot strap pulling. Wealthy people work one job instead of two or three. Wealthy people are also guilty of littering on the stress and committing crimes, crimes that make them wealthier. And another point. Poverty and wealth are not the result of individual actions. This country is set up to make some people wealthy and to make others poorer. Yes, if your born poor you can become rich, but it has way less to do with your individual power than our society and its systems.

Capitalism, America’s economic system is dependent on poverty staying in place. It rewards the greedy, makes the rich richer and the poor poorer. America’s capitalism insures the evil of poverty stays in place. Individualism keeps capitalism in place, for why should we change an economic system that works? If you personally don’t benefit from capitalism, then as the myth has it, you are not working hard enough, instead of the reality that the economic system doesn’t work. When this economic system is mixed with individualism, those systems work together to keep poverty in place and also make it worse. Poverty is evil, but I think the systems that keep it in place, individualism mixed capitalism is eviler.

I listed white nationalism and white supremacy as another one of my three evils. White nationalist, as I understand it, believe in a myth of a racially pure America. Despite the fact that a racially pure America never existed, there are white hate groups fighting to make America great again, to go back to a racially pure America. To get to these goals, groups commit acts of violence and murder. Watching and learning about this kind of violence is like watching the work of a cartoon villain. It is easy to see how white supremacist attitudes are evil.

But when I hear white supremacist phrases like “go back to your country.” And “English only.” I am reminded that supremacist ideas are more deep-rooted and more accepted in American society and not only from than members supremacist groups. These statements are dehumanizing, don’t value the person to whom the statement is being spoken, and erode at a person’s sense of patriotism, which people who are not white nationalist should be able to feel.

The evil of racism exists in abundance. There are micro aggressions, constant suspicion and surveillance of people of color, lack of access to good education, housing, … The high incarceration of black men, the eraser of Indigenous Americans, gun violence, etc., etc., etc. The list of racist acts and discrimination just goes on on and on. And all these things are just as evil as murders, because all acts of racism are murder, if slow, so slow it is not noticeable, so slow it lasts generation after generation, instead of in the murder ending in the instant of a bullet hitting the heart. Smaller less obvious examples of racism are just as evil as Trump’s racist commits, as lynching’s of the KKK. White people pretending to like diversity while not truly valuing it and claiming innocence in racism because you have one black friend is evil because if you are not doing anti-racist action, you are adding to the problem, to the evil of racism. Not deeply knowing and loving your neighbors of color is evil. After reflecting on the evil of racism as a whole, I have changed my mind racism as a whole is evil, not only white nationalism.

When I think of militarism I think of police officers with military equipment, wars that never end in Asia (never start a land war in Asia, unless you’re Mongol, that is.) I mean war and police brutality is evil, but I don’t think it is as evil as our lack of civil discourse and neighborliness. Even with the increase of militarism, I don’t list it as one of the largest evils. As I see it in our increasingly global world and in a country where people are moving to places where there are people who agree, in a country where there is more defacto segregation, where when we try to talk to each other, which is almost never, we don’t even talk about the same issues. We fight. Yell, with out listening. No wonder congress can’t do anything, can’t negotiate, can’t agree. Americans don’t listen/read/watch or the same news. We have a single story of Americans and people around the world who are different form us. We live in completely different realities. It is as though there are two parallel plains overlapping in time and in space but having no useful interactions. Americans don’t talk to each other. While generally not talking, not having civil discourse may be a problem and cause others, I think I have not made clear why it is an evil. It is evil not to have civil discourse. We do not know our neighbors, not to know our neighbors next door, in the next neighborhood, the next town, state, country or really anywhere. If we do not know our neighbor, we will not talk, and we cannot love. And not loving your neighbor is evil. If you’re a Christian, that sentiment probably makes sense and you need no more explanation. But here it is any way. Segregation, non-communication, lack of knowledge of who your neighbors are is wicked because it divides us, we don’t communicate and that lets individualism, racism and other evils to continue and grow. Not talking, not loving each other is evil because it sprouts evil. It is evil because it collapses society.

On a happy note here’s a celebration: Happy birthday to Maya Angelo, who would have turned 90!

Another In A Minute: Rocky Raccoon

Another in a Minute , My Art

  • Tittle: I Can Have Another You In A Minute

    Sub: A comic for space, music, and bad hand-drawing lovers

    By: Ruth Ewald

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                                      S1E8 Rocky Raccoon

  • Ry: Mahia, come on it’ll be fun!                                                                                             Brownstein: OK. I’ll try it. But computer narration has to be on.                              Ry: Computer start Dreams 5, with narration.

  • Computer: Named Rocky Raccoon. And one day his woman ran off with another guy.

  • Computer: Daniel was hot Daniel: Hot Dan. and drew first and shot.

  • Ry: Computer why isn’t the safety on?

  • Dan: We’re far from your home. He he. We needed to know if the Weapon would on humans. Sending you back now.

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                                      To Be Continued…

    This panel by Chris Ewald 

Some words in this episode are from the song Rocky Raccoon by The Beatles in The White Album

Another In A Minute: Fight The Power

Another in a Minute , My Art

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    Tittle: I Can Have Another You In A Minute

    Sub: A comic for space, music, and bad hand-drawing lovers

    By: Ruth Ewald

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                                      S1E7 Fight The Power

     

  •               Ry: Morning Doc!                                                                                                      Doc: Heading to ops?                                                                                                            Ry: Yeah.                                                                                                    Narrator: Then there was silence.                                                                                                Ry: How did you end up on the station?                                                                    Doc: Well…

  • Doc: I went to a bar a few years ago. I was thinking about applying. But hadn’t been fired up. That Speech though…

  • Speaker: Gotta give us what we want, gotta give us what we need. Our freedom of speech is freedom or death. We got to fight. How will you change your life to change the world?

  • Doc: It struck a chord with me. I seriously considered my options and I applied.

  • Doc: I got accepted and went up here to get some more training, particularly in engineering of the station, and our tactics. Then I graduated and got to work.

  • Admiral: We are proud to welcome our newest crew members aboard the station. Chambers in safety, Doc in engineering…

Some words in this episode are from the song Fight the Power by Public Enemy in the album Revolverlution

Klingons part of DISCO series

DISCO, My Art

Analysis of Klingons as presented in Star Trek and especially in DISCO

Klingon Culture

First, before I just dive into Klingon culture, I think I should give you a resource for if should you have more questions. I go to Memory Alpha for my in-world Star Trek questions. It is generally a good (and detailed) resource. If you want to understand who Klingons are in the world of Star Trek DISCO in particular, this Memory Alpha article is a good place to start. I’ve written about what my out-world perspective tells me about Klingon society.

At the point of Star Trek’s time-line that DISCO is set (shortly before Kirk gets captainship), Klingon power and prestige, i.e. its social hierarchy, is determined more loosely than in series that where made earlier. The Klingon empire is non-existent. Houses are present, there’s the prestige of being a warrior. Klingon society is fractured. We see the fights for power. A fight over ideology. The different groups of Klingons want Klingon strength, but how to do that, what it means and who gets to top the social hierarchy are up for debate.

T’Kuvma

Klingons and race.

In DISCO there are varying skin tones, but I don’t think the Klingons generally treat people differently because of that, therefor I don’t think Klingons are racist. And just because Klingons in-world generally aren’t racist, that doesn’t mean that Klingons and race isn’t a worthwhile topic to examine. Not only because of the fact that Klingons do discriminate based on race in the case of albinos, who are outcasts  as can be found here and as shown in DISCO Battle at the Binary Stars and in DS9 in Blood Oath. Klingon society is quite possibly sexist at this point and definitely sexist later. Where are the female Klingon warriors, space-farers, diplomats… apparently there aren’t many because most stay home. We actually don’t get to view much of their society, ever. This is why it is important to look at how Klingons behave in all the series and compare that to what we see in DISCO.

When fans analyze past Star Trek series it is generally agreed that Klingons are a stereotypical representation of communists and black men (there are lots of sources but here are two that explain this alright: black men and communists).Klingons also display a good representation of toxic masculinity. For humans, if a man where as violent and aggressive as Klingons we would say his behavior was outside of norms of masculinity. Correct me if it is normal for a man to have his friends poke him with (what are in essence) cattle prods and behave like you’re angry all the time and that is your only emotion, and having sex involves tearing your partners skin open and choosing to die instead of using a wheelchair and so on. These are all things Worf does in TNG to prove his Klingonness. While Worf is proving his connection to his species and not his manliness per se, these things are examples of toxic masculinity. If a human man did any of these things, that would be toxic masculinity. Worf may be different from other Klingons, but when he is trying to prove his Klingonness and when we meet other Klingons, you can see that toxic masculinity is present in all these characters. If you want to know more about toxic masculinity, I suggest the documentaries “Tough Guise” and “Tough Guise 2”.

Worf

A fact about DISCO Klingons is that they are made to look like pythons. This is a minor detail, but goes in our tradition of making enemies more like animals. This is done so the viewer finds it easier not to sympathize with the Klingons—a short cut to making a villain.

Boelen’s python

Politics of the day.

Anyway, the out-world politics and its effects on Klingons. The writers of Star Trek are American, generally writing for an American audience.  The Klingons are a predominate adversarial, villainous species. In the 60’s, communism is the enemy, so Klingons represented communists. In the 90’s and oughts, post-cold war politics was on people’s minds, and today people fear (a lot of things including) fascism and white supremacy. Since we currently fear white supremacy, the adversarial other fighting the federation will be the Klingons, who currently embody fascism and who spread across the universe like a cancerous tumor.

DISCO Klingon society has some aspects of fascism and supremacists. Here is a list of what fascists do and believe. While key aspects are missing from DISCO’s Klingon society, we can see that Klingon society hits some aspects in the head, pulling at our fears.

Klingons have a lot of Klingon pride. Klingons believe Klingons are the best and will fight to defend themselves. If every time I wrote “Klingons” in the above sentences, you replaced it with whites or Westerners, you get white supremacist language.  Klingons are also a very militaristic society. It is the most admirable thing to be a warrior and die in battle.

There are a few key differences between supremacists and Klingons. Klingons currently (DISCO S1) don’t have a strong leader- T’Kuvma was meant to be that. Klingons don’t suppress art and culture, either: they have opera, Shakespeare, and culinary arts. And I don’t know what Klingon mass media is like, and I don’t know if they suppress human rights. There is a state religion, but that is more of a Star Trek worldbuilding flaw. Most species are monocultural; Humans are all atheist, and all Bajorians believe in the Prophets.

Klingons behavior is edging on fascism, which is what many Americans are afraid is happening in America. Klingons are violent and harsh, which makes us uncomfortable. Klingons make us think about one of our most hated topics: race. Klingons aren’t human, instead looking more look like python-humans. These factors work together to make Klingons villainous villains

The snake is pencil on paper, the Klingons are pastel on paper. All art is my original, along with the article, unless sighted.

Another In A Minute: Language Or The Kiss

Another in a Minute , My Art

  • Tittle: I Can Have Another You In A Minute

    Sub: A comic for space, music, and bad hand-drawing lovers

    By: Ruth Ewald

  • S1E6 Language Or The Kiss

  •  Doc: Hey Ry! Come join us!                                                                                                   Ry: Hey what up?                                                                                                   Doc: You know how Ray doesn’t have vocal cords or spoken language?                            Ry: I didn’t know that.                                                                                         Doc: Ray can you show Ry how much you’ve learned?                                                               Ray: Hi. Ry. Doc what should I tell her?                                                     Doc: Tell her something about yourself. Maybe what we did last night.

  • Ray: Oh, I know! Last time we [Doc and I] talked we were lying on our backs, in the green ring looking through the ceiling. Doc told me about Orion. Lots of um arrows and kissy stuff.

  •        Ry: Wow Rey, great story.   Doc you’re a great parent and teaching her well!        Doc: Thanks, Ry!

Some words in this episode are from the song Language Or The Kiss by The Indigo Girls in the album Swamp Ophelia

Another In A Minute: O Death

Another in a Minute , My Art

  • Tittle: I Can Have Another You In A Minute

    Sub: A comic for space, music, and bad hand-drawing lovers

    By: Ruth Ewald

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                                     S1E5: O Death

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                Nelson: Oh shoot, my old injury’s acting up again. These spasms suck.

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                                  Nelson: Brain injury. From fighting on the Rock.                                  Brownstein: Tell me more about fighting, I got this magic stick that’ll cure anything.                     Nelson: On Earth, every morning we [her group] would pray.

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     Nelson’s group: Oh death, Whoooah death

    Death won’t your spare           

    Me over another year

     

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    Nelson: One morning there was an explosion. I was injured. I was fixed up as best as possible.

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                                      Brownstein: You’re all cured!                                                                                                 Nelson: Thanks, Brownstein!

Some words in this episode are from the song Oh Death Sung by Ralph Stanley in the soundtrack album for O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Another In A Minute: Turn Me On

Another in a Minute , My Art

  • Tittle: I Can Have Another You In A Minute                                                              Sub: A comic for space, music, and bad hand drawing lovers                                    By: Ruth Ewald

  • Turn Me On                                                                                                                     S1E4

  • Jones: Computer connect to Earth.

  • Jones: Hey, Christophe.                                                                                                         Christophe: Hey Emily, what’s up?

  • Jones: I’ve been thinking of you.                                                                                          Christophe: I’m not married if that’s what you’re asking, still fighting.

  • Jones: I loved you the most recently. I’m waiting for you to come up here, where it’s safe.

  • Jones: Turn me on again.                                                                                                       Christophe: Maybe later. When I’ve saved up.      Bye

  • Jones: Bye.

Some words in this episode are from the song Turn Me On By Nora Jones in the album Come Away With Me.