#strange loops

[nearzeroblog]

Life Is Memory Forward

David Hofstadter, in I Am a Strange Loop, asks whether a mosquito uses signs. The question struck me as absurd—not because it’s silly, but because it misunderstands something fundamental. Mosquitoes don’t need signs; they have object orientation. They are oriented toward a world built into them by nature. In a way, they are memory in motion. Life doesn’t need to “recall” in the way a human does…

[radiowaveangel]

you don’t belong here, do you?

[wounded-warsong]

YOU'VE BEEN HERE FOR TWO DECADES

SILENT HILL 2 (2001 & 2024)

[arthur-liquor]

Personal headcanon with tears being related to Time craft since it's a symbol of emotion anyways here's a Time craft Siffrin for a silly au idea I have in mind

[voiider]

I need codependent Danny/Jason as a little treat (for me) and I love the idea of them having some sort of instant connection the moment they meet (bc ghost stuff idk)

Danny who's been dropped in Gotham with no way home (alt universe??) and he's been here for 36 hours and having a Very bad time senses a liminal being and immediately latches onto them heedless of the fact that his new best friend is shooting at some seedy guys in an alley and goes off about how stressed he is and how he can't make it back to the ghost zone and what a bad day he's been having (and it's important to note Danny is a littol ghost boy literally hanging off of Jason's neck as he floats aimlessly) and Jason is like "who are you??" And Danny is like "oh sorry I'm Danny lol" and then just continues lamenting his woes

And honestly ? This might as well happen. Nothing about this Danny guy(is he human?) gives Jason a bad vibe and tbh he's never felt more calm and level headed before so he just keeps up his usual Red Hood patrol and doesn't even think about it when he heads back to a safehouse and feeds Danny dinner (breakfast) before crashing for half the day

The only thing I actually need is Jason meeting up with the bats for some sort of Intel meeting and they're like "uhhh who's that" and Jason is like "that's Danny." And does not elaborate (very ".... What do you have there?" "A smoothie" vibes)

And it takes them a while to realize that these two have known each other for less than 12 hours and are literally attached at the hip

[leviathiane]

Nishimura and Kitamoto being so protective over Natsume so early on really gets me... They saw this weirdo quiet kid with empty eyes like glass beads and went "i have a feeling this guy is a victim of bullying and needs friends and by god that friend is gonna be ME"

[anemonet]

pro tip: you can always put the bugs in little outfits :thumbsup:

[frindoka]

i think loop shouldg get to stretch around really fucking weirdly like a cat. siffrin shows up at the favor tree during a loop and they’re contorted around themselves on the tree root like a pretzel

[isuggestwishcraft]

i think isafrin dynamic, especially postcanon, is so funny to me because (among other things) isabeau is the notorious Gets Scared When The Horrors Appear type of dude, but also happens to be madly into a guy who, for lack of better words, can be aptly described as The Horrors

[phelpscott]

now you’re taller than you’ve ever been

[fluffydeoxys]

30 years went by and I still thought about you

[concreteafterrain]

finally watched @cryptotheism's most recent wizard stream and made my own guy symbology below the read more in case you don't wanna know

this is based of a symbol (top left corner) i've been playing around with recently, and for which i've stolen the term "strange loop." it represents in combination the creation/destruction maintenance/revolution loop, the way the loop reinforces itself, and the nature of conciseness and self as self emerging and self defining

bottom to top the rough hewn wooden/ceramic bowl of the spirit, chained to the trophy - base instincts, cave paintings, drawing lines in the sand - the emergence of the self not from the womb but from interaction with the material world - a baby playing peekaboo, and putting their hands their mouth to define their body. out of it rise flames, risen from the smoke into the goblet, which are of the loop, and from those flames a serpent

serpent, ouroboros - nonvenomous, connection with the earth and sexuality, its jaw splayed in a triangle because it has been provoked. creation eats, itself, but remains, existence is an aggression against the world - Sisyphean, do it out of spite. the serpent is wrapped around an egg, which it birthed as the loops intertwined. The serpent is male, phallic, and in heat - sex and violence, pain and pleasure so deeply intertwined with the simple loop of creation that they become one

the egg, broken, cracked with the blunt force of reality and springing forth smoke, illusion, in it, the yolk, the orb, the circles and spheres of the heavens, glowing with created or reflected life, this is the idealized self, creation which births the illusion of personality, real phoenix and flame type shit. the smoke of the egg rise up and is caught by the goblet

goblet, finely made, a trophy, the other side of the material, not artificial but constructed, metalwork and glass, skills tuned to their finest to make a microchip, the other end of human creativity and its destruction, it's beauty the smoke which rises into the chalice gives birth to the flame form the bowl, the space between the portals we cannot see represents the numinous, the undiagnosable switch of consciousness, what is called soul or emanation of god. In this space, the smoke/illusion of personality changes into the fire of creation, scorching away what part of being has not been selected as self, and giving birth to what gives birth to itself

The chalice and bowl are chained together as they represent the false dichotomy of human and nature - they are the same object, with space put between them by the egg, the serpent, the creation of the self, but still connected as a portal, a womb, a cradled universe worth preserving in all it's aspects

[arolesbianism]

May I offer some Siffrins on this fine day

[palaeocryptid]

An excellent use of my Uni class time, instead of learning (boring), I drew ISAT characters (fun!)! They’re VERY sketchy, sorry about that, but hey! It’s hard to draw in pen :’)

[kore-cryptid]

been playing look outside, i like it alot so far i LOVE the characters and the art and the writing i am EATING this shit up,, But

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I HATE THE LANDLORD'S APARTMENT SO FUCKING MUCH

[thegothicalice]

Cozy and simple for below-freezing temps 🥶 Slip skirt by Nuit Clothing Atelier, belt by Strangeloop Jewellery, necklaces by Moon & Serpent and Open the Cellar Door.