2026-05-29T14:18:50Z https://yabu.me Dæmon S. https://yabu.me/npub1c2e3eeysqfhvzzmt3jw5wht9kqe2z48gj8rswdef7c4xuktvh9ms43f5kf https://hel1.your-objectstorage.com/catodon/88fa9a14-535e-40b4-9823-6918d45da04b.webp https://hel1.your-objectstorage.com/catodon/88fa9a14-535e-40b4-9823-6918d45da04b.webp https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0fr8s0ay2d90tl9cmcz5cayspkwae2xp9502a36dh3298nx22quqzyrptx88yjqpxasgtdwxf636avkcr9g25azguwpeh98mz5mjedjuhw35sq5z A fallen tree in a non-existent existence<br/><br/>This is my gnostic-nihilist extrapolation of the classic, philosophical &#34;if a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?&#34;. It turns out, there was never a forest nor a tree to begin with. As René Magritte would say, &#34;ceci n&#39;est pas une arbre&#34;, both ontologically and in semiotics, as my drawing is just a signifier from a non-existent signified.<br/><br/>Alt-text:<br/><br/>A four-panel comic. <br/><br/>The first panel depicts a fallen tree surrounded by other trees alongside the text &#34;A tree fell amidst the woods, but there was no one nearby to hear or see it falling&#34;. <br/><br/>The second panel is the same scene, but now the surrounding trees have a translucent, wireframe appearance that of a computer simulation. The text is &#34;and the nearby trees weren&#39;t actually there: these were merely hallucinations from the tree&#39;s near-death experience&#34;.<br/><br/>In the third panel, the surrounding trees vanished completely while it&#39;s the ground being depicted with the translucent, wireframe appearance. The text is &#34;and so was the ground, there was no ground, no dirt, no land, no biome&#34;.<br/><br/>In the fourth panel, the ground is gone, with the tree hovering in the middle of a purple void, the fallen tree is depicted with the translucent, wireframe appearance, and there are now three texts. The first two texts, as paragraphs above the fallen tree, says &#34;The tree doesn&#39;t exist. There&#39;s no tree. / It&#39;s fallen since the beginning of its non-existence (never been an «it»)”. A third text, appearing as a red-colored speech inside a black and red speech balloon at the bottom right corner, is meant to break the fourth wall as it&#39;s spoken by an entity (for those who are familiar with my earlier drawings, the entity is Death Herself) addressing the viewer (us) as &#34;wandering tree&#34; (a twisted nod at the biblical verse Mark 8:24), says &#34;Oh, hey, wandering tree! I was expecting ye, hon. Time to leave this silly Samsāra ye&#39;ve been put in by Yaldabaoth&#34;.<br/><br/>#ArsRitualisTemplii #digitaldrawing #darkart #occultart #philosophy <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1v5cf5azt9l763ggagt4w0zx7ken5vkx57aa26u5g4drmfnpdwa7sl835zz" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Art Share🎨</span> (<span class="italic">npub1v5c…35zz</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://hel1.your-objectstorage.com/catodon/14032fd1-b07f-455b-8cd4-e14f6ad1dc75.webp"> <br/> 2026-05-22T17:42:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2hw259rc7pdmmtlrwc7y32v4jmp353e8cw2paylauwh44pq8sywszyrptx88yjqpxasgtdwxf636avkcr9g25azguwpeh98mz5mjedjuhw6wqre2 #ArsRitualisTemplii #digitaldrawings #art #nihilism #philosophy #cosmichorror #lovecraftian <br/><br/>If you look at the stars, you&#39;ll see Ishtar.<br/> <img src="https://hel1.your-objectstorage.com/catodon/4b8b7667-7553-4499-81c6-2ee2f16b26c5.webp"> <br/> 2026-05-14T12:01:06Z