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I feel like in the realm of “science fiction,” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, Tender is the Flesh, and Snow Crash create an interesting trilogy all surrounding western capitalism and its effects. On one side there’s Androids, where Dick creates an intense drive for empathy (for animals, primarily) as overcompensation for the lack of connection people have in the real lives towards other humans (think pigeon-heads, thing emigration to the moon, think Mercerism and empathy boxes) and the creation of androids as non-human, non-animal slaves that aren’t worthy of empathy but take over the labor that “real and worthy” humans “shouldn’t have to do” because they are intrinsically better than these other groups. And then there’s Tender is the Flesh, the most truly dystopian, that has cannibalism as a deep metaphor for how we’re already destroying and dehumanizing each other in the pursuit of capitalism: the intense cognitive dissonance we all reach for and support, not just allow, in order to go about our daily lives, and the death of empathy that leads humans to do such inhumane acts. And then there’s Snow Crash. The ultimate individualistic hyper-capitalistic future where everything is corporatized and empathy has dissolved to allow survival, because no one can afford to assist anyone else, and everyone relies on avatars to escape the super shitty world they can’t afford to change. I think these three all lend understanding to each other and allow for deeper interpretation of just how deep capitalism can go to undermine the control we think we have over society, and just how much personal power we have in such a deeply flawed system.
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Hey, if you're still doing the studies, I'd love to submit my Tav, Euphoria
I wanted to try out some knife oil brushes that I had so I gave it a go using your Tav ❤ I really like how it turned out, I hope you like it too!
Sometimes I do studies or quick sketches when I want to try out things, here's a link ✨
I'm not actively accepting them but I keep them in my drafts for when I want to do it!