Week 1 - Connor Warakomski - Analysis 1

        The themes and concerns I’m representing are from the reading Difference and Repetition. Which is how repetition is a conduct and is a point of view that concerns non-exchangeable and non-substitutable singularities. The author continues and explains reflections, echoes, doubles and souls do not belong to the domain of resemblance or equivalence (Page 1). I showed this by remixing a comic of Calvin and Hobbes, which shows the reflection and how repetition as a point of view. By changing the timeline of this comic it almost represent a new story, or a different perspective on the situation. In the original comic Calvin in sitting in class, then bursts in excitement and flees the room. Shortly after his teacher is bringing him back to his seat. In my remix it shows Calvin fleeing the room, then the teacher bringing him back, he then cries because he’s back in the classroom and slumps back over his desk. If someone was the glance at these two comics quickly they would assume they’re the same, but if you compared the two they’re different in a small degree. As Paul Patton translated as, “it denounces its nominal or general character in favor of a more profound and more artistic reality.” (Page 3). Paul is talking about how repetition is transgression, it goes against the law. Which is what I’m trying to represent with my remix, by going against the timeline it’s creating a new perceptive, but keeping close to the original which shows the repetition.
The materials and processes I used to formulate my response was I asked myself what do people see everyday? Many people read the newspapers and stumble across the comic page, at least I do. So I thought why not remix a classic comic and try to relate it to this weeks reading. Which personally I think it worked out in a sense, and by remixing the timeline it fascinated me. At first I was concerned it wouldn't be able to work properly.
I used these processes because it seemed to flow once I started to remix the comic. By switching a few of the panels on paint I saw a new story develop. It created a new angle on the comic. Before finding what worked, it took me some playing around to decide which way I wanted to go with it. Over the time I changed the panels, it created a different but similar story. Which brought some limitation because as I can recreate the story it would also be very similar to the original. On the other hand, it really allowed me to go any direction within that similar story but with a new timeline.
What really intrigued me was when I look at what I did it showed me a constant cycle of calvin running out of the room, and the teacher getting him. I think thats why I picked the order of panels that I did, it made me think of a repetition of hell of being stuck in a class room that Calvin just couldn’t escape. Which brings me back to the reading when the author explains good and evil in repetition. Paul Patton says, “Every time we try to repeat according to nature or as natural being we throw ourselves into a demonic and already damned exercise which can end only in despair or boredom.” (Page 4). Calvin was in despair and boredom, and he’s trapped in this repetition of a comic I recreated.
Through this response I learned anything can be related, or created depending on which perspective the reader wants to look at it as. At first I was struggling to understand the reading, and was lost on what to respond with. By deep thinking, and creativity I feel I understand this reading a little more clearly now. What this response really made me think about was how something repetitive could be turmoil to your brain. For instance, creating this comic of calvin in a constant loop of trying to escape his classroom.