Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for March 11, 2012

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    doc white  over 12 years ago

    I think I shall never see……….

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    GROG Premium Member over 12 years ago

    Suitable for framing.

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    Orion-13  over 12 years ago

    Total frame up.

    Orion

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    palos  over 12 years ago

    Perhaps there is still hope for him.

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    x_Tech  over 12 years ago

    Sons of the Pioneers – Trees

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    x_Tech  over 12 years ago

    More (100 songs) Sons Of The Pioneers

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    jreckard  over 12 years ago

    Now that’s the proper frame of mind.

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    roctor  over 12 years ago

    The source of many more frames. He can appreciate that.

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    Varnes  over 12 years ago

    Just another reason to hate WW I

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    I'll fly away  over 12 years ago

    No art can be appreciated but what the Lord God has made.

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    jhampa  over 12 years ago

    Non-sequitur is the greatest. You’ve got a great mind.

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    tripwire45  over 12 years ago

    You need a bigger frame.

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    Biltil Premium Member over 12 years ago

    Another great reason to step outside today :)

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    wdgnas  over 12 years ago

    number six: make the goal smaller…

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    Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member over 12 years ago

    “like”

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    Vonne Anton  over 12 years ago

    You know he’s going to nail that frame to the tree and use it for target practice…you DO know that, don’t you?

    As Red Green once said: “If I can do it, it ain’t art!”

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    Can't Sleep  over 12 years ago

    Very nicely done, Wiley.

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    dfowensby  over 12 years ago

    chain saw and lumber, that would make sense.

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    V-Beast  over 12 years ago

    What a nut.

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    Varnes  over 12 years ago

    Thank God I live in Michigan where the trees are all the right size…….BTW, the only time we us the word Mitt around here is when we’re talking about the Lower Peninsula..(usually showing people where we live…).

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    bbear  over 12 years ago

    Beautifully drawn tree, Wiley!

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    Jonni  over 12 years ago

    Obviously no expense spared to sequester a Sequoia

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    KSquaredComics  over 12 years ago

    I love this one Wiley.

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    DrJKnows  over 12 years ago

    Wiley, could you make the frame larger?

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    skippygddss  over 12 years ago

    I think that I shall never see, a billboard lovely as a tree. In fact unless the billboards fall, I’ll never see a tree at all- um… I forgot who wrote that.

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    dabugger  over 12 years ago

    can’s see the picture for the forest; or wood ya know….

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    LumFan  over 12 years ago

    It’s just a matter of perspective. One person’s great work of nature (or God) is another person’s new table. I prefer the great work of nature/God.

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    Arianne  over 12 years ago

    This is a little long, so I hope you don’t mind if I share it. This poem was a favorite from my childhood, and I loved reading it to my children. :) ~ Trees by Harry Behn

    Trees are the kindest things I know, They do no harm, they simply grow And spread a shade for sleepy cows, And gather birds among their boughs. They give us fruit in leaves above, And wood to make our houses of, And leaves to burn on Halloween, And in the Spring new buds of green. They are the first when day’s begun To touch the beams of morning sun, They are the last to hold the light When evening changes into night, And when a moon floats on the sky They hum a drowsy lullabyOf sleepy children long ago… Trees are the kindest things I know.

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    fritzoid Premium Member over 12 years ago

    I have mixed feelings about this one. Yes, nature is often beautiful, and can be appreciated as such, but it’s not “Art.” It’s not artifice, it’s not “artificial.” It simply IS, it just HAPPENED.

    The “artist” in this scenario (not including Wiley) is the guy with the frame. By holding the frame in a particular place (as opposed to other places he might have held it), he’s creating a composition. He’s making an aesthetic choice, even if it’s a subjective and impermanent one.

    Besides, I don’t dig landscapes. But if there’s a squirrel in the tree, that’s the element I’D frame.

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    bmckee  over 12 years ago

    Trees are indeed a renewable resource. However after they reach a certain height breadth and age one has to stop thinking of them as a renewable resource because no woodsman lumber or pulp company is going to allow trees to become 1,000 years old again.

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    walruscarver2000  over 12 years ago

    I think that I shall never seeA billboard lively as a tree.Indeed, unless the billboards fallI’ll never see a tree at all.- Ogden Nash

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    Gokie5  over 12 years ago

    Thanks, Wiley. This strip was moving and resonant.

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    jakob_dunning2  over 12 years ago

    stripped of deeper significance, it is still a very poetic thing.. the art of finding the proper view..

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    lin4869  over 12 years ago

    I’m always amazed about the diversity of trees. They’re individuals just like humans! When you think about it, all things are individual.

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    cdward  over 12 years ago

    Now just lose the frame, and he’s got a perfect picture.

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    JR6019  over 12 years ago

    Now that’s art!

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    Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member over 12 years ago

    has any one considered the fact that Mr Miller just set off an all day piece of performance art? gocomics is the canvas, and we are the media on that canvas. : )its an idea i like.

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    Varnes  over 12 years ago

    Is this a statement about how much nature has influenced Miller’s art?……But, there is something I’ve wondered about. Why do humans love beautiful things? What good does it do for our survival? There must be a reason it’s in us..right?

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    The Life I Draw Upon  over 12 years ago

    Very good message Wiley, very good indeed..I wish some neighbors had felt that way.

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    Hunter7  over 12 years ago

    That’s a gorgeous rendering of a tree.

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    Barbaratoo  over 12 years ago

    I think I’m agreeing with Fritzoid. I’m not sure what to make of this strip. As an artist myself, my strength is in portraits – however, I’m an avid nature lover and WISH I could paint landscapes that would move people. Nothing can beat the real thing but in its absence…

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    Alms4Thorby  over 12 years ago

    Oh my! The pun just hit me!

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    kaystari Premium Member over 12 years ago

    nice, Good one, Wiley,

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