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Problem / Solution

Controls: Left mouse-click A few years ago I made this gif, The Problem, about the paradox that we all somehow manage to walk around with every day. I’ve come to think of it not only as the problem, but also its own solution. Whichever we're focused on at one time, the other side is the solution. If the balance moves too much one way, we can shift the weight of our focus to the other side. It's pretty reasonable, when pondering the fact that one day the Earth will be engulfed by the Sun and that all trace of the history, human or otherwise, of this planet will be wiped from existence, that all our thoughts and actions are entirely without meaning. It's equally true that even the smallest and seemingly most insignificant of these actions has profound effects in uncountable ways and that each instance of suffering and joy that our actions cause, however small, is important. It's possible to be frozen into inaction by these opposite and simultaneously true points of view. So I find that this thing is a useful thing to keep in my pocket. Disclaimer: doesn't always work.