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I think you're the second person I follow that's made something that relates to dreams and gas stations. Now that I think about it, I don't think I've ever once dreamt about a gas station. At the very least, I think that would be better than the literal existential nightmares I have. Let me share some with you.

You enter a dark room with tables and chairs in it. You notice the light to your left. They're people over in the next room, so you make your way over there. But, the second you cross the threshold, not only are you right back where you started, you notice there's a few differences as well. The room has gotten darker, an additional room has been added, between you and the other people and more tables and chairs have been added. So, you make your way through, you cross the threshold, and again, you're right back where you started. Now it's getting hard to see, so you end up bumping into a lot of the chairs and tables. The people, now three rooms away, don't seem to notice or care. Eventually, it gets to a point where the other room is just a faint light in the distance. You can't see anything, and you're bumping into nothing but chairs and tables. I think the worst part is that in the dream, you really think that you have a chance to make it to that other room when you never will.

In another dream, you're having a good time and decide to turn on the radio. And everything's fine until the radio starts chanting. You try to turn it off, but it only gets louder. Seeing as that doesn't work, you try leaving instead, only to find yourself stuck in the room with a radio that just keeps getting louder. Eventually, it gets so loud that you feel like your head is going to explode. You try covering your ears, but it makes no difference. Soon, you fall to the ground. Left with no options and the ever increasing volume of the radio, you start screaming. But you find that your screens have been completely drowned out by the radio. It's as if you never made a noise.

With all that said, I love the top section of this piece. A wonderful idea to blend the structure with the negative space. I would give a critique on the lighting, but I don't feel like it would be appropriate for me to do so, seeing as I don't feel like I have a good understanding of lighting to give any kind of appropriate critique. But if I had to give my thoughts, I'd say you did a good job there. If there's one thing I felt you should have done, it's that the side of the gas pump could have been the same color as the negative space. As it is now, it's close enough to it that you have to look closely to see that there's even a different color there. I think it would have looked fine and a little more visually interesting if you had done that.

All in all, good work.

staticomics responds:

Thanks man! I took some time to respond but I appreciate the feedback, no worries about whether or not you think you can't properly critique.

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