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Remember last month when I was talking about wanting to live in joy and peace? Well, I'm happy to say that it's been a month of joy and peace! :) 

I'm usually not one to rejoice over things going really well. I rarely celebrate and try to keep a mellow head in the wake of success. This month has been the same. My Cognitive Drawing Kickstarter just wrapped up pulling in a whopping $65k and I haven't even posted an update yet. 

I also finished updating the Male Cognitive Drawing book a few days ago and then went on a nice long walk through the cemetery. Sounds morbid I know. But I'm literally a block away from a massive cemetery and all the leaves are falling and it's just beautiful there! 

You might have noticed that I finished Enoch #2 and send you a PDF link. 

Better yet, I'm almost finished with Enoch #3 already! Yeah, I've been drawing about 6 pages per day! I'm getting excited about the thought of finishing the whole book by the end of the year. It looks like it will be about 150 pages, and right now I'm on page 68.

Here are my favorite spreads so far from #3:

I think I'm finally getting comfortable with this simple style. I think I'll have Issue #3 finished tomorrow. I'll send you a PDF link as soon as I finish. :)

If I keep this up then I'll have two or three issues for you in November!

It's fun to have a big goal!

Speaking of goals...

MUSIC

I've had the goal of releasing an album of at least 10 songs. Currently I have 7 songs recorded and almost mastered. Actually 7 songs is probably enough to make an album. So maybe by the end of the year I'll have an official music album ready for download. :) 

One of my friends thinks I should call myself Boodah. He think's my current band name Acoustic Atrophy isn't cool sounding. what do you think?

Oh yeah, because I went way over my Kickstarter goal, I rewarded myself with a Fender Jaguar and Amp. It's super sweet and very fun to play!

I can only turn the amp up to 2 in my tiny trailer house before all my neighbors likely hear me, so yeah, I'm trying to be respectful at Volume 2.

VIDEO CALL

I forgot to send out a link to a video call for October so I'll make sure to get you a link this week. So be on the lookout for that on Wednesday or Thursday.

Well, that's all the stuff I can think of for right now.

Thanks so much for your support!

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King Mr. Tim

Congrats Jason, a goal makes all the difference indeed! Would love to share my rough draft comic (cards if you remember) with you in a few weeks if you’re interested! Keeping you in my prayers - though strangers I’m glad to know you through this veil! 🫡. Best to all the bru-trons

Dad

Atrophy does have somewhat negative connotations so a new band name doesn’t seem like a bad idea. Boodah seems a bit… egotistical? Not sure. Band names are hard :)

Jason Mari Bernard

Acoustic Atrophy isn't uninteresting but it isn't catchy either. Boodah is catchy whatever else it is.

Jason Brubaker

What about the name Copious. I always thought that would be a cool band name. I got it from one of the gospels where it says Jesus had copious blood loss.

Jason Mari Bernard

"Copious" could be catchy. Just listened to the "Dog named Horse" song btw. Imagining customers listening to it while they are on hold is really something. Oh also I think Doug TenNapel is good at judging if things are catchy or not maybe you should ask him

Dad

My first thought was "Copious _what_ ?" :)

Dad

Think big! What happens when you get a collaborator for an album, or a whole band! :) I have seen some soloists handle this by using "Name with special guest " (or pluralized though that can get long and "and Friends" if there are more than a couple on a particular album. In any case, I applaud this effort and will be looking for the album on Bandcamp (where I buy most of my independent music) or whatever service you end up using.