I honestly don't remember. That was 5 years ago. I was a person I would hardly recognise today, so much and so little has changed since then. I used to think mind and reason are superior to all other aspects of the creatures that are ourselves - something so obviously wrong I cannot even imagine how I could think that. Life darted past and I can remember it only as a reflection. A reflection of myself, not too unlike that one see in a train's windows when it bolts past you. A blurred vision of transience, nothing more. Why does Time exist? The one thing we could definitely do without. How I love and hate you, TIME.
Individuality. Avatars symbolise that. I did not exist back then, I did not know what I was, this I did not know what to choose for an avatar. That is why it is not an anthropomorphic avatar. A barcode, not a person. You can't relate to me, for I couldn't tell you what I was.
A coincidence - yes it is - that you bring this up now. I've been thinking about changing my avatar lately.
It's a mix of things I'd like to be, and facets of my character I guess, both good and bad. I have to say that I've always loved the bloody knife, 'burg. We all have a darker side that we like to allow glimpses of.
I've been using this avatar for more than ten years.
It's obviously slightly inspired by the Japanese naval ensign (I suspect I was playing Battlefield 1942 a lot back then), but made "happy".
I've been drawings suns with upturned noses and visible front teeth like that since I was a kid. They look so cute and cheeky!
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