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Gondola is the ultimate human. He represents our journey in understanding life; which is meaningless. Our eternal struggle against ourselves.

Gondola isn't supposed to be sad, he is supposed to be melancholic.

He is not suicidal, but accepts life as it is and experiences it as an observer.

Gondola is a wanderer who sees the world in a state of eternal melancholy, unable to do anything about it but move from place to place.

Gondola himself is an abstract form, and the combination of gondola and the landscapes he frequents (be it photography, painting, or digital) represent the unexplainable melancholy of the artist behind him.

He is far more than a sad frog with a rope around his neck.

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Alt. text: Gondola, a two legged brown happy creature or being, sitting on the edge of a flower pot, surrounded by fully bloomed pink Hoya plants, which is in the planter on top of a golden-brass planter holder.

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Source , one of their daily photos.

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alt. text: Gondola standing close next to Garfield, and orange cat. They are both very happy, with a soft white light illuminating behind them.

Source was on a Facebook group dedicated to posting Gondola photos

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Alt. text: Brown two legged guy, small but with very long knees extended an 45 degree angles upward.

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Source, artwork and story by orangeoceans and contributors; page 57.

Play Gond Gond Revolution yourself!

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Welcome to the Gondola community on Lemmy. Please share your Gondola art, whether they be original content or found elsewhere on the internet.

Please credit artists if you are able to source the work.

This community will not tolerate indecent, offensive or abusive content. Please be mindful of Lemmy site rules.

Wondering what Gondola is? See our post here

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What is Gondola?

Gondola is a mutation of Spurdo Spärde consisting of a head placed directly on a pair of legs with no arms or torso. The character does not speak and is usually depicted as melancholic or sad.

Gondolas are relaxed, harmless creatures that observe their environment. They rarely interfere anything, but just keep observing. They rarely talk, just look around and smile. This makes them very different from other creatures such as spurdo, that feel, Pepe, Yoba, etc.

Gondola is the silent walker. Having no hands he embodies the Taoist principle of wu-wei (non-action) while his smiling facial expression shows his utter and complete acceptance of the world as it is.