The Factory: The History

Not as big or as interesting as the other one, but it's ok because you ain't reading this.

The Factory
The Factory definitely takes a different route to artistical genius than The Giggle House. With its pasted photograph styled pictures being there from the start, The Factory has not changed the main focus much. While The Giggle House has gone through several monumental evolutions, The Factory (for the most part) strives to stay the same and keep the basic format for all pieces alike. Praise this ideal or not, that's the way it is, and it certainly isn't changing.

The Past
While the beginning month of The Factory's existence has been erased from all computer memory, the pictures weren't much of a high point. This was the beginning, and the author was just breaking into the art, finding his footing. "Picking Nice Posies" and "He Is Feeling Sickly" were crude, run-together drawings that held no value. It wasn't until "My Heavens, You Are Quite The Ugly Child, But I'm Glad That I Can Use You As A Skateboard Ramp" that the meanings began to manifest themselves. Pictures continued increasing in symbolism while keeping the cute sensibilities the same for every entry. The War happened somewhere in these beginning stages, but they are now lost forever. The earliest entry you will find happened in January of this year, on the fifth. Entitled "The Children With Cowboy Boots For Bottom Sections Are Escaping, And The Fat Lady With The Ugly Flowers Is Not Happy, Although She Looks It," the picture was somewhat deep in its message, but still cute as pie. However, this picture caused a bit of controversy (that should never have occured) because of the somewhat convoluted style of the picture. The root of the problem was mainly the children. The simple, easy to understand fact that they didn't have feet or legs, but cowboy boots, never sunk in to some people. When drawing the fat lady in the bottom corner, the face came out happy, but it was meant to be sad. Never one to touch things up, the face was left the way it was born. She looked glad, but she wasn't. Is it that hard to understand? Next came "Tamborellis VS. Goldbergs Set Up Against A Beautifully Baby Portrait." This picture was pretty basic, but still the most extremely pronounced picture that The Factory had seen yet. Following a few advertisements and notices, "Babies Learning To Become The Archetype" was plagued onto the earth. This horrible, awful misdeed was created with a somewhat good intent. The original idea was a humorous, almost caricature picture of Becoming The Archetype, a metal band with very tough looking members, but their bodies replaced with those of tiny babies. The result was far more horrible than anything I could ever have imagined. Strange floating objects appeared that were not in the original post. The picture would turn to a crappy brown color when told to turn red. The mess was still posted for all to see, but it probably shouldn't have been. Regardless, it still stands as a warning to anyone trying to break out into this art. If you want to paint pictures and get a good idea, there's no telling how it will come to pass.

The Death Of The Factory
The Factory was recovering slowly from the aftermath of the last entry, and things were looking bad. Then, out of nowhere, huge technical problems arose and threatened the life of The Factory. The future of The Factory all rested on the shoulders of a single entry, and the entry could not be posted due to the insane problems presented by this technical glitch. The Factory announced its demise to the world and hung up its paintbrush, magazines, and mind, never to be used again.

The Resurrection Of The Factory
For three days, nothing came out of The Factory. All pictures had ceased production, and The Factory was almost forgotten by the author. On this third day, the author grew curious and tried one last time to post the picture, and to everyone's surprise, it worked! The Factory was back in business, and things were going to be different. The rebirth of the website brought about a monumental change in the focus of the pictures, but kept the basic form the same. After the great entry made it in ("Let Us, You And I, Kill This Beast Before It Takes Any More Of Us. May No More Colors Be Brought Up From The Pit."), a format for a few more pictures down the road was invented. Entitled "The Machine Of The Factory-Style," this format would be repeated in several pictures placed later in the tapestry of time. Next came "I Would Understand, Except The Way You Refuse To Even Glance At Certain Things Other People Care About Omits Grievances," a brilliant way to usher in the second chapter of The Factory's existence. Following a few strong entries of the same style came a long lost picture that I don't even remember the name of. It is gone forever, and "You Totally Missed It" is the only memory left. "Well, Of Course I Always Had Hope. I Just Never Thought It Would Materialize So Fashionably" used the The Machine Of The Factory-Style to express a victory of sorts. Soon after came a very personal message called "An Everyday Episode Begins Again, But Is It Actually As Entertaining As You Make It Appear To Be?". This piece dealt with things far too complicated for some people to understand, but it can be interpreted in a myriad of ways. The same can be said for, "Get Out Of The Way. You Serve Me No Purpose." "Kill The Lights," however, was much more of a political piece, something The Factory had only touched on in "This Might Happen Every Day In Sudan." Pictures continued to be birthed in the same manner. "Get Out Of Line. It's Your Only Escape." took up the The Machine Of The Factory-Style and gave it a swift kick in the rear. Now a much darker feel had come upon The Factory. While "You Are Not Wanted, Nor Needed. Not A VIP Style, But Leave Anyway." was blatantly pink in the face of darkness, this was only a precursor to the vile, bitter message presented in "He Was Right! You Need To Be Stolen!" The picture came with a few interesting and related quotes from famous sayers. After this came "Bow Before The Answer To Thine Problems," a pretty basic piece that was originally meant to be used in a The Machine Of The Factory-Style, but that fell apart towards the closing of its creation. Later, The Factory took an even darker turn with "History Repeats Itself And Cracks Into Shards," a darker portrait speaking of the evils presented with abortion. But nothing could prepare anyone for the extremely layered message presented in a three (four) part series entitled, "The Absence Of Clarity." A series of entries all related by a common story was something that had never been attempted before. The message somewhat went hand in hand with "He Was Right! You Need To Be Stolen!", but this was still an entirely different concept on its own. While a fourth follow up entry was placed in, it was short-lived and mostly forgotten.

The Future
The Factory looks to continue its hard hitting truths about life, spirituality, politics, and whatever else through these simple pictures. The Factory has had some close calls and missteps, but all has worked out for the best.