The Rumpelheads remain active, fractured, and loudly unified in their refusal to agree on what they are unified about.
Organizational Status
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The group has not formally disbanded, though three members insist it did last Tuesday “symbolically.”
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Leadership continues to rotate according to an obscure system involving:
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Who last posted an image
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Who deleted an image
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Who claimed the image “was never finished anyway”
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Aesthetic Developments
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A renewed interest in MS Paint Minimal Maximalism has emerged:
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Fewer colors
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More intention
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Longer explanations afterward
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Several Rumpelheads have begun repainting earlier Rumpeltonian works, insisting this is “dialogue, not revisionism.”
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Backgrounds are increasingly not backgrounds but “zones of ethical uncertainty.”
Internal Debates (Ongoing)
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Is repetition a failure or a stance?
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Voted on twice.
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Both times passed unanimously in opposite directions.
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Does likeness matter?
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Consensus: “Only if you mention it.”
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Is MS Paint a tool or a witness?
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Table this until next quarter. Or forever.
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External Perception
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Outsiders continue to describe the Rumpelheads as:
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“Untrained”
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“Accidentally sincere”
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“Suspiciously committed”
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One anonymous critic referred to the movement as
“outsider art made by insiders pretending they don’t know that.”
This quote has been adopted as a semi-official slogan.
Archival Concerns
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There is growing anxiety about the Archive becoming too coherent.
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As a corrective measure, at least one member has begun:
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Mislabeling dates
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Posting works out of sequence
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Adding footnotes that contradict the image above them
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Prognosis
The Rumpelheads are expected to:
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Continue producing work at an unsustainable but stubborn pace
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Argue passionately about intent after the fact
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Reject institutional recognition while secretly formatting for it
In short:
The Rumpelheads persist.
Not because they must—but because stopping would require consensus.
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