auto-didact.

deflare: teal-deer: legacy-blog: tsisqua: thiefoworld: Cihua...

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:30:38 -0400

teal-deer:

legacy-blog:

tsisqua:

thiefoworld:

Cihuamiztontli by =SaiyaGina

I love the inclusion of modern technology into the scene. It’s wonderful.

Yes, this is exactly what I’m trying to do with secret project number one.

Yes, perfect. Good.

sudden flashbacks to Everworld

This is a thing that I’ve been dwelling on: the alternative development of aesthetics.

The short and sweet version is that we tend to associate certain patterns of clothing, decoration, and ritual with different kinds of behavior. It’s a worldwide thing, and mostly unconscious. Men around the world wear European suits when they’re doing business, unless they have a particular reason not to. Facial tattoos are for ‘primitive’ tribes and members of Western countercultures. Essentially the same furniture and building styles are seen throughout the wealthy parts of the world, and showing the different methods used by other cultures is meant to show how primitive they are.

This is all, of course, horseshit. Art, fashion, motifs—they’re all just the window-dressing of a culture, and say little about how advanced or worthwhile it is. The prevalence of European styles in architecture and clothing isn’t because they’re just better than the rest of the world’s styles, it’s because European culturally brutalized the rest of the world and other cultures had to change to blend in.

What if things had turned out differently? What if some culture had stood as another example of what could be? What if more and more advanced technology had been molded into those alternate aesthetics? What might the world have seen?

(Slightly tangentally: This is why I’m okay with Zecora in MLP. Her aesthetic is indicative that there are cultures in that world that haven’t been homogenized by imperialism. That seems like an excellent thing.)

For the Writers out there: Common Injuries And How To Treat Them

Mon, 20 May 2013 21:30:20 -0400

jellicleoverlord:

In my experience, RPers and Writers alike enjoy one thing: Making characters suffer. This little guide is supposed to help you with keeping injuries and the First Aid - in case you want to patch your character back together - realistic.
I am no medical professional, but I dare say I picked up a thing or two during my First Aider training ;)

Under read more for length! Also, trigger warnings for blood, I suppose?

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cancerlicious: my husbands ahh

Mon, 20 May 2013 00:16:26 -0400

cancerlicious:

my husbands ahh

merimaskdesigns: I used new spectrum-shifting interference...

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:30:34 -0400

merimaskdesigns:

I used new spectrum-shifting interference paint on this dragon and I have to say it was the MOST fun I’ve had making a mask in a long time. Very exciting shifts from black to deep purple in the mane, violet to lilac on the scales. Wearing this mask, moving and shifting lights are all going to make it so dynamic and ALIVE. It shimmers like a raven’s wing.

"Marry your best friend. I do not say that lightly. Really, truly find the strongest, happiest..."

Sat, 18 May 2013 21:30:37 -0400

““Marry your best friend. I do not say that lightly. Really, truly find the strongest, happiest friendship in the person you fall in love with. Someone who speaks highly of you. Someone you can laugh with. The kind of laughs that make your belly ache, and your nose snort. The embarrassing, earnest, healing kind of laughs. Wit is important. Life is too short not to love someone who lets you be a fool with them. Make sure they are somebody who lets you cry, too. Despair will come. Find someone that you want to be there with you through those times. Most importantly, marry the one that makes passion, love, and madness combine and course through you. A love that will never dilute - even when the waters get deep, and dark.””

- N’tima (via mariaarroyo)

"You can kiss somebody’s spouse and get away with it. You can kiss a member of the same sex with near..."

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:55:46 -0400

“You can kiss somebody’s spouse and get away with it. You can kiss a member of the same sex with near impunity. You can give an incestuous kiss on the sly. You can tongue kiss a dog or exchange raptures with lab rats. But you can’t kiss death without death kissing you back. Death is a passionate kisser. I bite your lips, chew your tongue, leave a little taste of blood in your mouth as a portent of things to come. If I were to kiss you between the legs, you’d see a little blood there too and think that your period had come early. But it wouldn’t be your menses, lover. It would be your ruination, a death’s head with your clitoris in its mouth.
Death is mad about you. Death loves you. Do you love me too? I’m not needy, but I enjoy intimacy — especially with you, darling. Go ahead. Slip your face into mine. I like to feel your warm lips in my inert visage. I like to feel your eyelashes tickling my empty old sockets. One day I’ll slip my face into yours too, and then we’ll experience another sort of intimacy. I’ll be inside you, like a lover. I’ll kiss you from the inside, and it will feel like catching a chill. You’ll get goose bumps up your thighs and shivers down your spine. I’ll whisk you to my wormy bed and we’ll lie there nestled in each other’s arms, or at least so long as you have arms. And even then, when you are hideous dust, I will remain true. I am death and when I love you, it’s forever.”

- “Confessions of a Skull Mask” - Necrophilia Variations by Supervert (via fuckingbiteme)

art-of-swords: Sword-Catching Parrying Dagger Dated:...

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:30:19 -0400

art-of-swords:

Sword-Catching Parrying Dagger

Dated: 1600

Culture: Italian

This unusual fencing dagger demonstrates the way in which the artistic qualities of a weapon could be influenced by the practical concerns of the swordsman. The Renaissance duel was usually fought with rapier and dagger. The rapier, as the main weapon of attack, was complemented by a parrying dagger held in the left hand, used primarily for defensive movements.

However, by 1600 fighting with the rapier alone was becoming the latest fashion. The opposing blade could still be parried or beaten away with the left hand. The free left also allowed the duellist to grab hold of his enemy’s swordblade, temporarily immobilising it to expose him to a lethal counter-thrust.

This distinctive fencing weapon is designed to provide the blade-grabbing ability of the free left hand, while retaining the dagger for defensive action. The arrow-like barbs allowed a sword blade to enter the ‘jaw’ of the dagger, but made it difficult to free it again. With his weapon ensnared, the enemy was exposed, if only for an instant.

The practical challenges of creating such a specialised weapon were considerable. The hardened and tempered steel blade had to be carefully cut with the series of dramatically barbed teeth, a laborious process. The spaces between the teeth have been elegantly filed with ornamental edges, while the base of the blade has been finely etched and gilt- an unusual feature, even for high-quality weapons. In this way, despite its very specific function as a fighting tool, the weapon’s artistic merit is evident.

Source & Copyright: The Wallace Collection

amandaonwriting: Bloodstain Pattern Analysis (BPA) - Resource...

Thu, 16 May 2013 21:30:33 -0400

amandaonwriting:

Bloodstain Pattern Analysis (BPA) - Resource for Crime Writers

SOURCE

flickeringmuse: 6/100 films with beautiful cinematography (in...

Thu, 16 May 2013 21:23:42 -0400

flickeringmuse:

6/100 films with beautiful cinematography (in no particular order)

inglorious basterds

directed by quentin tarantino

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Wed, 15 May 2013 21:30:38 -0400

boxer-briefed: Batter up

Tue, 14 May 2013 21:30:16 -0400

boxer-briefed:

Batter up

edmundcorcoran: throat to the stars; a collection of songs for...

Tue, 14 May 2013 19:28:56 -0400

edmundcorcoran:

throat to the stars; a collection of songs for the studies of ancient greek: for the sleepless nights, the epic heroes, the lovers of plato and followers of augustus; for the drinkers of whiskey and wine; for the initiates of dionysus and the pursuers of ancient frenzies; for languid days in a rowboat, for postcards from rome; for silencing the friend who could not hold his tongue.

^{it’s a very greek idea, and a very profound one. beauty is terror. whatever we call beautiful, we quiver before. and what could be more terrifying and beautiful, to souls like the greeks or our own, than to lose control completely? to throw off the chains of being for an instant, to shatter the accident of our mortal selves? euripides speaks of the maenads: head thrown back, throat to the stars, “more like deer than human being.”}

{listen} {download}

^{i. greek song; rufus wainwright | ii. the role of the hero in antiquity; commander venus | iii. lakefront property; austronautalis | iv. the lost art of keeping a secret; queens of the stone age | v. a good idea at the time; ok go | vi. devil’s spoke; laura marling | vii. between the bars; elliot smith | viii. j’ai deuz amours; joséphine baker}

purrloiner: I was bored so I redrew all of OFF’s opening, it’s long

Mon, 13 May 2013 21:30:21 -0400

purrloiner:

I was bored so I redrew all of OFF’s opening, it’s long

animeds7: yes… yes, of course. thank you, google.

Mon, 13 May 2013 21:29:13 -0400

animeds7:

yes… yes, of course. thank you, google.

Dante’s Inferno: a guide to hell

Sun, 12 May 2013 21:30:39 -0400

Dante’s Inferno: a guide to hell

artchipel: Olivier Ratsi ⎪ on Tumblr - Sanyo 2nd PARIS ART...

Sat, 11 May 2013 21:30:33 -0400

artchipel:

Olivier Ratsi ⎪ on Tumblr - Sanyo

2nd PARIS ART CONNECTÉ EXHIBITION | {TRANS}FORMED VISIONS > Thursday May 16, join us for an exceptional meetup to discover 5 artists connected on Tumblr! > RSVP Meetup

[Tumblr Monday with SHAG]

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Fri, 10 May 2013 22:39:18 -0400

digitaljourney: What teachers make.

Fri, 10 May 2013 22:00:44 -0400

digitaljourney:

What teachers make.

Fri, 10 May 2013 21:00:50 -0400

pauledaniels:

She Captures My Imagination

©2013 Paul E. Daniels

pauledaniels.com | facebook | Instagram | music blog

"It’s about the blood banging in the body, and the brain lolling in its bed like a happy baby. At..."

Thu, 09 May 2013 22:04:48 -0400

“It’s about the blood
banging in the body,
and the brain
lolling in its bed
like a happy baby.
At your touch, the nerve,
that volatile spook tree,
vibrates. The lungs
take up their work
with a giddy vigor.
Tremors in the joints
and tympani,
dust storms
in the canister of sugar.
The coil of ribs
heats up, begins
to glow. Come
here.”

- Yes by Catherine Doty (via skeptic-narcoleptic)

auto-didact.

deflare: teal-deer: legacy-blog: tsisqua: thiefoworld: Cihua...

For the Writers out there: Common Injuries And How To Treat Them

cancerlicious: my husbands ahh

merimaskdesigns: I used new spectrum-shifting interference...

"Marry your best friend. I do not say that lightly. Really, truly find the strongest, happiest..."

"You can kiss somebody’s spouse and get away with it. You can kiss a member of the same sex with near..."

art-of-swords: Sword-Catching Parrying Dagger Dated:...

amandaonwriting: Bloodstain Pattern Analysis (BPA) - Resource...

flickeringmuse: 6/100 films with beautiful cinematography (in...

Photo

boxer-briefed: Batter up

edmundcorcoran: throat to the stars; a collection of songs for...

purrloiner: I was bored so I redrew all of OFF’s opening, it’s long

animeds7: yes… yes, of course. thank you, google.

Dante’s Inferno: a guide to hell

artchipel: Olivier Ratsi ⎪ on Tumblr - Sanyo 2nd PARIS ART...

Photo

digitaljourney: What teachers make.

pauledaniels: She Captures My Imagination ©2013 Paul E....

"It’s about the blood banging in the body, and the brain lolling in its bed like a happy baby. At..."