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warmfigure

last few stops before leaving atlanta

misscromwellsmonocle

Two Earthlings (2009) by John Brosio

bugthingsdaily

Today's bug thing is this ant vase by Bradley Macom!

tli-burn

wake up, put on ambient music, start autopiloting to work. it’s crucial that you’re not a person, you’re a conduit that transforms the morning light into walking, if you try to think it’s all over

get to work, have a coffee. you can now be a person but take your personhood lightly. browse tumblr, check emails but do not open any that might bother or interest you. gently think about your past or future. do not dare consider the problem at hand

have a second cup of coffee, switch to house music. you may now brush against the problem in your mind but do not look at a paper or a code editor or a graph. treat the problem like a deer that might startle if you step on a branc

prepare a cold glass of water but don’t have any yet. switch to techno. attack the problem viciously. if you’ve prepared correctly you should only need to do the first minute of work as a human before you’re seized by the divine. this state is called “doing engineering”. it is a potent but fragile state that will last until someone annoys you or you have to pee

orthodoxadventure

An Orthodox Christian monk feeds the cats at Sinai Monastery, a Greek Orthodox Monastery built between 548 and 565, and is the world's oldest continuously-inhabited Christian monastery.

cryptotheism

My man got the Greek Orthocrocs

pure-presence

publicdomainreview

Beautiful illustrations of iron interacting with rocks, from the publication of a paper, “On the Disposition of Iron in Variegated Strata”, delivered by the botanist and geologist George Maw to the Geological Society on April 22nd 1868: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/on-the-disposition-of-iron-in-variegated-strata-1868

time-incantation

chain mail glove 𓂃 ࣪˖ ִֶָ𐀔

potato-lord-but-not

ok I think y’all are ready to see transgender Frankenstein’s monster I did for class

portalibis

Chnoubis (Chnuphis, Chnumis) is a lion-headed serpent found in late Greco-Egyptian Gnostic and magical traditions. Depicted on gems and amulets, he served as a protective solar symbol, especially against poison and illness. The serpent’s body represents earthly impulses, while the lion’s head and radiant crown—often with seven rays—symbolize solar power, enlightenment, and the seven classical planets. In Hermetic and magical texts, Chnoubis is described as a “good demon” (Agathodaimon) and sometimes identified with the Egyptian deity Kneph. He also appears as a cosmic or demiurgic figure linked to astral healing and protective magic.

Art: Intaglio, “Chnoubis”, Roman Imperial, made between 1st and 3rd century CE, BnF, Department of Coins, Medals and Antiquities, Paris

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speciesbarocus

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein manuscript.

elixir

The Wave Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson — 1917 Oil on canvas

0x1000

When I was trying to write my tags on the last post, I attempted to copy-paste my special tag-friendly comma (‚) and it. It pasted an image of a spiral staircase? This wasn't on my clipboard. I've never seen this staircase before. What the fuck?

#house of leaves