Ever Forward, My Darling Wind

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[redsamuraiii]

Shimane Prefecture by จ ะ เ ที่ ย ว ไ ป ไ ห น

[dixt]

la scarzuola in umbria, italy ⋅ ph. stefan giftthaler

[along-the-meadow-path]

Late-medieval timber-framed house with eighteenth-century front - 9 Northgate Street, Ispwich, Suffolk

[mea-gloria-fides]

Conduit Court, Skipton Castle, Yorkshire WR.

[nahcnivek]

Postcards from Florida: Contemplation⠀ ⠀ This gorgeous 200 foot Art Deco tower sits on the highest point in the state of Florida in the middle of a 250 acre bird sanctuary. It sings twice a day when a talented carillon player strikes its bells with grace, speed, and precision. (at Bok Tower Gardens) https://www.instagram.com/p/CKu2XBzB3oA/?igshid=18yxu0ji0cpce

[thebeautifulbook]

A palm leaf manuscript, which is a traditional form of writing material used in South and Southeast Asia. This specific manuscript is suspected to be in the Tamil or Malayalam language.

Palm leaf manuscripts were historically used for religious texts, literature, and documentation before the widespread use of paper.The leaves are bound together with a string passing through holes, allowing them to be fanned out like this image or stacked and stored as a book.

[butts-bouncing-on-the-beltway]

"Just because I'm right, doesn't mean I'm being helpful" is a vastly underrated thought process that I strongly encourage others to get comfortable with

[eddieintheocean]

Introductions to academic papers will be like "everyone knows that the sea is cold (citation), as well as salty (5 different citations). Things live in there (citation) and the environment is important to that (2 citations)"

[disorganisedautodidact]

these tags gave me thesis writing flashbacks

[saltedweather]

the thing about writing history. Is that you get used to this. And sometimes, some of us get too comfortable and so we're writing shit like

"Murder is bad. In the time period discussed, people sometimes committed murders (2 citations). And most people agreed that murder was bad, but it was widely known that murders still happened."

And your advisor goes, "Did most people agree, though? Was it widely known?"

And you go (sigh.). Okay. And do twelve hours of going back through your readings. And rewrite.

"Murder is bad (4 citations). In this time, people sometimes committed murders (6 citations). People did not all agree that it was bad (2 citations). There was disagreement about exactly how bad (3 citations)."

And you look at your draft. And you go. But. But we all — I mean, the archival sources from the time are in fact QUITE CLEAR about how widely known it was! Like–! I've read hundreds of letters and a third of them mention murder! I've talked to so many historians of this time and place and we ALL talk about the murder thing!

And you look at the twelve goddamned hours of searching you did. And you write several increadingly desperate emails to colleagues. And after another few days, you come to the agonizing realization that, in fact, there are no citations of published work establishing that people knew murders occurred despite them being bad and against the law. And then you spend another week looking up those archival sources. And you rewrite again.

"Murder is bad (6 citations). In this time, people sometimes committed murders (6 citations). People did not all agree that it was bad (2 citations). There was disagreement about exactly how bad (3 citations). While no conclusive study has been done, from communications in this time, we can say that at least a significant number of people knew that murders still occurred (18 citations)."

[bucketofdeltav]

I currently have exactly this problem.

"Everyone knows that [reaction A] works like this and [reaction B] works like that". Very common way to start a paper or thesis in this field. Everybody knows this, we can carry on with the more interesting stuff about [reaction C].

Huh. These 73 citations all cite each other in a ouroboros and the only original source in the lot is a popular science book which is indeed worth citing, but it's a memoir, which I have read repeatedly, and the author of the memoir just threw this out there as another example of "things everyone just knew in those days".

...I am now doing a PhD on "Hang on just one second, we have no concrete evidence for how [reaction A] or [reaction B] work and even whether they're different at all."

[daburdboi]

I love seeing my sources cite each other so much. It really makes me feel more like a researcher and like part of a community when I'm reading a paper and I see this person read that too, and also found it worth citing and sharing. This is the stuff that makes me love teaching people about MLA and APA.

[natequarter]

[#and you just know someone spent like 12 hours trying to find those goddamn citations]

[sparklingspirals]

all the roads lead back to the loneliness ive felt ever since i was a child

[sabertoothwalrus]

yknow how the greener parts of apple skin are tan lines from where leaves and branches obscure the sun? I’m surprised I’ve never seen anyone utilize that for printmaking

[sabertoothwalrus]

finally got an apple that shows this effect well

[sabertoothwalrus]

OH THIS IS EXCELLENT THANK YOU

[maureen2musings]

Black-capped Chickadee & Downy Woodpecker showcasing winter fashion by donning a snowflake accessory

jocelynandersonphotography

[shisasan]

28 June 1926 Letters to Véra by Vladimir Nabokov

[thebeautifulbook]

A circular, parchment-like object covered in dense text in a non-English language, possibly Arabic script, and bound with string.

[along-the-meadow-path]

Wichelinstrument - likely a divinatory paper wheel found in Sumatra and the Malay peninsula. Each sector has a fortune written in Jawi script. It is folded up and a string selected - it's associated script reveals your fortune. (x)

[bobbole]

Japanese mother of pearl fantail dove, 1880

[patrick-stewart]

Those were the stories that stayed with you. They meant something, even if you were too small to understand why.

[frostedmagnolias]

Pocket Watch

c. 1820-1821

Case: gold; Dial: gold with gold and steel hands; Movement: partly gilded brass, partly blued steel, and diamond

by Watchmaker: Robert Roskell, British

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

[myfairylily]

Duomo di Milano, Italy