An Effervescent Dalliance

"To live is to change, to acquire the words of a story" -Barbara Kingsolver  Nullius in verba. Ephemerally Effervescent.

[artist-sisley]

The Station at Sevres, 1879, Alfred Sisley

Medium: oil,canvas

[ummhello]

Puro Vik, Marcelo Daglio

[a-delightful-moment]

@plukiukaimas

[bedbugbiting]

My therapist said “I have to show you something on my phone!”

It was this:

[incidentalcomics]

How to Finish

I drew this poster for Jon Acuff and his FINISH book tour. Big thanks to Jon for this collaboration, his book has some great ideas about how to complete creative and life goals.

[dedalvs]

Love this, but reblogging it specifically for “Get rid of secret rules.” That’s one of the most amazing illustrations—and points—I’ve ever seen.

[podencos]

[knownhag]

chelsea peretti’s opening monologue at the tenth annual tech crunchies

[mona-logue]

Hælga

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[leit-e]

[hipp-pie]

Same height party

[orchidvioletindigo]

what

[hellotailor]

omfg

[transhumanisticpanspermia]

imagine walking in and being taller than the standard height and everyone groans because they have to change into taller shoes

[henryclervals]

we’re almost in the ‘20s and dadaism is thriving, europe’s in a shambles, everyone is broke and the right wing is on the rise so i guess we really don’t learn a goddamn thing huh

[moonisneveralone]

This is really the post I was looking for

[witdiseased]

[the-thrill-be-damned-deactivate]

today in “things i’m disproportionately emotional about”:

it’s facial reconstructions of prehistoric humans!!

like, look at this part-homo sapiens, part-neandertal man from well over 30,000 years ago:

doesn’t he just look like a dude you’d wanna hang out with? like he probably washes dishes in the kitchen with you, and has excellent weed

what a charming fellow. what stories he probably has to tell. i’d definitely go shoot the shit with him on Contemplation Rock after i’d finished my day’s work carving a bone flute for the autumn hunting ceremony, or whatever

people have been people ever since people first became people, i tell you what

they all had lives and histories and families and friends and dumb gossip and games they played and total bullshit in which they believed wholeheartedly

they all argued about the nature of the world, and of themselves

they all sang songs

they all drew pictures

they all buried their dead in graves, and they buried their dead in graves well before they did a lot of that other stuff. they buried their dead with flowers, with panther claws, with the bones of animals they’d killed, with the bones of family members who had died at the same time or earlier. they buried their dead with their arms folded across their chests

they fell in love

they took care of their old and their sick and their disabled, even when it cost them

they made new things, and worried about what the new things meant for people everywhere, as a whole

[creekfiend]

Oh I like him he looks like he would appreciate my jokes

[systlin]

This dude would have great stories at a get-together and would bring some really great homemade dip. 

[hungry-hungry-hobbit]

I feel like he really digs Lo-Fi Music

[kaijutegu]

This guy was sculpted by Alfons and Adrie Kennis, and their Neanderthal reconstructions are all delightful. 

I love the kid in the last picture a lot- they look like a kid, just a little kid who’s done some mischief and is trying not to laugh about it.

I also adore their Lucy- they’ve struck a wonderful balance between the falling angel and the rising ape.

And their Turkana boy- there’s something precious and wistful in those eyes. 

But my favorite has got to be their reconstruction of H. floresiensis.

Just look at her. That’s a face of someone who’s lived and seen a lot, but also a face that’s known love and joy and laughter. That’s a face with a soul. 

[mediumofchange-deactivated20211]

Yes! When we honor the ancestors, these are the faces we’re reaching out to. (Minus a couple depending on each of our unique ancestries.) 💜

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[simena]

Vicente Romero

[theartfulgene]

Botanical prints by Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1759-1840).

Redouté’s official title was the Draughtsman and Painter to the Queen’s Cabinet, which he was awarded by Marie Antoinette. Redouté received patronage from multiple monarchs of France, including Louis XVI and Louis-Philippe, and was the official drawing tutor for Marie Antoinette. Later he also became the official painter for the Empress Josephine Bonaparte, the first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte, and was assigned to paint the flowers in the gardens at Malmaison.

Images from Les liliacees

[snorlax-and-co]

[marisatomay]

vegetables aren’t gross y’all just can’t cook

[marisatomay]

brussels sprouts are GOOD! broccoli is GOOD! green beans are GOOD! squash is GOOD! cauliflower is GOOD! asparagus SUCKS and i will die on that hill! eggplant is GOOD! yall just cant cook!!!