Ad Astra Aspera

Peter/31/Okinawa/1 Peter 2:17

[animeandcatholicism]

To paraphrase a homily I heard my Freshman year of college: Jesus did not come down to save us from any political force,party or ideology, he came down to save us from ourselves.

[ak794itomugi]

[vintagerpg]

Now, unlike Michael Newton’s book of hope, I appreciate the clarity of this book’s title: Encyclopedia of Things that Never Where (1985). Stating that definitively really gets all that belief malarkey out of the way and lets us appreciate these things on their own imaginary terms (as Georgess McHargue encouraged us to do on Monday).

This book is more like a collection of several small topical encyclopedias, each discrete from the others and in their own alphabetical order. Nor do they necessarily make a perfect or intuitive sense all the way through. Things of the Cosmos is mostly gods of major mythologies, but also King Arthur and his knights. Things of the Ground and Underground collects faeries and tree spirits, but also the manticore, Minotaur and Sphinx. Things of Wonderland seems to imply things from literature, but really it collects all manner of fantastical places, from fiction, but also from legend. Things of Magic, Science and Invention could just as well have been called Things and left it at that; it collects notable items, from Thor’s hammer to Jekyll’s potion to the many unusual uses for nails. Things of Water, Sky and Air covers all the creatures not detailed in Earth chapter — Grendel is here, griffins, too, and all the sea serpents. Finally, Things of the Night details the undead and other creatures who hide from the sun, whether they go bump or not.

Robert Ingpen’s art throughout is a pure joy. There are so many illustrations, the book is awash in them, and they’re all amazing, often subverting expectation but also remaining recognizable. There’s a warmth to it, like sitting by a fire, and he has a real talent for collaging together different elements that feels less museum-like and more evokes the crowded study of an eccentric scholar. I can’t imagine the amount of time it took to put together this portfolio, but it was well worth it. It’s a treasure.

[70sscifiart]

Robert Ingpen's illustration of that Aztec god felt very familar to me, so I looked it up - it seems likely he swiped the mask from this 1976 Dean Ellis cover for To Live Forever by Jack Vance. But perhaps they were both using the same reference material?

[poolsofchrome]

A pulsed message from the equatorial belt

[pins-pin]

No new art just hopping on the trend to try out this anti-AI filter. Not sure if it actually works, but the effect looks pretty cool～

Original tweet:：https://x.com/TI111310/status/2068316463774265496?s=20

[tiktoks-we-like]

[callunavulgaris]

I fell in love with this chicken on sight....and I knew I had to draw her. What an iconic, confused little lass.

[thelegendofsqam]

@cheerfullycatholic

[cheerfullycatholic]

She just wants to be a mom 😭

[sherbertilluminated]

You've heard of tumblr ads trying to make you a Jacobite. Now get ready for

[thequietedge]

📍Istanbul, October 2025

📷 Fujifilm X-T5 / XC15-45mm

[nickyandstuff]

Chat was this worth the 8 hours I spent on it

(30 second Timelapse below the cut)

[irosirabe]

まだまだ暑いので水着ミクさん。

シャツなし差分はこちら！

#VOCALOID まだまだ暑いので水着ミクさん - 大堂（daidou）のイラスト - pixiv

暑い！X(旧twitter)https://twitter.com/irosirabeFANBOX高画質+デザイン案(全体公開)https://irosirabe.fanbox.cc/posts/85

[moratcha]

i love you miss elliot

[bangjiazheng]

Arcade Longplay [888] Area 88

[split-pixel]

U.N. Squadron // Area 88, 1991

Capcom, SNES

[greater-than-the-sword]

i've been tracking this blog since 2014 and i highly suspect you and 11 other "girls" on Christblr are flat out transfeminine, born boys. for example, you recently demanded to be called "evie," a new very "feminine" name. being fundamentally uncomfortable with your birth name is a red flag. then we have to consider your fixation on wonder woman, which heavily smacks of a straight man objectifying (and envying) a fictional character...

Nice try, Jimothy, but I’m still not posting nudes.

(Also, I can’t believe I’m famous enough to have a conspiracy theory about me! :O I’ve always wanted my very own conspiracy theory!)

[greater-than-the-sword]

I was looking up “jimothy” on my blog and found this.

[greater-than-the-sword]

When i was born my parents named me greater-than-the-sword

[animeandcatholicism]

Anon is a troll right?

[schwarzfeesecond]

Area 88 OVA (1985/1986)

[inkandguns]

[blade-liger-4ever]

"Homemade wine" you mean moonshine?

[edgar-allan-possum]

No, moonshine is distilled spirits, different from wine.

Anyway, objectively funny crimes

[sobcat]

old painting, deer infront of the windows xp solitaire winning animation