Bov's Art Blog

hi im clem, they, cheeselander

[starsprlte]

i made myself a bumper sticker

[depsidase]

[creekfiend]

About ten years ago I decided that the next step I needed to take in my life was to accept and explore what it meant to be a failure and to have failed. This infuriated almost everybody in my life and clearly terrified a lot of people. People do not want you to accept failure. They dont want you to like... Sit with and think about it and pick it up and turn it arpund in your hands and really examine it. They want you to keep throwing yourself against the impossible walls until your body explodes! They do not want you to say "alright then, I've failed. What does that mean for me? Im still here. What does the life of someone who has failed look like?"

This makes people very angry and panicky.

My mental health improved in ways it had not in the previous DECADE once I stopped. And. Sat. With failure. And thought about what my failure ... Was. And looked at the structures that produced it and examined them critically.

It is so taboo to fail and admit it openly and talk about it. It is so taboo to talk about or think about failure in an accepting way rather than hiding it shamefully until you experience a degree of success in some area which allows you to present the past failure as "a stepping stone" to your current situation. Fuck that. We are put in positions of guaranteed failure by society every day and then punished and shamed for it. Lets fucking talk about failure

[weirdness-is-good]

[beartnie]

There’s a quote from Bert where he says he‘s “known big bird since he was a little bird” and the thought of it makes my heart cry so here’s that

[glazenewt]

Three jelletons I made for a restock in my etsy shop! They may still be available, check out my shop here!

[blog-ezzdeenmomenfamily]

No safety. No food. No aid. No water. No healthcare. No education. Is this what it means to live? Is this what world accept as life?

If a group of animals were trapped, starved, and cut off from the world like this, people would be outraged. But because it's us—human beings—somehow, the world looks away.

These are unbearable days. Everything feels heavy. Each hour presses on my chest like I’m being suffocated.

My family needs urgent help.

Basic survival has become nearly impossible. Bread—just bread—now costs over $25 a day to make.

We are not asking for luxury. We are begging for life.

Please, if you’re reading this: help. Reblog this post. Talk about us. Donate if you can. Even a small act can mean everything right now.

#crisis #humanrights #emergency #donate #pleasehelp #tumblrcommunity #survivestories #reblogtohelp #signalboost

[apparentlyasun]

Happy Valentine’s Day!!

[universalheart]

maybe you’re a little late

maybe you’re a hurricane

[bonebais]

[notvoid]

[margbarcis]

this video is genuinely incredible - the framing, the sunset, the single street light, the sound of traffic and cicadas in the background, the video of the sign capture imperfectly by (presumably) a phone camera. it’s a work of art and a perfect encapsulation of 21st century america

[only-tiktoks]

[thedogeveryonehates]

>:V

[specsthespectraldragon]

people will look at this man and go "this is a scary and remorseless killer who will chase you for four miles"

ma'am he can't even chase his own braincell

[quasi-normalcy]

The fact that you can’t raise taxes on billionaires even slightly without them pouring money into fascist political movements is, of itself, evidence that billionaires as a class shouldn’t be allowed to exist in the first place.

[quasi-normalcy]

I’d just like to point out that every single thing that has happened in the 6 years since I created this post has only reinscribed its absolute moral correctness in my mind.

[magentasnoodle]

we usually think of mood as a scale from 1-5, but there's actually a negative scale too, where the frown turns back into a smile, but just a little insane !

[ot3]

there are no hard rules for human interaction but honestly i think everyone online would benefit hugely from operating under the assumption that, unless you have been given a specific reason to think otherwise in discrete instances, internet strangers do not want to be approached with:

your trauma, illnesses, or deep-rooted self worth issues

any come-ons or sexual content

over-familiar playful rudeness

information about your dnd characters/ocs

disagreements with their harmless subjective opinions

if it is your first time speaking with someone i can not highly enough recommend that these do not be your opening topics

[ot3]

something that has happened enough that it’s officially a Pattern of internet behavior: i will make a tweet that’s like, a jokey headcanon about a piece of media, and then someone i’ve never spoken to before in my life will come into the replies to try and offer a directly contradictory and actively depressing take. and either within their initial reply, or once i’ve expressed polite disagreement, they’ll make sure i know that the reason they have this headcanon is because they’re projecting their own trauma or self worth issues onto a fictional character.

and the thing that really gets me about this is that i am like 90% sure these people don’t have any ill intentions or even think they’re particularly overstepping. but i just can not fathom what the intended response to these things. i have NO idea what sort of reaction they’re looking for. it’s such a weird and uncomfortable spot to be put in. it’s a great way to get instantly put on my mental list of people to never engage with in the future

[lasrina]

We’ve all heard the “I like pancakes” / “Oh, so you hate waffles?” example of a social media exchange, but we don’t talk enough about how “I like pancakes” / “I can’t eat pancakes anymore since my brother choked to death on one before my eyes” is not a great approach either.

[yardofblondegirls]

everyone look at this photo of peanut

[sca-nerd]

My friends who have never experienced flooding, and who are about to deal with it from this storm, please remember:

1. NO. YOU CANNOT MAKE IT THROUGH THAT WATER ON THE ROAD. I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU'RE DRIVING. TURN. AROUND.

2. DO NOT GO WADING THROUGH THE WATER. EVEN IF YOU JUST WANT TO SEE HOW DEEP IT IS. THAT. WATER. IS. CONTAMINATED.

3. IT IS CALLED FLASH FLOODING FOR A REASON. THE WATER RISES AND SURGES IN A FLASH. STAY. HOME.

4. If you're at risk of flooding, raise up any of your belongings now. Put the legs of tall things in buckets. Know where your important documents are.

5. Stay safe.

[so-i-did-this-thing]

Folks who currently think of hurricanes as mostly coastal wind events really need to understand how catastrophic water is.

It is cliche, but "hide from the wind, run from the water" is absolutely true.

Storm surge at a certain point will try its best to kill you and anyone foolish enough to try to rescue you while it's still raging. EMS hunkers down and you are on your own. Multiple agencies are using "you will die" language that I haven't seen since Katrina.

Inland river flooding can easily wash out roads, total cars, and wreck the lower level of buildings. And what's worse is that you might not see the effects of inland flooding immediately, so you think you got off easy with just a few squall lines.

And now this particular storm is of such an enormous size, that I am seeing flash flood and mud slide warnings from the Appalachians.

This is not going to be a "once in a lifetime" storm. I've lived through multiple of those now and I'm 47. Weather events like major hurricanes are going to increase in intensity, frequency, and range and folks need to learn how to live with and avoid these hazards.

Please listen to your local emergency ops folks. It isn't worth it to be outside until everything is calm and the water has receded. You have no idea what kind of (literal) shit is lurking under all that, with electrical hazards being a top threat. A good chunk of people who die or get hurt do so directly after a storm.

Please be safe.

[maryellencarter]

Never, ever, ever drive into water you can't see the bottom of. It's a *lot* easier to get washed away in a car than you think. The water may only seem a few inches deep, but the road could be washed out under there.

Also, your tires are full of air, so they are going to try to float. They won't float *well*, but they'll manage just enough to lose traction. Then you get swept into deeper water, the car sinks, you can't open the door because of the water pressure, it fills up because the door seal isn't airtight, and you drown. Don't risk it.