Ashley Joy

Just a 29 year old girl who loves Jesus, rejects religion and loves to express herself. John’s wife 💍9.1.18💕 Type 4. Pure Sanguine. ENFP. Cosmetologist. Gamer. Forever a nerd. Dog mom of an Australian Shepherd, Hayley and rescue kitty, Delilah💕

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🎃Cozy Autumn Blog👻

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“Mia’s first snow”

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My problem is I wanna fuck every day

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I'm so proud of you for not giving up on life every time you wanted to

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“He’s not perfect. You aren’t either, and the two of you will never be perfect. But if he can make you laugh at least once, causes you to think twice, and if he admits to being human and making mistakes, hold onto him and give him the most you can. He isn’t going to quote poetry, he’s not thinking about you every moment, but he will give you a part of him that he knows you could break. Don’t hurt him, don’t change him, and don’t expect for more than he can give. Don’t analyze. Smile when he makes you happy, yell when he makes you mad, and miss him when he’s not there. Love hard when there is love to be had. Because perfect guys don’t exist, but there’s always one guy that is perfect for you.”

— Bob Marley (via naturaekos)

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just stumbled across Francisco Soria Aedo’s work and first off: really good painter, super talented. He mainly did portraits and neoclassical but I really like are his expressions, which do show up in his neoclassical work. lots of people smiling and having fun and it’s just very cute

this is one of my favorites

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heres a couple more examples!

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…i dont thing I’ve ever seen this style with people smiling…

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The reason it feels so post-modernist and odd to see wide smiles in this style is because showing teeth in classical art was considered lurid and too openly sexual (kinda like nipples in 2020 cough). Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun caused waves as a neoclassical painter in 1787 because her self-portrait featured her smiling with lips parted and showing a peek of her teeth. Since Francisco Soria Aedo was active around the 1930′s it was no longer an issue to show teeth in general yet it still serves as a subversion of the classical ‘look’.

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