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Books, art, photography. Sometimes I wish I'd chosen a better blog name.

[corvophobia]

she

[plain-flavoured-english]

As a Greek, in response to the current controversy about Matt Damon being cast as Odysseus, I'd just like to share that one of the moments that changed my brain chemistry as a kid was reading a novelized version of the Odyssey and coming across the following description of Odysseus when Circe sees him for the first time and thinks he's hot: "his hair curled like a clematis and his eyes were very brown".

So may I present my own casting choice for Odysseus:

[plain-flavoured-english]

Excuse me???

[cute-animals-only]

[susanontherocks]

New Cerberus just dropped.

[crewdlydrawn-deactivated2022072]

Now THAT’S a pet named Spot.

[shapeshiftinterest]

[anchovy]

Shrimp hat of a shrimp wearing a shrimp hat. Is this anything.

[anchovy]

Hat of a shrimp wearing a shrimp hat hat has been slightly tweaked so you can see the shrimp hats shrimp hats hat. Hat.

[nattousan]

ok so, I approached my local library with a proposal to donate a mural as a way to A: build portfolio/gain practical experience and B: give back to a beloved public institution. The director was very enthusiastic about it and i've been working on it since the beginning of March. Come with me as I endeavor to paint what is in all honesty an excessive amount of birds

I wanted the birds to look like they were actually in the space so first thing after doing the draft was to do a lighting study

after that I covered the walls in letters in lieu of a projector/vr headset bc i have neither of those :) Then i take a picture of the section of wall and superimpose the lineart over top of it so I can pencil in the lines

et voila

and that was a whole week on it's own so next comes the paintin' >:)

[nattousan]

and now, the birds

Birds 1 and 2/14: Red Winged Blackbird, Male and female, Agelaius phoeniceus

[nattousan]

Bird 3/14, American Robin, Turdus migratorius

[nattousan]

hoo boy, ok *out of breath*

GIVE IT UP FOR BIRD NUMBUH 5, THE CANADIAN GOOSE, Branta canadensis!!!!

this guy took me about 4 days to completely finish, all of those freakingk coverts were a bear to render

[nattousan]

speaking of obnoxious coverts:

bird 5/14, Bluejay, Cyanocitta cristata

the friggin stripes almost got me chat, i may not make it

[nattousan]

Madam....

[nattousan]

birds 6 and 7: American Goldfinch, Spinus tristis, male and female

pleasantly simple to paint! next is the flickerrrrr

[nattousan]

*melts into goo*

BIRD NUMBER 8, (yellow shafted) NORTHERN FLICKERRRRR, Colaptes auratus

genuinely made me start questioning my sanity around day 3, it's half the size the of the goose, WHY did it take me 4 days to finish??

nothing but pain and suffering, i'm sure hope the next bird will be much easier and with FAR less barring :)

[inadvertently-biblical]

Buffy Summers & Rupert Giles

Buffy the Vampire Slayer - “Never Kill a Boy on the First Date.”

[buffycaps]

Rest in peace to the incredible Anthony Stewart Head (20th February 1954 - 1st June 2026)

RUPERT GILES in BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER (1997-2003)

[beowulfstits-archive-deactivate]

I want to go to this exact point and run around it saying “I’m in Sweden!” I’m in Finland!” “I’m in Norway!” until I get tired

i aspire to great things in life

[therothwoman]

According to Google Maps, that point is in the middle of a small lake.

[leda74]

So we’ll do it in January when it’s frozen.

[nightmigrations]

actually that’s why they’ve helpfully dropped a big-ass cement block with a bridge surrounding it in the middle of the lake: for the express purpose of doing what OP aspires to do

[slaughtermetals]

there’s so much beauty in the world.

[illbeanisland]

There’s also a point like this which connects Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands!

They even made a circle there which tells you in which country you are

[consultwithmouse]

And the tripoint of Slovakia-Austria-Hungary 👋😊

[mist-the-wannabe-linguist]

the tripoint of czechia, slovakia and poland is just A Rock In A Ditch lmao

[depsidase]

[lethallana]

one (1) jessie doodle per sometimes to feel alive

[marinella-ela]

[tiger-in-the-flightdeck]

There's something so deeply calming about watching megafauna prance and gambol about like they're little lambs

[blatantescapism]

Bison pronking is already so magical, and then the double rainbow and the happy birdsong just put it way over the top

[she-weeb]

[saxifraga-x-urbium]

[pwlanier]

Carved-marbled-lacquered Box with Black Coating on the Surface and the Ruyi-shaped-cloud Pattern ,Southern Song dynasty, 13th-14th century

Courtesy Alain Truong

[knitmeapony]

forbidden oreo

[artschoolglasses]

Clay loom weight decorated with an owl, Greek, 5th Century BCE

From the Acropolis Museum

[geekynerfherder]

'Sabriel', 'Lirael' and 'Abhorsen' by Tommy Arnold, cover art for the Daphne Press Deluxe editions of the 'Old Kingdom' trilogy books, written by Garth Nix.

12" x 17" Gallery-quality giclée prints on 100% cotton rag archival paper, in a signed and  numbered TIMED release editions for $67 each, and as a 3 print set for $179.

16" x 12" Gallery-quality giclée prints on 100% cotton rag archival paper, in a signed and  numbered TIMED release editions for $67 each, and as a 3 print set for $179.

24" x 18" Gallery-quality giclée prints on 100% cotton rag archival paper, in a signed and  numbered TIMED release editions for $119 each, and as a 3 print set for $335.

On sale in a TIMED Release until Saturday April 12 at 12pm ET from Tommy's website.

[batbetbitbotbut]

starting a collection

attributed to Lily Tomlin; Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky; ilene_cecelia, reddit; Pratchett, Night Watch; Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky; Pirkei Avot 2:21; Ursula K. le Guin, Tehanu

[elodieunderglass]

““The gods have no hands in this world but ours. If we fail Them, where then can They turn?””

— The Hallowed Hunt (World of the Five Gods) by Lois McMaster Bujold