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one of the sexiest posters ever made. look at this.

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Concept art for Tarzan (1999) by John Watkiss

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Three Women under un umbrella by Gerda Wagener, 1920s

Model Els Kaptijn, 1964. (Photo by Hans Dukkers)

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The Alhambra Grenada, Spain

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Mainstream American media is also poking fun at and parodying the way Marie Kondo talks to and thanks inanimate objects like they think that’s some batty new-age eccentricity of hers when it’s literally a definitive aspect of her shinto beliefs. She has a background as a shrine maiden and is an actual practitioner of a spiritual philosophy that assigns spirits to objects and ideas. Professional journalists and public personalities are apparently so oblivious to the most basic-ass day-one Eastern religious beliefs that they apparently only heard of this concept a week ago and assumed it was an LOLRANDOM gimmick one woman invented.

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There’s a few people in the notes who really never heard of this idea and I’d love if someone Japanese could chime on to more properly explain it but I think it’s worth mentioning that the idea of even objects having souls is the basis for a LOT of Japanese culture, art and entertainment, which is obviously something Westerners are almost constantly consuming these days. Even Japan’s well known love of “mascots” for everything imaginable can probably be traced to the concept of all things having their own spirits or “kami,” and there’s an idea dating back many centuries that everyday objects can reincarnate into “monsters” if they’re neglected or abused:

This isn’t something people really literally believe will happen, but it’s a symbolic idea. I see a lot of people talk about their empathy for objects as an embarrassing symptom of mental illness or childishness, but it’s seriously something deeply intertwined in not only Japanese culture, but embraced and encouraged by many other cultures all over the world. It’s been considered a virtue by millions of people for thousands of years! A stuffed animal or a toaster don’t really have feelings to hurt, but they still cost resources to make, they still represent the labor of other human beings, and as long as they’re still in usable condition it really should be preferable to care about them than let them become garbage. The idea that inanimate items “want to be used” is seen around the globe as a healthy motivator to either appreciate what you have or give it to somebody else who will! And if you really do feel like you can’t part with a hoard of old stuff, that’s actually fine too; you’re appreciating your things in your way.