I'm on holiday in Florence and it's doing worrying things to the lapsed part of my lapsed Catholicism. Anyway here's a painting from the Basilica San Lorenzo and a poem I love by Jay Hulme
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I'm on holiday in Florence and it's doing worrying things to the lapsed part of my lapsed Catholicism. Anyway here's a painting from the Basilica San Lorenzo and a poem I love by Jay Hulme
To respond to Sympathy is a Knife - a song very clearly about Charli's deep insecurities bordering on suicidal ideation, that are triggered by a woman she sees as totally out of her league - with a bitchy mean girl "lol you're so obsessed with me" song is, uh, a choice
I'm sorry why is this Sufjan Stevens' Tumblr bio right now HELLO
I need trans acceptance in sports because 97% of local amateur running races don't have a non-binary entry option and so I have to grapple with a gender headache every time I want to run a fucking 5k fun run
Over the past few months I've had a deep urge to create, a feeling of lack I want to fill with art, but I've had one of the worst art blocks I've ever experienced to the point of feeling like I'm on the cusp of giving up my non-commercial art. And I don't know what to do about it. I suspect because the answer isn't easy, there's no simple step to inspiration, I need to be able to dedicate time and energy to it and I'm not willing to do that I guess
The other forms of creativity I've been interested in (fiction, poetry) feel too daunting, too embarrassing to try as a beginner
it'sssss rrrrrrafaaa
developed a real fondness lately for characters who experience a horrific act of violence and come out the other side saying "ah. I don't think I get to be me anymore. they took out the part that was me, killed it, and put something else back in its place, and now I'm whoever the hell that is." love it when someone becomes a corpse and replaces themself <3
Rafa BL4 is teaching me important Spanish phrases
I need to get back into learning Spanish so I can understand what Rafa is actually saying half the time
God Rafa BL4 is genuinely becoming one of The characters for me. I'm so obsessed with him. He thinks he's the hottest man alive, he's insecure, he's a bitch, he's a hero, he's a flirt, he's bisexual, he's quick to anger and quick to cool off, he'll tell you exactly what he thinks but doesn't care if you understand, he's impulsive, he's trigger happy, he's a friend to anyone but won't let anyone close- he's a guy I want to shake around to see what he does and my favourite vault hunter so far??
I just think Zane BL3 and Rafa BL4 should kiss
[BL4 spoilers] I posted this before I knew Zane was physically in the game and not just a vending machine and hearing rafa immediately flirt with him I feel VINDICATION
I just think Zane BL3 and Rafa BL4 should kiss
I think my dream "money isn't an issue" business would be running my own commercial gallery.... I worked at a gallery for a few summers as a teen and I loved it (even if the day to day can be pretty boring)
There aren't any galleries in my city (genuinely none. There's like no arts funding here) but there's a tonne of great local artists, I'd love to have a space for them to show and sell their art
Curating art by artists I think are incredible but undervalued, helping artists earn a living and get their work out there, providing access to modern art for kids and students???? IT WOULD BE GOOD
Sucks that financially galleries are really, really tough to run lmao
meet cute: it's raining and I see your battered bleeding body lying in the mud and I kick it slightly to see if you're dead
I've been following Ultrarunning for nearly a decade now and in that time it's massively professionalised (with sponsorships, prize money, prestigious events etc it's now possible to be a full-time athlete) which is GOOD people should be able to make money doing what they love and are good at
But it DOES mean the sport has now been taken over by jocks when it used to be mostly type A nerds with hobbies
Like,
Winners interview this year: my coach had me on a new training plan that worked great, my VO2 max was at peak 10 days ago and I've got my hydration plan down, I've been running professionally since I ran track in high school
Winners interview 10 years ago: yeah my training was done between the hours of 3am and 5am before my full day of work doing programming for a logistics company and also caring for my 10 month old baby and then I sleep for 2 hours
I've also dropped off of it a little bit because of The Transgender Issue
I'm just so scared of getting invested in an athlete only to find that think people like me should be barred from normal life : )
I've been following Ultrarunning for nearly a decade now and in that time it's massively professionalised (with sponsorships, prize money, prestigious events etc it's now possible to be a full-time athlete) which is GOOD people should be able to make money doing what they love and are good at
But it DOES mean the sport has now been taken over by jocks when it used to be mostly type A nerds with hobbies
Like,
Winners interview this year: my coach had me on a new training plan that worked great, my VO2 max was at peak 10 days ago and I've got my hydration plan down, I've been running professionally since I ran track in high school
Winners interview 10 years ago: yeah my training was done between the hours of 3am and 5am before my full day of work doing programming for a logistics company and also caring for my 10 month old baby and then I sleep for 2 hours