BluePanda

[simonteenca]

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[triforce-princess]

[bluepandapixie]

I forgot about the cats...

[micdotcom]

black-ish made television history last night

Last night, black-ish brought us into the middle of the tough conversations black families have been forced to have more and more recently. It did so with the utmost thought and humor, all the while giving nuanced, important depth to the issues of police brutality — including the characterization of police.

[poetsandwriters]

“People very often say to me, ‘How did you do it, how did you raise a baby and write a book?’ And the answer is, I didn’t do housework for four years. I am not superwoman. And, um, living in squalor, that was the answer.”

—J. K. Rowling (A&E Biography, 2002)

[mostlyharmlessdesigns]

[plushreblog]

Don’t be afraid to be a beginner! Here’s why:

There is an amazing community of people you can seek advice from.

Their advice, experience, knowledge, tools, tutorials and tips can point you in the right direction.

Don’t be shy or feel guilty about seeking help. Everyone was a beginner at some point. Amazing artists have struggled, remade, reworked, practiced the most. They understand.

Giving advice can be really rewarding. Especially if the novice is enthusiastic about the craft. And it’s exciting to see the community grow!

Taking advantage of what others have learned before you can help you improve quickly.

Building, creating, making is really rewarding.

Things you learn in one artistic medium can help you in another. You may be learning stitching here but later all that time spent matching fabric colors could help you be a better painter in the future.

[ryanreynoldssource]

Deadpool Sidekick Auditions w/ Ryan Reynolds

[books-n-quotes]

It’s like everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head. Always. All the time. That story makes you what you are. We build ourselves out of that story.

Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind (via books-n-quotes)

[ryagosling]

[sandandglass]

Castle s07e23

[dukeofbookingham-deactivated202]

HERE EVERYONE HAVE SOME GREAT ADVICE FROM RICHARD CASTLE

[alwaysinblueink]

I hope this’ll be true for me too, because lately I’ve been feeling like I’m going nowhere with whatever I’m doing.

[dogsaremypatronuspersonal-blog]

Moments like these are why I like Castle.

[alittlebitof-studying]

I love castle!

[nubbsgalore]

striped icebergs form as meltwater refreezes in crevasses atop glaciers before air bubbles can become trapped in the ice, which is later calved into icebergs, or when supercooled seawater freezes inside cracks beneath an ice shelf, which then becomes visible when the iceberg breaks off and flips.

over time, the weight of accumulated snow contorts and curves these blue bands of ice, as does erosion from waves and wind. dust and volcanic ash falling on the iceberg can darken the ice, while dissolved organic compounds entering from below can shade it towards cyan.

accumulated snow also compresses air bubbles trapped in the iceberg, thus preventing them from otherwise interfering with the passage of light. and because water absorbs photons from the red end of the visible spectrum much better than the blue end, bubble free ice takes on a blue colour.

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[nrdc]

File under: nature-as-art. Striped icebergs = gorgeous! 

These photos remind us of “Ice Watch Paris”, the public art piece composed of twelve icebergs that was installed last year during COP 21 in Paris. 

[meanwhilepoetry]

How do you find a name for this terrible feeling inside your chest when it is so big that it has swallowed you whole?

Nikita Gill, Pain is too Simple a Word For This… (via meanwhilepoetry)

[jeangrey]

What is your opinion on Beyoncé?

[upandoutcomic]

[tastefullyoffensive]

by Jeremy Kaye

[msynergy]

Hearing what your voice sounds like recorded, and realizing that’s what everybody hears when you talk.

[i-like-pigeons]

[bookriot]

My response to this confusion has been to say, “It’s okay! You don’t have to understand everything you read. That’s part of the reading experience. You will understand more if you reread, if you talk with friends about it, if you participate in class. But if you still don’t fully get it, it’s still okay! What’s wrong with understanding 50 or 70 or 90% of something? In fact, would literature really be all that great if you could understand everything you read 100% right away? What would be the point of class then?” I think this is a great speech. But often my students just look at me with skepticism. They want to get it. They feel like failures for not getting it. Many of them have been told by English teachers that they are failures for not getting it. Being told this makes reading much less fun, it makes English class much less fun, and it’s just not good for reading generally.

from On Not “Getting” It (via bookriot)

[theperksofbeingabookseller]

Speaking personally, you can have my gun, but you’ll take my book when you pry my cold, dead fingers off of the binding.

Stephen King (via theperksofbeingabookseller)

[books-n-quotes]

You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.

Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon (via books-n-quotes)