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sixtwothree

Cairn #2 (5 Stack) by yoonmi_nam.

Sources: x, x

cherubg1rl

theambitiouswoman

asoftspotforangels

some of my favorite woven tapestries, by Cecilia Blomberg:

Point Defiance Steps

Mates

Rising Tides

Vashon Steps

wizardshark

WOVEN TAPESTRIES???

psychologicalwarclaire

WOVEN TAPESTRIES?!?

unatkozorobotok

i may or may not have looked at this for 20 minutes

evermore-fashion

Favourite Designs: Frieda Lepold "A Knights Dress" Haute Couture Gown

staringblackcat

She made a video showing the creation of this piece!

ur-daily-inspiration

These Tiled Steps In San Francisco Glow At Night From The Moonlight

incidentalcomics

How to Finish

I drew this poster for Jon Acuff and his FINISH book tour. Big thanks to Jon for this collaboration, his book has some great ideas about how to complete creative and life goals.

dedalvs

Love this, but reblogging it specifically for “Get rid of secret rules.” That’s one of the most amazing illustrations—and points—I’ve ever seen.

apricot-studies

so important especially for perfectionists who procrastinate and never finish, or even start because they set such high standards for themselves.

y-that-crazy-five-foot-two-chick

Or for finding the motivation to start or finish a task with executive dysfunction

startledoctopus

an art a friend made me

guerrillatech

pisshandkerchief-deactivated202

Holy shit that's so cool

knightofleo

beckiboos

Finally “do you love the colour of the sky” got compressed for our convenience

kandykittixd

This is now my favorite photo

fuckyeahyoga

sausagesupreme

@billy-babe

zegalba

Budapest's Gellért Hill's Huge Water Reservoir. One of the most spectacular and popular facilities of the Budapest Waterworks, the vast space contains 106 columns.

did-you-know

Ninjas don’t wear black. They used to disguise themselves as civilians. Unlike ninjas in movies, the real guys were smart enough to know that wearing a black outfit with a face mask wasn’t the best strategy for blending in. Source

housetohalf

But this leaves out the really neat part! The reason we equate the above image with a ninja comes from Kabuki theatre. Within Kabuki theatre there’s a convention of having Kuroko (stage hands) dress in all black (with a full face covering) and move around among the costumed actors in full view, moving scenery, props and costumes. In a similar way, Bunraku puppeteers dress in all black, and only the lead puppeteer’s face would be uncovered. The audience knew to ignore these people and focus on the actors, and to only see that the scene was “magically” changing. So when a play called for a ninja assassin to jump out of nowhere and kill someone, the easiest way to create the surprise reveal was to disguise the ninja in the all black garb of the Kuroko and to remove the face covering and start acting at the last second. This would shock the audience, who were conditioned to not focus on them. Pretty cool, yeah?