Anything but fine.

So far, life has taken me here and I guess I'll stay for a while. More? Acronyms: MCS, GD, MCR, DW, TPC, MFC, FOTC, DFTBA

[tryclops]

The Modern Trap of Feeling Obligated to Turn Hobbies Into Hustles

Not everyone is required to take the things they love and monetize them, transforming them from private passions to unwanted hustles.

[dinnerkettle]

/// Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino ///

Arctic Monkeys 

lyrics mood board: “She Looks Like Fun”

[hd-pakistan]

Artistic map of Pakistan shows embroidery techniques of each region. From traditional Swati embroidery to the balochi taanka stitch, the map is a beautifully visual way to explore Pakistan’s cultural heritage.

[baseballcardvandals]

Them’s fightin’ words. 

Own this BCV Original.

[localareamom]

Newsha Tavakolian’s subjects are all professional singers whose lives are limited by Islamic tenet. Some sing only background vocals, another has performed outside of Iran, and two others sing at women’s parties to earn income. It took almost a year to convince them to be photographed, so fearful were there about getting in trouble, Tavakolian explained over email. She chose the sparkly backdrop to make it look as though each woman was performing on an old Iranian television show before the revolution, when such things were possible. Their mouths are open, mid-song. But we cannot hear them.

[archivesofamericanart]

[dinnerkettle]

Aram Han Sifuentes’s ongoing US Citizenship Test Sampler project engages the social and collective nature of needlework’s history and exhibits the value of non-citizen communities. Sewn samplers were used in Colonial America to teach young children needlework and the alphabet. The artist was inspired by her own naturalization process to use the format, creating a sampler of all 100 civic study questions which she sold for $725—the cost of applying for naturalization.

“Other non-US citizens can contribute to the pool of samplers, both augmenting the project and building a community. I use samplers to engage with the social and collective nature of needlework’s history, as well as to exhibit the value of non-citizen communities.”

Image credit: Aram Han Sifuentes, U.S. Citizenship Test Sampler. Photo by Hyounsang Yoo.

[zoomerbro]

[dinnerkettle]

Happy birthday Nick!

[thethirdbear]

[dinnerkettle]

My Top Nine Albums of 2017

I try to pick one new album a month to immerse myself in. Some months didn’t deliver for me, so we’re left with nine instead of 12. But that’s ok because now we have a perfect square.

Allison Crutchfield - Tourist in This Town (January 2017)

Vagabon - Infinite Worlds (February 2017)

Pile - A Hairshirt of Purpose (March 2017)

April??

CENDE - #1 Hit Single (May 2017)

Palehound - A Place I’ll Always Go (June 2017)

Waxahatchee - Out In The Storm (July 2017)

Downtown Boys - Cost of Living (August 2017)

Alvvays - Antisocialites (September 2017)

Bully - Losing (October 2017)

November??

December??

[royalsyrup]

[shelleysomdiary]

[nprfreshair]

“Doctor Who” Super Fan Builds a TARDIS Library for His Detroit Neighborhood

via My Modern Met 

Have a nice weekend! 

[dinnerkettle]

^ reblogging for this tag from @doctorwho <3

[indianolalabs]

Quite a pair. Sewing machine pedals with guitar fx inside. Left - paired down tremulus lune. Right - Indianola Fuzz.

[dinnerkettle]

Dang these are great. 

[kjerstifaret]

[inky-and-the-brain]

#inktober day 14 - art tools

[originalityisntacurse]

[dinnerkettle]

All this time and everything’s changed but I still feel the same.

All good things eventually end and get washed down the drain.

[dinnerkettle]

every day, all day.