hi, anybody home?

anybody home?

[tidewalker77]

in Maine sheep are released on offshore Islands in spring to graze for summer. With no natural predators on these islands sheep thrive. To be corralled up and brought back to the mainland in early fall.

[cmesinz]

Seafaring Sheep travel to their Private Island Paradise for the Summer.

[thenordroom]

A pink deVOL shaker kitchen with a glazed pantry

[whump-it-like-its-hot]

So earlier in art class today, someone drew a characters hands in their pockets and mentioned that hands are really like the ultimate end boss of art, and most of us wholeheartedly agreed. So then, our teacher went ahead and free handed like a handful of hands on the board, earning a woah from a couple of students. So the one from earlier mentioned how it barely took the teacher ten seconds to do what I can’t do in three hours. And you know what he responded?

“It didn’t take me ten seconds, it took me forty years.”

And you know, that stuck with me somehow. Because yeah. Drawing a hand didn’t take him fourth years. But learning and practicing to draw a hand in ten seconds did. And I think there’s something to learn there but it’s so warm and my brain is fried so I can’t formulate the actual morale of the lesson.

[kazoosandfannypacks]

Saying "I'm not going to draw this thing because I don't know how to draw this thing" is really shooting yourself in the foot, because you've now cut yourself off from an opportunity to grow.

I had a friend in college who was an absolutely amazing artist. I loved seeing his work! One time I said something to the effect of "I could never do that."

He told me something that, as an artist, I resonate with. He said art isn't about natural talent; it's a learned skill. When you tell an artist their level of skill is impossible for you to reach, you're assuming their level of skill is a natural gifting they have, and it discredits the hundreds to thousands of hours of hard work they've put into getting where they are today, and you're cutting yourself off from trying to reach that point yourself.

[what-hos-there]

I don't remember where I heard this but I wish I could, because it stuck with me:

Talent is THE RATE at which you learn things, not whether or not you can learn certain skills at all.

And that suddenly clicked for me. I have been very talented with a lot of things in my life and once I realized that I had basically been getting XP multipliers on my normal life experiences, it suddenly felt so much less awful to realize that I did not have the same advantage with other skills I struggle with, and that's okay. I might even have some debuffs on those, and that's okay. It's still all gaining as long as I keep working on it!!

[elumish]

This also holds true for writing: the best way to never be good at writing something is to never write it.

I see people say that they don't write fight scenes, for example, because they're bad at writing them, but the reality is that the way you get good is to write them.

And maybe you write one badly, but then you look at it and figure out what makes it bad. And then you write another one, and it's a little better, or it's bad in a different way, and you repeat the cycle until a lot of "a little better"s get you to "good".

[simonthollotphotography]

Abandoned Disco: The Party’s Over La Mure, France - July 2014

[bedfordtowers]

everything bedfordtowers

[mmleepmlorp]

My five year plan is to just see what happens

[landmineblogging]

it renews every five years

[dritpreik]

there's something uncomfortable yet very comforting about logging in here. i stop by once or twice a year. usually when it's late at night.

so many big things are happening. so many things have happened. god. my life today is unrecognizable for me from ten years ago.

sometimes i wish i could tell her exactly how things will play out. how lucky and blessed she actually will feel down the road.

but i think maybe all the hardship she endured made me the ever grateful person i am today. and everything turned out the way it was meant to, maybe.

[dritpreik]

I don't think I'll always miss you Only in the dead of dawn Only with the curtains drawn When life does not go my way I'll wish for you to have stayed I don't think I'll always regret you Only in the cities you touched Only with all the pain torched When it does not hurt anymore I'll be glad I left

[1989taylorsversion]

1989 TV IN ONE WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[cages-boxes-hunters-foxes]

how is taylor serving wonder woman, country legend, wood nymph, and sexy bad bitch in the same show without it feeling even remotely disjointed

[365daysofcoffee]

the red bialetti

Nikon df | Voigtlander 40mm f/2

[timberphoto]

Montana views.

Instagram

[youlooklikeart]

[imkindatheman]

I know my love should be celebrated, but you tolerate it.

[tswiftsedits]

Taylor Swift performs onstage during the “The Eras Tour” at NRG Stadium on April 21, 2023 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Bob Levey/TAS23/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management)

[mustlikeme4me]

It’s starting to grate on my last nerve the way some fans are doing the most to explain away Joe and this costar and give them all the grace and excuses. Taylor gets crucified by her own fans for a fraction of this. Can we be for real here? This girl is 24 and is the social media generation. She knew exactly what she was doing posting that and liking breakup posts. I haven’t bothered to check this but have seen others say she follows the 2 Scots and was liking Kanye stuff. If any of that is true, gross. Joe has known how to keep his shit tight for all the years with Taylor but he’s just out there giving up pics to costars to post? For someone who doesn’t want any of that attention and fame he didn’t think he should ensure nobody brought more attention on the split right now? This just seems all kinds of clout chasing and neither of them better whine when the media inevitably picks up on this trail they’ve put out and makes this into multiple stories.

I just feel very deflated, I don’t even know what to say

[snowbairdd]

I once was poison ivy, but now I’m your daisy 🌼