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J’aime l’art, l’architecture, et l’esthétique. Je vais faire des blogs sur quoi que ce soit, donc ils vont être concernant mes premiers intérêts. Les autres blogs vont être concernant le féminisme et « womanism », la politique, les voyages, la langue, et la musique. Je vais blog sur ma vie et quelques choses que je trouve très intéressants et (ou) beaux. i like art, architecture, and aesthetics. i'll make posts about anything, but most will concern those main interests as well as feminism, politics, travel, language, and music. i post about my life experience and those things that i find interesting and/or beautiful.

[itscolossal]

Hew Locke’s ‘Odyssey’ Flotilla Sails Through Global Colonial History and Current Affairs

[aurin-avenir]

Writers should NOT feel guilty about:

Skipping a day of writing.

Not having a perfect first draft.

Partaking in sinister, arcane rituals for inspiration.

Working at their own pace.

Enlisting demons and/or helpful spirits to aid them with editing.

[kisxmesoft]

[didoofcarthage]

Assassination of Julius Caesar by Vincenzo Camuccini 

Italian, 1793-1796

pen and brown ink with brush and gray wash over graphite

Metropolitan Museum of Art

[jadeseadragon]

"This incredibly stunning 51.3 ct Tanzanite carved by multi Award winning Lapidary Artist @dalanhargrave won a 2021 Spectrum Award."

[tyger-land]

ᴇᴢʀᴀ ᴊᴀᴄᴋ ᴋᴇᴀᴛs Artwork from his 1962 book The Snowy Day.

[worldhistoryfacts]

Some of the finds that Heinrich Schliemann made at Troy during his original excavations. There was lots of owl-themed stuff:

Much more here:

Liar's Archaeology

Heinrich Schliemann and Priam's Treasure

[saintlaurentproblems]

SCHIAPARELLI SPRING 2024 COUTURE

[beautifultimes-beautifulplaces]

Cueva de las Manos, Argentina

[velvetcloak]

zhang linghe for robert wun

[selfundiagnosed]

Ursula K. Le Guin “Catwings”

[alleesaur]

doodling a bunny vs doodling a hare

[alleesaur]

a few more quick doodles, for fun

[alleesaur]

mythical duo edition - jackalope and wolpertinger

[dozydawn]

[onlinecounsellingcollege]

“From the very beginning you are being told to compare yourself with others. This is the greatest disease. It is like a cancer that goes on destroying your very soul because each individual is unique, and comparison is not possible.” - Osho

[sleepy-bebby]

Cat dimension

[itscolossal]

Pigeons Get Pretty in This Historic, Illustrated Profile of Fancy Breeds

[m1male2]

Capilla Sixtina

[magicdreamspoetry]

Sistine Chapel

[musicalhell]

This video is the closest thing I've seen to actually viewing the chapel in person, because holy shit the pictures do NOT do it justice.

When we did our Vatican tour and were about to enter the Sistine Chapel, our guide kept stressing that we would be looking at a flat ceiling. Which baffled me because come on, doesn't everyone know that? I mean the whole point is that it's flat, that's why Michelangelo put all those paintings on it. And then we went inside.

Oh. God.

Arms and legs were reaching down towards us. The "columns" couldn't look more like actual marble if they tried. The Biblical scenes were less like two-dimensional scenes and more like windows into an entirely different world. It was the most extraordinary, most convincing tromp l'oeil this side of Wile E. Coyote disguising a rock face as a train tunnel.

Yes, it was busy. Yes, the guards will get pissy if you take photos or speak in anything above the slightest whisper. But Michelangelo did some really impressive shit in that chapel.

(Also some Vatican bigwig complained about the Last Judgement fresco when Michelangelo was painting it, so he included a portrait of the critic as Minos getting his balls bitten off by a snake, which is a magnificently petty move.)

[cryoverkiltmilk]

IT'S FLAT‽

I knew about the passive aggressive bit, but... wow. Amazing.