Call me end/endless. (Any pronouns) Mostly just reblogs and maybe some art? Who knows. I don't ._. alt account of my writing account @bridging-words 18 somehow
poem i wrote for @montereybayaquarium and @mbari-blog's winter art theme. (day 11's theme was precious, which is exactly how i felt about these kids.)
full poem text underneath the cut.
based on my very real experience of working at an underfunded elementary school and being the under-trained lead teacher for a week while they learned about the ocean.
Whale fall
Room 303 is learning about the ocean
I'm reading them a book about whale fall
They listen, rapt, eyes wide and mouths
open like so many gasping fish
"Ew" and "Gross" and shrieks ready behind
the ridges of their gums
But they refrain, for now,
Too entranced by the cycle of life
The cycle of death
The cycle of nourishment
A closed loop, a noose, an engagement ring,
the rotating plate of a microwave
Room 303 goes to recess
I watch over them and wonder
If they know they're dancing in whale fall
If they know how thoroughly they may be failed
If they do not learn to sustain themselves on scraps
Life flourishes, in the deepest oceans, in the coldest climates,
in the ribcage of the whale, in the belly of the beast
Life can flourish here, too
That's what I tell myself
The children of Room 303 will feast one day
They will inherit the earth in a state unfit to be passed down
They will rage and resent and renew
And I will regret, already do
regret, not serving them as an anchor longer
For rusting all the way through
The children of Room 303 do not belong there any more than I did
May they be guided by their own light
May they wield their bioluminescence with conviction and joy
May they grow into a thousand forms that have yet to be discovered
But for today, let them dance in the whale fall
Let them think this is all the world is
And find peace in ignorance of abundance
And find joy in the taste of what trickles down to them
Giant ostracods swim through the deep-sea midwater by rowing their large, feather-like antennae like oars. With hinged bodies much like a clam's, these crustaceans can tuck right into their pods with only their antennae showing.
Oh yeah I never posted the food studies I made for my zine application...
Here we go. It's not actually Minecraft related so it's weird to post it here but I guess it kinda is hermit delights zine related and by that kinda Minecraft related or smth like that
I think I expressed a bit of this before with the Himiko Toga picture I did a while ago, so I won’t go too in depth. This is a personal artwork that reflects how I felt as a child. I used to believe I was evil and monstrous because I was called mean, nasty, rude, selfish, etc. for a good chunk of my childhood. No one really understood me and it just felt like I only hurt the people I cared about. It didn’t help that I was raised Christian, so I literally thought that I had a demon in me. It wasn’t until recently (like late 20s, early 30s) that I let go of that narrative and embraced the fact that I’m actually a really kind person. Maybe even a little too kind, actually.
I can’t draw monsters, so the shadow looks a little cartoonish. But I hope the point still comes across.
I forgot to share my piece for @montereybayaquarium Deep Sea December, the prompt for day 8 was 'Glow' so of course i had to make a little anglerfish ❤️
At almost 40 meters long, Praya dubia rivals other lengthy creatures like blue whales that can measure up to 30 meters, and lion’s mane jellies whose tentacles reach over 35 meters.
Giant siphonophores aren't picky eaters; they eat small crustaceans, other gelatinous animals, and often any fish larvae or small fishes they can capture. Any unsuspecting prey that is caught in their stinging tentacles is passed up to the feeding polyps and quickly consumed.
Traditionally, scientists have studied deep-sea animals by dragging a trawl net through the water, but with this method, delicate animals like Praya come up in hundreds of unrecognizable pieces. Exploring the deep midwater with remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) provides an opportunity to observe these animals in their natural habitat, intact and unaltered.
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