enlightenment is an illusion

Hi, I'm Ari. I'm 19 and I am from Brighton, Michigan. I'm currently a freshman studying biology and composition at Oakland University. Myers & Briggs Test: INTP ⚫ I am for harm reduction of psychoactives. If you have any questions or concerns, feel free...

[robertkidlee]

[tinderofficial]

these look fine to me

[zaftig-goddess]

@glass-muzzle me

[glass-muzzle]

This is just like my lab safety videos.

[carlosdarderp]

[i-have-no-gender-only-rage]

some info on bees and wasps 

[coolmanfromthepast]

I’ve been stung by a carpenter bee.  They’re usually pretty chill.

And dirt daubers are bros.  

[blitzkriegfritz]

It’s true you can pet Bumblebees

[midcub-deactivated20190621]

[zillyart32]

I’ve been mercilessly killing paper wasps and now I feel terrible 😭

I thought they were like yellow jackets!!! I wanna apologize to all the innocent paper wasps I’ve crushed!!!

[maggiemae873]

yeah then there’s the tarantula hawk, which is a type of spider wasp, because of course that’s a thing.

so yanno. that’s pleasant.

a dude researching them described the pain as “…immediate, excruciating, unrelenting pain that simply shuts down one’s ability to do anything, except scream. Mental discipline simply does not work in these situations.”

good times.

[goodreadss]

“Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.”

Thich Nhat Hanh (Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life)

[ozeia]

[thedoormann]

just played overwatch with the most lit team???? Fucj

[glass-muzzle]

💞💞💞

[archatlas]

The Art of Elsa Bleda 

Elsa Bleda was born into movement, crossing continents in the turning tides of her mother, the artist. What does it mean to form connections through the heightened beauty of transience? To be half-way down the mercurial street before the light can gather to hold you? Some things may get left behind, remain as spectral after-effects of a vital acceleration into the world, but other things congregate and move with you at your pace; sights and sounds and textures, multiple influences to draw upon in self-definition.  

Perhaps these rhythms are why she is so drawn to the spaces of Johannesburg’s night- the way they hold the traces of encounters in their quietening reverberations; speak to the tensions of leaving and arriving, and to all the different ways that a life can be lived. 

Follow the Source Link for images sources and more information.

[573p5]

[de-preciated-deactivated2020112]

by pwehrley on Flickr. Source - (http://flic.kr/p/9jS4vQ)

[stability]

this is actually so cute, strangers bonding is the best

[brigadeofjoy]

Suehiro Maruo, Warau Kyuuketsuki

[dank-doggos]

[thunderstruck9]

Mstislav Dobuzhinsky (Russian, 1875-1957), Set design for Tannhäuser. Tempera on canvas.

[yellowpoet]

hey, brown eyed people: I know you aren’t the readily described. No writer can match a gem to your hues, you’re seen as boring, uninteresting. But let me tell you. your eyes are fertile earth, the ploughed fields, rich and sustaining. Your eyes are rings of ancient trees, wise and profound. your eyes are swirling chocolate comfort on a cold day, radiating warmth, so soothing. Your eyes are nature at her most beautiful. Be proud of your peepers.

[thunderstruck9]

Leonard Cohen (Canadian, 1934-2016), Paris Again, 2008. Pigment print, 30 x 20 in Number 15/100.

[thunderstruck9]

Xue Liang (Chinese, b. 1956), 绿墅芳塬 (Green city), 2003. Ink and colour on paper, 68 x 68 cm

[ponderation]

A Day In October by Alexandra Wesche