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[devilcat3d]

there's just not enough time in the day for video games. even when I want to play them and dont have anything else going on I still don't end up playing them. this is because there's actually only four hours in the day and nobody is talking about this

[spiritedcompanion]

okayyy ^u^ yaaayyy!! *feels weird* *feels like an outsider* *feels like i made a mistake* *feels like people only pretend to like me* *feels like im in trouble*

[officialdamonalbarn]

where is that renaissance painting with those two fellers and a giant fucking random skull on the floor that looks like it was accidentally stretched out in photoshop

[officialdamonalbarn]

THANK YOU

[hickeywiththegoodhair]

somebody please explain

[dykemisspiggy]

Someone once told me it’s like that because it was designed to be hung in a stairwell so the skull pops out as you walk past.

[iwilltrytobereasonable]

…I guess it works but you have to be at a pretty sharp angle

[caecilius-est-pater]

There was a whole trend at one point where artists would include something in their paintings (usually a skull, for whatever reason) that’s super distorted in just the right way so that it looks normal if you hold the painting up to a convex/concave mirror. I have absolutely no idea why. But I think that’s what’s going on here.

[crtter]

In case anyone’s curious, here’s what it looks like when you walk past it irl:

It does have a 3D effect to it! It’s pretty neat, guess it would be even more impressive to people from the 14th century.

[midnightvoyager]

honestly, people just looking at the skull are missing the real deal here

You can read any implied text you see in this thing, even the book, that’s how detailed it is. Look at the painting on those letters!

jesus christ you’re just showing off now, Hans!

HANS OH MY GOD

anyway, the skull apparently had some meaning about the transcendence of death, you can only see it clearly when you can’t see the world clearly and vice versa, but man, I’m all about the detail in this guy’s shit

[queen-sammie]

No, I think you’re missing the real deal here

[anais-ninja-bitch]

as an art historian, i think this is the best post on tumblr

[nikasholistic]

If you want to achieve something, start right now. Just start. Start anxious, start scared, start even if you think that you’re not in the right frame of mind, and you’re waiting for better circumstances. Let me tell you something, if you wait for better circumstances, you will always be in a state of wanting and needing. We don’t achieve goals by hoping and wishing. We must take action and work towards our dreams. 

Create in your mind a perfect blueprint for the thing you want to achieve. Create a vivid picture of a successful person. And then act like this person, embody the qualities of this person, feel like you are this person right here, right now.  Imagine that your book, business, or whatever it is, is already a part of your life. How does it feel like? Ask yourself this question all the time and emphasize every positive emotion. That’s how you become a conscious creator. That’s how you cooperate with the Universe to achieve anything you want, despite the challenges. 

[warm-suggestions]

hey. take a deep breath. slow down. you don’t have to get there all at once. you don’t ever have to be perfect. you can take things one step at a time. you got this.

[petrichorpoetryy]

I failed, for now. But I vowed to myself I will try again. And if tomorrow is another defeat, then I will welcome ache with a cup of tea. It has been an old friend that most time I anticipate its next visit. I forgive myself as much as I will try again. For no one would tell you, but sometimes determination can fall short in wanting to improve youself, it goes hand in hand with patience. In the meantime, I will strive harder than the last, hoping to convince life I deserve it better this time.

[bn-studies]

med/surg reading & review of old notes

[englishgradinrepair]

my profs’ advice/comments on impostor syndrome –

“i’ll tell you how i’ve learned to deal with this sort of thing. i didn’t develop a sense of joy in my academic study until i realized that what really matters is the work itself. it’s not about trying to impress anybody or trying to earn a specific grade. it’s all about loving the work, the reading, the writing, the critical conversation. and i think you do love those things, and you do enjoy your academic work when you can get out of your own way about it. now, where i’m at in my career, i have to think about what gets me up in the morning, and that’s not publishing 20 articles a year or seeking external approval. what it is, is writing, reading, and teaching about what I love, my own little academic world that i’ve created.” – prof c

 “i wrote shitty papers in college, and i still got a phd. you’re not supposed to know everything yet! you’re still learning! you know what, write that on a post-it and stick it on your laptop. you don’t have to know it all yet. you don’t have to be perfect.” – prof s

“while i can assure you that you should not feel like an imposter, i can also confess that the syndrome is common at all levels of academia – so you should not think yourself abnormal to be experiencing it.” (x)

“i hate to say/write this, but it’s sort of true: that you having these impostor-syndrome reactions, these worries about disappointing those you respect … to me, that sort of signals that you do have traits common to many successful academics! even people who have masses of success behind them – and, come to think of it, particularly the people who have a lot of cred *and* outside affirmation of it – suffer from impostor syndrome *if* (and the if is important) they genuinely care about the quality of their work. so: if it’s possible to think of these feelings as symptomatic of a characteristic many good academics share, then please do.                                                                                          (…) the important thing is this: how counterproductive it can be for self-sabotaging people to think of themselves as being ‘born’ to do something. it makes any possibility of missing the mark immediately existential. academic work is something one chooses because one has a strong interest in a certain field of study, an ability to study and produce credible work (as judged by ‘authorities’ in said field), and a social possibility to choose to proceed in that direction. sometimes, i, at least, find it helpful to remind myself of the simple facts of this.                       (…) i do think it’s important to put the activating gesture of entering grad school very firmly in your own hands. you are choosing this. you are choosing it because you want it, others have said that you are capable, and you have the practical possibility of choosing it. this is enough. the work will be enough without the existential heft, and the existential heft will not make the work better.” – s

 from my lit teacher’s wife, an english prof at ucb who graduated from yale – ”yes—i feel like this often—and so does every person i’m close to in academia, and every graduate student ever. the key is to just feel the fear and do it anyway, especially when ‘do it’ means ‘write.’” 

[becdoesbiomed]

[theteflacademic]

A friendly reminder. 

[stillstudies]

friendly reminder that saying YES to new experiences and opportunities even if you’re a little afraid of them is super brave and great!!! but also remember that you have a right to say NO and that you do not owe anybody (even yourself) an explanation. we cannot take care of other things if we are not taking care of ourselves first.

[studycationarchive]

say it with me

[circle-and-square-studies]

12/12 | How are we doing, friends? (I’m tired)

[annibtj]

45/100 days of productivity

exam tomorrow! writing out a cheat sheet which will then be what i read over again and again to make sure the content is sticking! I honestly haven’t studied as much as I could have but I’m feeling confident! I think it will go well!

[mang-hoee]

14.11.19 // getting ready to spend all day on campus - who can relate?

[cwote]

6 Reminders For Bad Times

You are allowed to take up space, you’re human.

You are allowed to have a voice.

You are allowed to leave whenever you feel unsafe or uncomfortable.

You deserve more than someone who doesn’t know how to respect you.

You are allowed to put your own needs first.

You are allowed to love yourself.

[advanced-procrastination]

One of my students wrote a very eloquent and well-researched paper for her english class about the unfair advantages and lack of accountability given to student athletes, and she specifically called out how much worse it is with football and basketball, and bruh. People are getting heated over this shit. She spoke nothing but the truth, and the football and basketball teams are PISSED — coaching staff included. Like she legit created a little controversy at our school by calling out the fact that athletics are prioritized over academics. WITH SOURCES.

And what’s funny is she played it smart — not only by giving herself some plausible deniability by writing it about high schools and colleges in general rather than just about our school, but also by calling out the worst sports specifically. She could have left it at ALL student athletes, but by explicitly stating that football and basketball are the worst perpetrators, she won all the other athletes to her side — golf, tennis, swimming, track. Instead of having all student athletes at her throat, she turned everyone against the basketball and football teams.

I’m so proud of her. Nobody listens to teachers when we bring up that half the football team is failing all their classes, but let a fellow student bring it up and everyone’s ready to riot.