hewnhart

31. she/her. infp-t anxious, ace, likes to talk about space buried under half a dozen blankets engineer by day, writer by night

[without-ado]

Webb captures the Rings of Giant Planets

[alwaysbeenjessica]

have a poem with your breakfast

[eyesaremosa1cs]

[rosavaya]

“Many people seem to think it foolish, even superstitious, to believe that the world could still change for the better. And it is true that in winter it is sometimes so bitingly cold that one is tempted to say, ‘What do I care if there is a summer; its warmth is no help to me now.’ Yes, evil often seems to surpass good. But then, in spite of us, and without our permission, there comes at last an end to the bitter frosts. One morning the wind turns, and there is a thaw. And so I must still have hope.”

— Vincent Van Gogh

[anarchistmemedistro]

[mentalhealthmemesofficial]

[notthegrouch]

“If I am worth anything later, I am worth something now. For wheat is wheat, even if people think it is a grass in the beginning.” 

- Vincent van Gogh

[apocryphics]

lydia davis

[snakesonacartesianplane]

In the same vein:

"The simultaneous borrowing of French and Latin words led to a highly distinctive feature of modern English vocabulary: sets of three items, all expressing the same fundamental notion but differing slightly in meaning or style, e.g., kingly, royal, regal; rise, mount, ascend; ask, question, interrogate; fast, firm, secure; holy, sacred, consecrated. The Old English word (the first in each triplet) is the most colloquial, the French (the second) is more literary, and the Latin word (the last) more learned." (Howard Jackson and Etienne Zé Amvela, "Words, Meaning and Vocabulary: An Introduction to Modern English Lexicology." Continuum, 2000)

via ThoughtCo

Though I like how John McWhorter phrases it better:

But language tends not to do what we want it to. The die was cast: English had thousands of new words competing with native English words for the same things. One result was triplets allowing us to express ideas with varying degrees of formality. Help is English, aid is French, assist is Latin. Or, kingly is English, royal is French, regal is Latin – note how one imagines posture improving with each level: kingly sounds almost mocking, regal is straight-backed like a throne, royal is somewhere in the middle, a worthy but fallible monarch.

from "English is not normal"

[titsay]

[theunfortunate-author]

[baba-is-blog]

ANON IS AUTHOR

WORD IS HARD

BRAIN IS HURT

MOOD IS SHARED

[transformativeworks]

International Fanworks Day 2026 is Coming Soon!

Only a month left until International Fanworks Day 2026! On February 15 we'll celebrate IFD 2026, and all things fandom. Find out more about this year's theme, our upcoming events, and how you can participate at https://otw-news.org/2p84duud

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[swordymacaroni]

2026 resolutions:

-get more mutuals

-write fanfics

-read fanfics

-reblog fanfics

-get incredibly whimsical and educated

-spend all my time of tumblr.com

[homunculus-argument]

I think I'm getting the hang of how to do this painting colour style thing I've been trying to do.

[fictionalaffection]

[legendary-scholar-deactivated20]

Winter in Sequoias National Park, California.

[rosieandthemoon]

By Audrey Benjaminsen

[doomed-era]

idc about '&' and '/' in ao3 tags. I want a '?' for wildcard. they're in a relationship. i won't tell you what kind

[thecollectibles]

Art by Akbar Ulan

[thecollectibles]

The Collectibles: Best of 2025

[literaryvein]

L. V., excerpts from a past life