Feral little creature @ipreferferalacademic - Tumblr Blog

I have made a small creature! His name is Bibi (a play on the Japanese phrase Bibiri-neko, which from I know, means scaredy cat). Also, his tiny frog friend is called Phibber.

I was doing a bunch of ink paintings/drawings with a calligraphy set I got ages ago, and came up with him as a little warm up. Bibi came about from my love and fascination with yokai, first formed from Spirited Away being played every Friday night on Cartoon Network back in ye olde days (at least, it felt like every Friday).

Anyways! Stay tuned for more Bibi and Friends! I might even make a new blog just for him, once I make enough drawings. Who knows, I may even have them scanned instead of just taking a pic with my phone!! The world is full of possibilities!

#he's just a little guy #a smoll creature #origibal character #yokai art #ink drawing #japanese folklore #cat spirit #bakeneko #my art #please do not repost #reblogs are greatly appreciated

thememedaddy

nixscriptum

heaveninawildflower

'Lilacs in a Window' (circa 1880–83) by Mary Cassatt.

Oil on canvas.

Metropolitan Museum of Art Terms and Conditions

Internet Archive Python library 0.5.1

ex0skeletal-undead

Skeleton Wearing a Top Hat Playing the Shamisen for a Small Dancing Yōkai by Kawanabe Kyōsai (1870s)

melonramune

"Tokyo Through The Windows" by yosigo_yosigo

mankillercalledbunny

The answer to "How did these Ancient People do this????" is basically always

1. A lot of dudes. Just a ton of fucking people from beginning to end of the process.

2. Ancient people weren't stupid, they just figured shit out the same way we do: fuck around until you find out.

3. We're gonna plan this out and it's gonna take ten fucking years, and you will cope.

4. Sticks and string are surprisingly versatile and can be used for a variety of purposes, like moving stuff and making sure things are even and go in the spot you wanted to put them in!

5. I want to make this easier and more efficient to move. If I put this on the round thing and push, it will move. If I put this in water, it will move. If I get some animals and rope and have a whole bunch of them drag it, it will move. All of these things are a better option than one guy trying to pick the whole fucking thing up.

pekingopera

Solange Knowles’ Saint Heron Library digitizes rare and out-of-print works by Black and brown artists, preserving them for future generation

"The Saint Heron Library is home to our archival collection of primarily rare, out of print, and 1st edition titles by Black & brown authors, poets, & artists," she captioned on Instagram.

Throughout time, when certain aspects of physical media aren't accessible, a digital archive library is crucial in a society driven by fast-paced media consumption, where the depth and nuance of marginalized voices can easily be overlooked or forgotten.

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In our digital age, where much of our interaction with media is limited to clicks and reposts, Knowles’ digital archive provides a safe space for scholarly and artistic work that might otherwise be lost. Saint Heron’s library aims to foster a space where the wisdom and creativity of these “great minds” can thrive, supported by an infrastructure that champions preservation and accessibility. The library will not only serve as a place of significant works but also act as a catalyst for more conversations around artists, scholars and enthusiasts. "As the market and demand for these books, zines, and catalogues rises, we would like to play a small part in creating free access to the expansive range of critical thought and expression by these great mindsss," Knowles said.

Saint Heron Community Library; a growing media center dedicated to students, practicing artists and designers, musicians and general literat

illustratus

An Ottoman coffee-house in the moonlight by Ivan Aivazovsky

typewriter-worries

there’s this extremely kind soul of a woman on instagram that makes accessible recipes that don’t require standing, chopping, or a stove and she might just have a permanent place in my heart

peridotglimmer

She's on YouTube too! For non-Instagram using friends:

I love her, she's great. Her recipes are friendly for both physical and/or intellectual disabilities. And her 5-year-old helps her cook. 🥰

Link to her YouTube channel:

Celebrating the intersection of food and culture, travel tales, social commentary, grieving out loud. 🇳🇬/🇺🇸 👰🏽🧒🏽👧🏽👩🏽‍💼⚖️ Paid Collaboration

thegorgonist

Ambulocetus in the Light The world is haunted by a past far older than ours. Whales once walked on land. Sometimes the land remembers them--or they remember the land.

Homage to history and my beautiful but fraught Pacific Northwest.

In my shop

Rice planting. Nepal

Vibe checking. Nepal

I was curious about a source on this because OP has it tagged as “india,” while the two comments above affirm it as Nepal.

Interestingly, reverse image search brought up this photo, which appears to be a capture of the exact same moment, just from a different angle:

Nepalese farmers throw mud at each other in a paddy field in Tau-Daha village on the outskirts of Kathmandu on June 29, 2010. The farmers are celebrating National Paddy Day on ‘Asar 15’ of the Nepali calendar as the annual rice planting season begins. AFP PHOTO/Prakash MATHEMA

Two more photos of continued vibe checking, also from Prakash Mathema [1] [2]

And a personal favourite from 2018 (in Lele village):

cryptid-deity

[Addition to the description of these images: the farmers are all women wearing red, smiling and laughing as they throw mud and chase each other through the rice fields.]

catchymemes

joytri

bigfatbitchdotcom

Endlessly diabolical how you can't say words like rape and suicide uncensored without either being criticised by idiots or punished by conglomerates.

bigfatbitchdotcom

It's not r*pe, it's rape. It's not su*cide, it's suicide. Not unalive, dead. The backbone needs to be reintroduced en masse because softening the blow of these concepts with advertising language does absolutely nothing but allow people unaffected by them to feel not even a sting of what they can do, prompting inaction.

bigfatbitchdotcom

And it's been proven that on certain websites, you don't even face a repercussion for using the words as they are. People just started censoring themselves because they feared the potential lack of views and likes and followers which is so nasty itself.

its-the-blob

I attended an anti-suicide seminar in college. One of the big takeaways from it was that stigmatizing suicide increases the rate of suicide, because people who are feeling suicidal feel like they can't ask for help. Every time I see babytalk garbage like 'unalive', I think of that.