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Today, most of all, I am broken and exhausted. It’s almost a pleasure to recline in the dark, listen to Peter Broderick, and look at recent “work” 🌊 I wish I was able to include friends/human subjects in more of my DX photos. 🌱 See here @myriadslits and @dovelielovelie after the penultimate invocation of Yin. I think @kcloonanart is in there somewhere, too. 🥥 (at Santa Monica Pier)

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What is the relationship between beauty and attractiveness? 🌱 #showerthoghts #nofilter #legs #beauty (at Los Angeles, California)

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Sometimes it takes a few doodles for my sketches to even begin to approach recognizable reality. 🐍 #sketchbook #dailydoodle

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Takes one to glow one. 🦄 🌈 Pride night (queer climber prom 💖) @strongholdclimb a couple weeks back. Tape art @nickeyontherocks 📷 @almightymoof ✨ #blacklight #tapeart #unicorn #indoorclimbing #pridemonth #fancypants #rockclimbing #queerclimbers (at Stronghold Climbing Gym)

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Coming in for a landing on my #banishthebinary piece. 🌈 Still face hunting for more #nonbinary and #nonconforming folks to fill in where those murky question marks are. You can send me a selfie, a headshot, or any other picture of your face you have easy access to. 🌱 Deadline for joining in is Mondaaaaay! 😘 #pridemonth #prideart #lgbtqia #queer #queerart #videoart #motiongraphics #emotiongraphics (at Los Angeles, California)

[itesser]

Early in my #multiexposure shooting session at #huntingtonlibrary, the work felt amazing, every shot was a winner, and composing felt effortless. 😇 At the end of the day, hot, hungry, and pressed for time, every shot was trash, my ideas were bad, and executing anything felt like pulling teeth. 👿 And so it goes. 🌱 #abstractphotography #experimentalphotography #botanicalgardens #flora #florals #doublexposure #pasadena #huntingtongardens #nozerodays #dailyphoto

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It’s no longer #nationalselfieday, but here’s a #doubleexposure one I took at the #huntingtonlibrary today. (at The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens)

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Here’s a new/old #sideproject I’m revitalizing. 💭 #Repost @whitespaceinstants with @get_repost ・・・ #white . #empty . #zen . #break . . . #rest #meditation #space #breathe #peace #koan #asmr (at Los Angeles, California)

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Working on my #motiongraphics chops and also giving a #signalboost to @tinyclimbers on #kickstarter. Check their profile to support #climbingholds for your fridge! 👌🏻 #graphicdesign #motiondesign #cleangraphics #aftereffects #rockclimbing #indoorclimbing #climbing #designerswhoclimb #climberswhodesign #womenwhocreate #womenwhocrush #tinyclimbers #climbing_is_my_passion #climbinggear #smallbusiness #tinybusiness (at Los Angeles, California)

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“The whole secret of existence is to have no fear.” - fake Buddha https://soundcloud.com/rainbowclash/to-experience-the-true-nature-of-reality-for-a-short-moment

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A quote from Alan Watts I read over the weekend. It stood out to me enough to get a full-page treatment in my sketchbook... then twice over again as my initial concept was a little too complicated for my level of drafting/lettering by hand. (This is the simple version) 🌱 #alanwatts #handlettering #letteringpractice #sketchbook #weekendthoughts #inspiringquotes

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#adventureseason 😍 Out for a long weekend up north. See you on Mondaaaaaaay! 🌟 #timelapse #clouds #roadtrip (at Grapevine, California)

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It has been brought to my attention over the past week or so that ~some people~ think my insta username is “ar-tho-bo”, like I’m some kind of large crustacean in disguise. 😬 It’s intended as “art hobo” 🙈 I first applied it to myself in 2015 when I packed up my dear old Corolla with books and boots and art supplies and drove 11,000 miles—to Alaska and back. 🏔 It was a phenomenally gorgeous and growthy trip that solidified my dream to go all the places and make wild art. 🌱 (at Kenai Lake)

[systlin]

I honestly always find the term ‘spinster’ as referring to an elderly, never-married woman as funny because you know what?

Wool was a huge industry in Europe in the middle ages. It was hugely in demand, particularly broadcloth, and was a valuable trade good. A great deal of wool was owned by monasteries and landed gentry who owned the land. 

And, well, the only way to spin wool into yarn to make broadcloth was by hand. 

This was viewed as a feminine occupation, and below the dignity of the monks and male gentry that largely ran the trade. 

So what did they do?

They hired women to spin it. And, turns out, this was a stable job that paid very well. Well enough that it was one of the few viable economic options considered ‘respectable’ outside of marriage for a woman. A spinster could earn quite a tidy salary for her art, and maintain full control over her own money, no husband required. 

So, naturally, women who had little interest in marriage or men? Grabbed this opportunity with both hands and ran with it. Of course, most people didn’t get this, because All Women Want Is Husbands, Right?

So when people say ‘spinster’ as in ‘spinster aunt’, they are TRYING to conjure up an image of a little old lady who is lonely and bitter. 

But what I HEAR are the smiles and laughter of a million women as they earned their own money in their own homes and controlled their own fortunes and lived life on their own terms, and damn what society expected of them. 

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Spinster sounds like it could be a codeword for lesbians.

Like old aunt Beatrice never seemed interested in men and just hangs out with other women all day… is she… you know…. *straight whipser* a spinster?

[systlin]

There is almost nothing written about what we would now term lesbianism in the middle ages; a great deal was written on sodomy, but it’s likely that many women probably engaged in same sex relationships quietly and nearly completely unnoticed. 

Look how historical sources are viewed even now; a woman could write about her passion for another woman and people will read it as ‘close friendship’. 

So, I think it’s reasonable to assume that a woman who had no interest in men and preferred the company of other women would find herself in the spinning trade, and would not be very surprised if some (even many) ‘spinsters’ did in fact prefer women to men.  

[systlin]

Specifically, skilled spinsters and weavers could earn 5-8 pounds a year, depending on skill, which put them squarely in the ‘wealthy peasantry’ class and was comparable to what a skilled mason was paid. 

[sunshine-tattoo]

so spinsters were the power dykes of the middle ages? i need to write a story about this

[itesser]

Am I speechless because I love it or because I’ve been awake for 21 hours? 🌱 #porquenolosdos #textile #patchwork #texture #chevrons #🤤 #witchinghour

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One of the nice things about grey days is the diffuse lighting. 🌱 #succulents #flaneur #garden #walkinginla #losangeles #overcastday #greenthings #doubleexposure #multiexposure #experimentalphotography #abstractphotography #slowshuttercam (at La Brea Avenue)

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I am worn out and more than ready for bed, but there’s so much to do for #zinefest. I only ever talk about one thing at a time, and right now that event is it. ☺️ ~ I’m on my way to bed (yes, it’s only 10:30), but I’m so psyched about these glitched-up #doubleexposure photos that will be my next batch of bookmarks/business cards that I had to share them. ~ #abstractphotography #glitch #glitchart #glitchaesthetic #diy #makersgonnamake #experimentalphotography #playfulart (at Los Angeles, California)