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currently considering becoming a bother and a nuisance. maybe even a menace or rascal idk i haven’t made up my mind yet

spectrometrie

things i made very stoned and don’t remember doing

The Great Gatsby

in my notifications

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Amrita Sher-gil is considered one of the most important womenpainters of 20th Century India. Known for her paintings of women, as well asher many affairs with both men and women, she is sometimes known as ‘India’sFrida Kahlo.’

Born to a Punjabi Sikh aristocrat and a Hungarian Jewishopera singer, Sher-gil learned to paint at age eight. She studied in Florenceand Paris, and was influenced by European painters of the time, like Cezanneand Gauguin.

After returning to India in 1936, she was inspired by the Bengal School of Art, and toured South India, where she found her calling- to paint the lives of Indian people, particularly villagers and women.

Just days before the opening of her first major solo show, Sher-gil became suddenly ill and died. She left behind a large body of work, which the Government of India has declared a National Treasure, and her legacy has influenced generations of Indian artists. (The portrait is approx. 9″ x 12″ and is available here). I’ve also included some of her paintings in this post.

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Family

genustoys

an old compilation of AI walks from years ago, early 2000

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When this thing walks towards me I literally feel like I’m in hell

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this is the music that plays during sleep paralysis

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no more super hero. no more star war. get film back to its roots: a train coming at the camera and scaring me so so much

pinof

pit bulls aren’t evil. they just want to be loved.

kadocat

go watch kitbull, it is amazing and almost had me crying on the bus

hellenhighwater

I see a lot of people who tell young people–especially young people who are heading into college–that they should “do what they love.” And they’re right. You should do what you love.

But there’s a world of difference between doing what you love for you, and doing what you love for a paycheck.

I went to undergrad for graphic design and 3-D design–art and more art, I usually say–and I loved it. You know what I didn’t love? Trying to collect my fees from clients. Trying to meet unrealistic, over-simplified or over-specific briefs from people who didn’t know what they were talking about. Coming home, having worked creatively all day, with no creative juice left for the things I wanted to do.

You know what I would tell you instead? Do something that you can be interested in, with people you like.

You don’t have to love it. Loving your work can be a lot, and it often means you have to live in your job 24/7. Some people can do that. Not everyone can, or should. But if you can find work that’s interesting enough that it doesn’t feel tedious, and people you can enjoy spending your 9-5 with, and you can make money, that’s great! It means you can do the things you love for you.

I’m in law school now. It’s interesting work, and difficult, and I like doing it. I like how complicated it gets, and I like the stories it tells. But I don’t come home and read law journals for fun. I come home, and I sculpt, and I draw, and I paint, and I read. I do these things for me.

And I love it.

shimmeringecho

Gods I wish I’d had this ten years ago when everyone was pushing for me to do art for a living. Probably wouldn’t have burned out as hard as I did

kadejw

I keep saying this to a lot of my friends in art school. And yet, I’m the exact opposite. I tried so hard to pursue things people wanted me to pursue because I was “good” at them - writing, journalism, languages, graphic design. But working in animation is what I’ve always lived for. I finally had an identity crisis two years into college when I realized none of these careers would be lucrative unless I was really, really passionate about them. I might as well put my all into a risky career I’m passionate about, instead of being mediocre at the identities others ascribed to me. So I dropped out of that school, transferred to another one, and began studying animation as hard as I possibly could. I ended up interning at Walt Disney Animation Studios in the story art department last year, so I’d say following my passion is going pretty well for me so far. All in all, you just have to know yourself, and know what you’re capable of/what your limits are regarding a career - whether it’s your passion or not.