perfectly imperfect

[heartnosekid]

ym.nara_mislin on ig

[coisasdetere]

Swan cygnet in its feather palace…

[emilyscartoons]

Unfortunately evergreen

[frontmansdefender]

“How’s life?”

Me:

[georgianadesign]

[1five1two]

J. R. R. Tolkien, undisputedly a most fluent speaker of this language, was criticized in his day for indulging his juvenile whim of writing fantasy, which was then considered—as it still is in many quarters— an inferior form of literature and disdained as mere “escapism.” “Of course it is escapist,” he cried. “That is its glory! When a soldier is a prisoner of war it is his duty to escape—and take as many with him as he can.” He went on to explain, “The moneylenders, the knownothings, the authoritarians have us all in prison; if we value the freedom of the mind and soul, if we’re partisans of liberty, then it’s our plain duty to escape, and to take as many people with us as possible.“

Stephen R. Lawhead

[barbarian15]

“I have claimed that Escape is one of the main functions of fairy-stories, and since I do not disapprove of them, it is plain that I do not accept the tone of scorn or pity with which ‘Escape’ is now so often used. Why should a man be scorned if, finding himself in prison, he tries to get out and go home? Or if he cannot do so, he thinks and talks about other topics than jailers and prison-walls?”

-J.R.R. Tolkien

“Hence the uneasiness which they arouse in those who, for whatever reason, wish to keep us wholly imprisoned in the immediate conflict. That perhaps is why people are so ready with the charge of “escape.” I never fully understood it till my friend Professor Tolkien asked me the very simple question, “What class of men would you expect to be most preoccupied with, and hostile to, the idea of escape?” and gave the obvious answer: jailers.“

-C.S. Lewis

[comedownstairsandsayhello]

“As for the charge of escapism, what does “escape” mean? Escape from real life, responsibility, order, duty, piety, is what the charge implies. But nobody, except the most criminally irresponsible or pitifully incompetent, escapes to jail. The direction of escape is toward freedom. So what is “escapism” an accusation of?”

– Ursula K. Le Guin

[sarahreesbrennan]

I love all of these. I will add that in stories I see described as ‘escapism,’ the escape is never escape into a place of vacancy or idleness, but escape into adventure, into the possibility and power of change for yourself and the whole world. People yearn for the escape of expanded opportunity. When the very word escape implies freedom, those who sneer at escapism show their loyalty lies with locked doors.

[cristalplanetheart]

[thewales-family]

The Prince of Wales visits Birtley Community Pool to celebrate its reopening and highlight the importance of access to swimming, in Birtley, Tyne and Wear, England -October 3rd 2024.

📷 (1) : Andrew Parsons/Kensington Palace.

[whitepeopletwitter]

[meetnategreen]

In 2016, over 75,000 mail-in ballots were left uncounted and discarded because they were received after  mail-in voting deadlines, which all vary by state, according to CBS news. 

Some states like California allow you to check with the Registrar of Voters on-line to verify both if a ballot has issued and if it was received to help prevent voting errors.

Remember, the most common forms of voter fraud are 1) gerrymandering, 2) voter suppression and 3) foreign participation through both lobbying and online misinformation. 

[someweirdjew]

OCTOBER 13. IT’S BEING DELIBERATELY SLOWED. OCTOBER 13.

[landsccape]

[landsccape]

[expressions-of-nature]

Okinawa, Japan by Ippei & Janine

[ai-dream]

[crouiiic]

[theroyalsandi]

British Royal Family - The Prince of Wales, Prince George and Princess Charlotte with Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce at the Eras Tour in Wembley Stadium (Photo courtesy of Kensington Royal and Taylor Swift) | June 21, 2024

[autumncottageattic]

sparrowinlondon

[tiaramania]

* High Jewelry Tiaras *

Jubilee Garden Tiara by Bulgari - emeralds including a 63.44-carat carved Zambian emerald, onyx, and diamonds set in platinum