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The Liar

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[ID: Art of a vibrantly colored field. The sky is clear and fading into purple at the horizon. There are shadows and leaves of trees in the foreground. The horizon is obscured by another row of trees and other foliage. End ID.]

#ty for the caption!#it's called the liar bc it's an oc :o)#the meadow is an entity #everything (& everyone) that lives there is either a part of it #or is kind of. living out ''stories'' created by the liar for its entertainment

weepingwidar

Ryan Driscoll (British, 1992) - Untitled (Figure Concept of Felled Star) (2026)

#fantasy

fatchance

One of the ephemeral puddles I saw on my Palominas walk was supporting several thousand tadpoles, probably nymphs of Couch’s spadefoot (Scaphiopus couchii), the most common spadefoot species in Cochise County. It is a perilous environment for a little tadpole. The puddle is habitable only as long as the scattered and unpredictable monsoon rains last, then the desert asserts itself and the world goes dry again. Like many small creatures adapted to harsh and unstable conditions, spadefoots are masters of the fast life history. The strategy: find a puddle, lay thousands of eggs, and maybe a tadpole or two will complete their metamorphosis before the puddle evaporates. Few will live to reproductive age.

I chose to photograph them in an abstracted and impressionistic way rather than with a documentary approach. Most of the tadpoles I saw were massed together, not swimming freely. A solitary tadpole can be cute, but not a great wriggling glob of them. Even so, they are beautiful in their way, and I wanted to show that, knowing that for the thousands in the puddle there will be a profligate die off few tadpoles will survive.

Thanks @textless for showing me the spot. It’s a fascinating place.

#insp

geopsych

Went to the park partly to check whether the crabapples are turning red. They are!

#fantasy #insp

weltenwellen

I Remember The Carrots Ada Limón

#words

banhmigoddess

My one boring tip to anyone in their 20s is to resist the temptation to rot in your room every time you get a free moment. Dismiss any neuroses you have about going outside and "being perceived". Be a dictator about it, plan your hangouts like they are binding commitments. No excuses! Go to the bar with your friends. Be kinda hungover at work. Socializing is like exercise; even if you don't feel like you want to, you should still do it because it's good for you.

#yes! thinking abt it like this really changed my life #it's still hard sometimes #but it helped me to come up with a few 'scripted' ways to get the ball rolling

frostedmagnolias

Cape

c. 1922

by House of Worth

RISD Museum

#historical dress

womblegrinch

Sir Alfred James Munnings (1878-1959) - The old gravel pit, Swainsthorpe

Oil on canvas. Painted in 1907.

30 x 50 inches, 76.2 x 127 cm. Estimate: £300,000-500,000.

Sold Bonhams, London, 27 Sept 2023 after the sale for an undisclosed price, but probably near the lower estimate.

Swainthorpe is a village in the county of Norfolk. The painting was originally purchased for £150 in 1908.

#horses #western #yes ik this is an english painting idc

artschoolglasses

Four Pairs of Slippers, 1810-20

From Kerry Taylor Auctions

#historical dress #shoes

m-elloncollie

Untitled (2005)

#insp

evydraws

"Stealing a Silmaril" and "The Defeat of Sauron" - the first two illustrations in my trio of Lúthien art. The third, The Halls of Mandos, is currently stuck on one (1) paint layer as I finish commissions...