if/then/why

collecting shiny things and punches to the gut 

[requiem-on-water]

by Christian Spencer

[jareckiworld]

Jiang Miao — Taoist Trinity and the Self (acrylic on board with carving, 2025.10.10)

[ethanmaldridge]

"The America I loved still exists, if not in the White House or the Supreme Court or the Senate or the House of Representatives or the media. The America I love still exists at the front desks of our public libraries."

-Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without a Country

[jareckiworld]

Henryk Płóciennik (1933-2020) — Comet II [zincograph on cardboard, 1974]

[jareckiworld]

Gordon Cheung — Engraved Moon and Unfolding Clouds (Chongqing) [financial newspaper, archival inkjet, acrylic and sand on linen, 2023]

[formlab]

Little Island, A.J. Casson, 1965

[formlab]

La Caverne du Pont Neuf, JR

[velvetcloak]

Ottoman cape and vest, 1890s. Whitaker Auctions.

[another-normal-anomaly]

Hey, what materials is this made of? Asking for a friend who has a normal number of embroidery projects

[midnightmurdershow]

Planet Earth (2006) Season 01 Episode 11 “Ocean Deep” Directed by Alastair Fothergill

[aurorepeuffier]

I made some sand animation

[pg5-ish-deactivated20260526]

As Catedrais, (Playa de las Catedrales) one of the most beautiful beaches in the world, known as beach Augasantas in the area. Galicia, Spain.

[maureen2musings]

The Sandhof lilies & the Milky Way, Namibia

kylegoetschphotography

[shopcat]

look at this wonderful gif of scallops getting scared and scattering like a flock pigeons

[elioftheasphodel]

whatever. go my scallops

[whitachi]

last night I had the experience of "referencing a tumblr post that you think is widely known but turns out to not be as widely known as you thought it was" last night and it was this post. whatever. go my scallops

[jareckiworld]

Panos Tsagaris — The Garden within Us (gold leaf, acrylic, colour pencil, ink, and silkscreen, on canvas, 2025)

[venustapolis]

Villa, a Fountain by the Lake in the foreground (Ferdinand Knab, 1834 - 1902)

[bigskycastle]

kingfisher

[monacellipress]

Jellyfish mosaic tile piece, Havana, Cuba. From Great Houses of Havana.