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@pinealeye
This main blog @pinealeye is mainly for music (no, not the stuff you’re into) plus a bunch of reblogged art and art tips and writing tips and general philosophy and things.
See @leroiestmortvivelareine for aftg brainrot.
My bewildering overload of aftg-isms (likes/follows from main @pinealeye)
fucking fascinating thing to say, Shinji, what the fuck? this child is not okay
baby akechi!! for his bday
"Stop saying 15 year olds with weird interests are cringe, they're 15" this is true however you should also stop saying adults with weird interests are cringe because who gives a shit
To wit:
I want to share some wisdom from my high school art teacher.
In my AP Art class, there was a girl who was just starting to experiment with mixed media. At this point she was still playing around, trying to decide what direction she wanted to go with her portfolio. So one critique day, she brought in an abstract canvas with some rhinestone highlights and painted and real peacock feathers. She loved sparkles and peacock feathers so she thought she’d try introducing them a *little*. And after everyone had given some input, the teacher gave her his advice, VERY roughly paraphrased here:
“So here’s the thing… I do not like this style. These are just elements that do not speak to me personally, but I see that you like them, and you’re doing interesting things with them.
“My biggest critique is, I only merely *dislike* this piece. I want you to make me HATE it. Go crazy with the things that you like. Don’t hold back trying to make it palatable to people like me. Because I am NEVER going to like it. And if the audience does not like it, it should drive them crazy seeing how much YOU love it.”
Her portfolio was chock full of neon colors and glitter and rhinestones and splashes of peacock feathers and it was a delight. Our teacher despised every piece lol, but she got great marks and I think even won some awards. And more importantly, she was happy and proud of the results. Because she didn’t limit herself by trying to appeal to people who were never going to enjoy what she enjoyed.
Takeaway here: be as cringe as you want. Don’t limit yourself based on other ppl’s tastes. They’re not you, and you are incredible 💕
“My biggest critique is, I only merely *dislike* this piece. I want you to make me HATE it. Go crazy w/ the things that you like. Don’t hold back… because I am Never going to like it”
Y’all I am going to CRY there is FAN ART of my art teacher!! Thank you so much to all of those who have resonated with this message, even as fuzzily remembered as it is ~<3
Someone encouraged me to share more about this art teacher, and I don’t want to say anything identifying, but I will say, it’s been about 10 years since my last class with him. Since then he’s finished his MFA (master’s of fine arts) and had a couple terrific gallery shows, and to this day is still teaching at my old high school, still making a difference in young lives. Some other fun facts about my art teacher:
At the time I attended, he was the only Black faculty member at a predominantly white suburban school. He often challenged students’ limited world views with his own experience, encouraging them to broaden their understanding of the world and of themselves.
He had a good rapport with the art kids, to the point where constructive criticism was often framed as a lighthearted roast. That peacock feather girl? I remember him watching her set up her portfolio for the art show and saying something like “my eyes are bleeding. This is terrific” 🤣 (He did not do this with students that were not ok with it! But lots of us were.) His classroom was a very comfortable place for expression, and he worked hard to keep it that way. Disagreement was encouraged. Good-natured clowning was encouraged. Just plain negativity or toxicity was NOT. And he called it out ruthlessly.
He got a passport solely so he could go to Canada for a Prince concert. I have never met a more fervent Prince stan. And he also owned a pair of red faux alligator shoes. Idk why that’s important, but it’s important to me that you know that xD maybe that’s his own cringe coming in, idk, but it helps paint the picture~
So anyway, I’m so glad that Mr. Prince (not real name) was able to be a part of your life in a tiny way. Everyone deserves a teacher that supports them being them ~<3
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A kimono named “Ah, I fell” by artist Ayako Ohashi
By Czeck writer Karel Čapek, inventor of the term ‘robot’ as well!
This is one of my husband’s favorite short stories. He quotes it from memory. I’m pretty sure he can recite the entire thing from memory.
This is a tremendously impactful short story and every time I see it, it serves as an excellent reboot button for my state of mind.
Every time I see some joke about Star Trek-style teleporter technology I'm like "I should write a story about the potential of this technology re: the whole 'killing and copying people' thing and the ramifications of being able to essentially print people" and then I remember I already wrote it. Every single time.
Hi hello PSA go read this right now. That was the genuine best short story I have ever read. I think like. my brain chemistry just got altered
that FUCKING ENDING? THE SEPERATION OF THE PARTS???? OH MY GOD?????! this is the shit that makes me remember why I love art
the REPITITION. I NEED TO START WRITING AGAIN BECAUSE I NEED TO DO TO PEOPLE WHAT THIS DID TO ME.
I'm in your brain forever now. No escape.
Lioconcha hieroglyphica is a saltwater clam that makes cellular automata-style patterns in some kind of hieroglyphical or cuneiform way. Also see the textile cone, the lioconcha castrensis and the nature tag here.
wild geraniums🌸 the last one of the pieces I made for Illumicrate’s special edition of the Six of Crows duology!!
writing tip: put words on page. hope this helps. i will not be taking questions because i have not done this
I see so many arguments over what is and isn't "good queer representation" that really just boil down to "y'all are actually arguing over matters of taste and genre preference, which is incredibly subjective and personal."
Worldbuilding where being queer is normalized and queerphobia has no impact on the plot? THAT'S FINE. Worldbuilding that includes queerphobia and tackles the effects of it as part of the story? THAT'S ALSO FINE.
Low-stakes queer romcom where the characters are fluffy and cute? THAT'S COOL. Messy queer drama with toxic people who fuck each other over and clash repeatedly? THAT'S ALSO COOL.
Stories that center the characters' queerness, show a trans character's transition, and are about the queerness as much as the rest of the plot? AWESOME. Stories where the characters' queerness isn't treated as a big deal, and have trans characters whose transition happened before the story entirely? ALSO AWESOME.
You may PREFER one thing or another, but it is actually good to have all these things. It's about variety. It's about queer characters being allowed to exist without censorship. It's about queer artists getting to make things without being told we're a "niche issue" or "adult content." It's about having as many goddamn cakes as the bakery can produce.
At the end of the day, I'd prefer a media landscape with fifty pieces of problematic queer representation over a media landscape with one single piece of queer representation that's trying (and usually failing) to be 100% perfect for everything and everyone.
women are like diamonds: synthetically-produced women are not meaningfully different from naturally-formed women, and anyone trying to tell you otherwise is probably trying to justify keeping their women mines open
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