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Goodnight Professor

Hanna Rovina as Leah in The Dybbuk, 1922

Every day I get a little closer to saying fuck it and becoming an apprentice in some at risk heritage craft or profession.

theprofessional-amateur

"let's have AI-"

I'm gonna go learn the art of hand engraving or thatched roofing. Maybe hand make clogs.

trickstertime

As a professional hand engraver, when it comes to old crafts like these, its way more accessible to get started with the basics than you'd expect. Back in the day good steel was expensive so trying something like hand engraving was expensive and difficult to justify. But now you can can just buy a good quality handpush graver online for less than a fancy coffee. Just think, for under a hundred quid you could get all the kit you need to get started with fucking up coins and stabbing yourself repeatedly!!!

Don't threaten to do it, go research it, and actually give it a go!!! Most of the books for old crafts are out of copyright. Even if you don't get a job at whatever you try, or hell, even of you don't become in any way good at it, just learning and trying something new is good for you, and it gives you a greater understanding and appreciation for things.

Fuck AI? Good. I agree. Now fucking do something about it. Return to doing human hand crafted things as an act of rebellion! Start knitting, start wood carving, start engraving, whatever the fuck. But most importantly, remember you don't need to be making money doing it to make it worth doing.

myspace

The Powerpuff Girls cast (Tara Strong, Cathy Cavadini, E. G. Daily) reunite with Tom Kane, the voice of Professor Utonium, in a new video.

bark-barkley

I WANT TO LOOK AT THINGS MADE BY HUMAN BEINGS

softwetmoss

And also occasionally by pufferfish

jayeelishere

drowning with you

importantcatpics

the-moonlight-witch

lunarismirmicus

Sweet Ichigo ~🍓 finally done rendering this...

otomokatsuhiro

O Virga Mew Aquæ, luce! Reborn Aquæ Guttæ!

xenosaurus

it’s a shame more vampire media doesn’t pull from vampire bat behavior because they’re such sweeties. they can only survive their incredibly specialized diet because bats will share blood with colony members that didn’t find a meal! there’s evidence that suggests the donors sometimes initiate this behavior themselves by approaching hungry bats! the colonies are mostly harems of females with a few males but they’ve been observed letting unrelated males in when it gets cold so they can all stay warm! cute little social critters!

xenosaurus