bark

kit, 25+

[sashasparrow]

not doomed by the narrative but saved by the narrative. yeah i know you'd rather die than keep suffering but the story doesn't actually care what you want. you have to keep going, even when it hurts. even being erased from existence won't stop you from being salvaged from the wreckage of un-being. get up. keep pushing. keep bleeding. keep living.

[onenicebugperday]

Blue and green land snail, Antidrymaeus stramineus, Bulimulidae

Found only in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in the Caribbean

Photo 1 by josh_2396, 2 by floydh, 3 by peterzik, and 4 by islander784

[end0skeletal]

The long-tailed slug, or ninja slug (Ibycus rachelae), is a type of semi-slug, being somewhat intermediate in appearance between a snail and a slug. Semi-slugs have a partially visible shell, but the shell is too small for the body to be withdrawn into. Found only in the state of Sabah in Borneo, the long-tailed slug was first described as a new species in 2008.(x x x)

[onenicebugperday]

Puerto Rican semi-slug, Gaeotis flavolineata, Amphibulimidae

Semi-slugs are land gastropods whose shells are too small to retract into, but are not quite vestigial (as with true slugs). The opaque green area seen in the middle of the body in the photos above is the shell.

Photos 1-4 by logancrees, 5-6 by gloriveenieves, 7 by stevemaldonadosilvestrini, and 8-10 by juliakmil

[the-nugget-squad]

I bet crunching your little fangs into cardboard feels good as hell for a cat

[maniatown]

Girl whose most frequent mistake is inaction voice: wow I keep making mistakes I better not do anything

[sleeprealms]

Derelict Gods of The Northwest

( you can buy giclee prints of these in my print shop! )

[actualbird]

very good take on twitter but i say we push this further

all [genre] writers should read outside of their chosen genre. fictionists should read poetry and nonfiction. essayists should read poetry and fiction. poets should read fiction and nonfiction.

this ultimately unlocks different techniques that are not "usually" used in your chosen genre but can definitely be employed in it. it makes you a more well-rounded writer with a larger arsenal of tools and tricks.

part of why my fiction (fanfic included) has a lot of pieces that are so heavy on internality is because i specialized in nonfiction in college. the walking through the thought process, the chewing on concepts, the weight and heft of emotion, those came from nonfiction and i apply them in my fiction. part of why my poetry (back when i wrote poetry) is so narrative is because i read and wrote a lot of fiction, employing the story alongside the images helped me.

everybody always says every writer has to be a reader, and that is #sotrue, but you also have to be intentional with what you read. venture outside the borders of what youre used to. expand your horizons.

[weltenwellen]

Jeanette Winterson, Written on the Body

[bugboydrawscats]

for name based designs, Creekshine, Pollenfur, or Sleetclaw?

Trying out a bit of a different style with the muzzle on this one…let me know how y’all like it!

Pollenfur is a cream ticked tabby with low white and amber eyes!

Pollenfur get’s her name from her tendency to get startled and puff up. Her clanmates like to tease her by sneaking up on her, but she hates it. She gets embarrassed and then quickly gets angry; other warriors have had to restrain Pollenfur from clawing another cat many times. She’s a bit of a grump and a loner, but she works hard nonetheless.

[starlitmyre]

"what if they fucked" WRONG. what if they ruined each other's lives irreparably. what if there was nothing left but a smoldering heap. what if everything that brought them together twisted and corroded and ripped them apart. and then they fucked.

[forcewound]

one of the best things you can make a female character is really bad at interpersonal relationships

[prunelya]

Lea O'Connell

Le Grand Hôtel Campo del Fiori abandonné à Varèse, en Italie, construit en 1912.

[distant-star-butch]

uhh, can i love you in a way that's little gross and insane

[highways-are-liminal-spaces]

Humpback whales singing off the leeward coast of O’ahu

(sound on 🔉)

[highways-are-liminal-spaces]

<— to answer these tags on main, since it’s a fun question, our guide lowered a hydrophone and so my phone is leaning on the railing right next to the hydrophone

[omar-little]

how was the destroying and betraying yourself for nothing was the destroying and betraying yourself for nothing fun? it didn't look fun

[heavensghost]

‘Love is an organic thing. It rots and softens.’

Words by Clementine Von Radics