Dirty Fingernails

 fiber artist, nature punk, anxious human, teaching K-8 art in an urban public school, tryina' move to the mountains ASAP.

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I’m running out of space! And this why the majority of our moths are not spread. #entomology #moth #arctiidae #collections

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[thedesignvine]

Does anyone else love lichens as much as i do?? I can’t help but snap pictures of every rock and tree i see with a cool lichen pattern. I’ve always wanted to put them on clothing or have a chair covered in a fabric made from them.  I can’t do the chair thing yet but i can do the clothing now, thanks to the internets! :D

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same.

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Monotropa uniflora

[starryseasart]

Axolotl color variations! 

[blackourstory]

WHY DIDN’T THEY TEACH YOU ABOUT THIS IN HISTORY CLASS?

The Christian Movement for Life, aka, MOVE

a pro-green, vegan, anti-technology group

living in a house in West Philadelphia

BOMBED by the Philly PD, from the air, on May 13, 1985

YES, 1985!!!

the city killed 11 people (5 children), burned down 65 homes in a Black, middle-class, West Philly neighborhood, and caused $50,000,000.00 damage - all to “evict” the group and recover two shotguns

You know of Mumia Abu-Jamal (3rd photo from bottom) but did you know he was affiliated with MOVE?

Ramona Africa (2nd photo from bottom) and one child survived

MOVE leader John Africa was murdered that day

This was not the ONLY time an American city was bombed, btw. The first time, it was ALSO whites bombing Black people. And you want to talk about TERRORISM??? 

And what else don’t you know about your country and it’s treatment of Black people?

Get to Googling… AND Youtubing…

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The US government dropped a bomb on a row house in a major American city and no one ever seems to mention it

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Everyone needs to know about the MOVE

[maguljena]

Patterns.

April 2015.

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#latfo

[wordsnquotes]

Highly sensitive (introverted) people process their environments - both physical and emotional - unusually deeply. They tend to notice subtleties that others miss - another person’s shift in mood, or a lightbulb burning a touch too brightly.

Susan Cain, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking (via anditwasmonday)

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Because, once alone, it is impossible to believe that one could ever have been otherwise. Loneliness is an absolute discovery.

Marilynne Robinson, Housekeeping  (via autobibliography)

a great affirmation to my total social anxiety stricken and hiding in my room or basement alone lifestylllee

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this my puppy

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luv of my lyfe

[bonedahlia]

Cat Skull with Begonias. 31”×22”. Charcoal, prismacolor pencils, and acrylic. Really happy with how this turned out but I may add a little something more later. Many more of this series to come!

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back patch please

[blackcontemporaryart]

Paintings by Sienna Shields

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every piece of art i see that inspired me makes me want to make it into a quilt.

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