Rose

yes, this is she

[artofmaquenda]

Sekhmet Rising Finally finished this older collab with the very talented Anisis! I made the sketch years ago, which she then turned into incredible lineart. As I recently went on a trip to Egypt it inspired me to finish this artwork featuring one of my favorite goddesses. I think many of us were obsessed with Egyptology as a kid and to finally see all the ancient temples, statues and art in real life really took my breath away and I have no proper words to describe this experience...the heat and cramps were worth it and so much more (photos will come later when I find the energy to do so). Prints: https://artofmaquenda.etsy.com/listing/1589664059/sekhmet-rising-lustre-print-kemet

[hedgehog-moss]

I made a little snow hen...

Is it an outstanding piece of art? No. But more importantly, do my hens like it?

Also no.

[raincoyoteart]

Mr. Mothman

[hedgehog-moss]

The shadows have their seasons, too. The feathery web the budding maples cast down upon the sullen lawn

bears but a faint relation to high summer's umbrageous weight […]

And loveliest, because least looked-for, gray on gray, the stripes the pearl-white winter sun

hung low beneath the leafless wood draws out from trunk to trunk across the road like a stairway that does not rise.

John Updike, “Penumbrae”

[quellecourage]

If you care about the Gävle goat, this might interest you too:

Horny goats creates a stir in Kävlinge

Seven years ago, the two Christmas goats were exhibited in Solanum roundabout in central Kävlinge. At first they were separate, but already in the first year someone came up with the idea of ​​putting them together in an intimate mating act.

- Some thought it was a really fun idea while others felt "you can't do that", says Camilla Persson, landscape engineer at Kävlinge municipality.

When SVT asks around among those who leave the grocery store opposite the roundabout installation, the tones are mostly cheerful.

- Christmas is quite traditional and boring so I like when it gets a little cheeky, says Hans Olsson.

Siv Nilsson thinks that it's just fun.

- I usually think "god what fun they have doing this". It does not bother me.

Several complaints

Camilla Persson, who is a landscape engineer at the municipality, says that some complaints have been received. It's usually about it looking unworthy or not right for Christmas. When the municipality separate the goats, someone usually arrive the same night and toss them together again.

Have you had any thoughts of chaining them or something like that?

- Yes, we have thought about that, but we think that they should be free and live their lives in the roundabout.

Update: the goats have multiplied

[hasgavlebockenburneddownyet]

På tisdagen nöjde sig julbockarna med att pussa varandra. I dag handlar det om ett fullskaligt kärleksmöte. För sjunde året är kåtbockarna i

Theyre back this year and have indeed already been moved 🐐💕🐐

[word-for-today]

The word darling was originally dearling, meaning someone or something that is dear to you, which supposedly could also include a household god?

[thebadchoicemachine]

[dxmedstudent]

This is how you do a meme. I don’t want to tell anyone my name or my bra size or my date of birth on the internet. Why can’t we make memes using useless and non-personal data points?

[afniel]

CRAB SEXYMAN 🦀

…this feels like getting a letter from the government informing me that I have been forcibly assigned Karkat.

[lily-leaves]

Crab MeowMeow… Now I kinda want someone to draw the nyan cat but with a crab shell instead of a pop tart.

And some side blogs:

OP Core

Connecticut Sunday (that sounds like a Private Investigator Name)

Dash Plinko

[embervoices]

Dash Sexyman at the moment…

I’m bemused that it’s the surname that changes frequently!

[falseknees]

Hey, this will be the first time False Knees comes to the USA! Come see make me read some comics or see me sell some False Knees stuff the next day! https://wnycomicarts.com/rice-2023/

[skaldish]

Norse Animism is based on the notion that we can socialize with the world and that the world socializes in return.

Which means our relationship with anything is inherently collaborative. We are not just interactinv with things, but participating in their existence as they participate in ours.

[skaldish]

PRACTICAL EXAMPLE:

Go outside

Grab some dirt

Feel it in your hands. What's it like? Is it dry? Wet? Sandy? Full of clay?

This is the story the dirt tells you of itself. And in my experience, cool shit starts happening when you get better and better at listening.

(No seriously, go get some dirt and tell me what it's like.)

[reflectionsfromalostgirl]

My hand is now full of snow. It is cold and wet and heavy, which is not normal for this time of year. This time of year has been historically for dry powder and wind cold enough to freeze your skin in seconds

This snow is sorrow and loss.

[skaldish]

I like this! Great start. Thinking of things in terms of an ecosystem—"This is unusual for this time of year"—is a big part of it.

The snow's telling you of an anomally with unfortunate implications. It comes with that feeling of grief. That's the socializing aspect at work.

[lacewings-and-lavender]

Tried this with the wind last night, because I couldn’t sleep due to the noise it made outside my window as it passed through the trees. The branches kept thumping against the wall and my first thought was that the wind was angry. The gusts were 50km/h, after all. I listened for a little longer, and changed my mind. I know what an angry wind sounds like; I’ve been in blizzards before. This wind just had places to be, and simply had no intention of straying from that path. That path just happened to pass right by my house. There was nothing personal or emotional about it, and I was projecting that anger because I couldn’t sleep.

Funny enough, it was a bit easier to fall asleep after I thought through what the wind could be trying to say.

[luulapants]

My dad and I once had a disagreement over him using the adage "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger."

I said, "That's just not true. Sometimes what doesn't kill you leaves you brittle and injured or traumatized."

He stopped and thought about that for a while. He came back later, and said, "It's like wood glue."

He pointed to my bookshelf, which he helped me salvage a while ago. He said, "Do you remember how I explained that, once we used the wood glue on them, the shelves would actually be stronger than they were before they broke?"

I did.

"But before we used the wood glue, those shelves were broken. They couldn't hold up shit. If you had put books on them, they would have collapsed. And that wood glue had to set awhile. If we put anything on them too early, they would have collapsed just the same as if we'd never fixed them at all. You've got to give these things time to set."

It sounded like a pretty good metaphor to me, but one thing I did pick up on was that whatever broke those shelves, that's not the thing that made them stronger. That just broke them. It was being fixed that made them stronger. It was the glue.

So my dad and I agreed, what doesn't kill you doesn't actually make you stronger, but healing does. And if you feel like healing hasn't made you stronger than you were before, you're probably not done healing. You've got to give these things time to set.

[thoodleoo]

me teaching my students about the number six in latin: okay guys. so here's the thing. yes, the word for six in latin is sex and that's funny, and we're gonna laugh about it for 30 seconds, but then we're gonna move on, okay? we're not gonna keep laughing about it. we can be mature about this.

also me every day of my life: haha six pine trees is sex pinus

[catadromously]

séance

[headspace-hotel]

I...tried to make a meme and got carried away and made A Thing that is like partially unfinished because i spent like 3 hours on it and then got tired.

I think this is mostly scientifically accurate but truth be told, there seems to be relatively little research on succession in regards to lawns specifically (as opposed to like, pastures). I am not exaggerating how bad they are for biodiversity though—recent research has referred to them as "ecological deserts."

Feel free to repost, no need for credit

[skaldish]

🎉A P R I L F O O L S🎉

It's Loki

[crittizen]

this is a poem

[wa-u-moved]

i couldn’t not draw this

[clouds-of-wings]

I just learned the most important Swedish vocab: Swedish dogs call their human companions “husse” (male) and “matte” (female). I don’t know a gender-neutral version though, very unswedish!

[idlewildly]

I don’t know if you also learned the etymology of them, so I will supply it!

Husse comes from husbonde, the master of the house (literally house farmer).

Matte comes from matmor, the one who supplies the food (literally food mother).

Basically, the husse gives you a home and the matte gives you food? I guess that made sense in the olden days…

[dagenssvenska]

Same goes for cats! But I suppose they also have the word “tjänare” (servant) for us.

[memewhore]