Tell a Braver Story

I follow and like from @thewatercolours. You can call me Siena. The stories are true. "The glory of God is a man fully alive," - St. Irenaeus

[fashionsfromhistory]

Dinner Dress

Mon. Vignon (Paris, France)

1878-1879

The MET (Object Number: C.I.69.14.3a, b)

[fictionadventurer]

The best trope of all is:

Doing the right thing will have terrible consequences.

They do the right thing.

They suffer for it.

But in the end, doing the right thing allows things to work out better than they could have imagined.

[horrifyingsludge]

ethos, pathos, logos, and d'artagnan

[inthetags]

Reblog and name the one movie you’re most likely to turn to if you’re having the worst time of your life, in the tags

[mumblesplash]

i might have already talked about this before but it’s actually crazy that jogging gets treated as a default ‘getting into shape for the first time’ exercise ESPECIALLY if someone’s goal involves weight loss. people who are more than ~200lbs often need special gear and running techniques to avoid shin splints etc *even if all that weight is solid muscle*, and the likelihood of injury only goes up as strength to weight ratio decreases. someone who’s both heavy AND untrained is just going to be miserable for however long it takes their bones and connective tissue to adapt to the sudden increase in demand. usually this takes months, but it can take even longer under adverse conditions like, say, suddenly eating way less than normal. and all this for an activity that literally isn’t even fun unless you are a specific type of insane. there are so many low impact and actually enjoyable forms of cardio why are we slapshotting biomechanically disadvantaged novices into the david goggins torment dimension

[breeyn]

As someone who is the very specific type of insane who ✨loves✨ endurance running, I co-sign this. Choosing running straight out of the gate is a sabotage move. If you're looking to get fitter for the first time, *walking* is a brilliant, low impact and effective way to ease in. If you really wanna become a runner, start with walking. I am recovering from a year long injury and the very first step to getting back into run-shape is going on daily walks, paying close attention to my stamina and strength, and adapting from there.

My other piece of advice is that slow and steady wins the race. If you do a massive workout when you haven't for ages (or ever), you're gonna be so fricken sore the next day that you feel like you *can't* workout the next day, and probably the day after too, and before you know it, waiting for your muscles to feel less agonized turns into the new resolution already feeling failed. I've seen it happen a million times. Whereas if you start off slow, don't push too hard, and compliment smaller, less aggressive beginner workouts with a daily walk, I promise you'll start to feel stronger in a few weeks. Those silly apps that promise you looking like a totally different person in a month are lying, that's not how it works. The exercises might be great! But the result timeline they promise is absurd. Don't be discouraged! It takes time but your body loves new incremental habits, and smaller habits are SO MUCH EASIER to make space for and build on.

Okay one last piece of advice - there is no "best" exercise. The best one is the one you'll actually do. Saying running is the best or crossfit is the best is meaningless if you hate them and don't want to do them. Experiment with different things. Find the one that is most fun for you. The one you actually wanna do is the best one.

I believe in you!

[laurelindorenan]

I used to think that Philippians 3:19 ("Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and they glory in their shame, with minds set on earthly things") referred to liking one's body too much. That was a very convenient belief for me, because then I could just despise my chronically ill body to my heart's content for its crimes of not being able to do everything I wanted it to do. Unfortunately (unsurprisingly) that was a form of idolatry too! I was worshipping my own bodily power instead of resting in God's power.

Idolatry is not loving something too much, because it neither accurately knows the object of its affections nor does it even succeed in loving it. You can worship your body by ascetic deprivation or by debauchery. (Actually, a side note, deprivation does play a role in addictive behaviors, so deprivation is even present in debauchery.)

If my God is God and not my body, then I'm not going to take out my anger on my body! I'm not going to obsess over its imperfections (so setting my mind on earthly things). If my mind is set on heavenly things, then I will see who my body is for and what my body will become and will treat it with the care befitting to it. I will love it freely because I only can actually love it if I see it in relation to God.

[gailyinthedark]

I was thinking about bubbly water but couldn't remember what it was called so I said "effervescent water" in my head but you know what? it is

[siena-sevenwits]

[nevermindtheblizzard]

Introducing...

Never Mind the Blizzard, an upcoming zine by and for fans of the Heroic Age of Antarctic exploration!

The zine aims to be an informal, low-pressure publication for creative work of any kind (art, comics, fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, anything else you can think of) as long as it concerns Antarctic life circa 1897-1922. Contributions do not have to be very “serious” or polished; true to polar periodical form, the main goal is just for us to entertain ourselves and each other throughout this long Antarctic winter.

The result will be a digital zine that can be downloaded for free or on a pay-what-you-want basis. Proceeds will go to the Antarctic Wildlife Research Fund (AWR).

Interested? Follow us here or on X / Gumroad to stay updated - and keep an eye out for a call for submissions very shortly! 

Questions, comments, concerns: get in touch at [email protected] or via DM.

[worstjourney]

I am too busy trying to make my own super big super serious thing, but I would love to get a copy of this when it's out!

[siena-sevenwits]

❄️🐧 Honestly, given what I know about some other polar expeditions, it was wise of Scott to mandate that the Terra Nova Expedition men would only enjoy alcoholic drinks on Christmas and birthdays and such.

[undr]

Top 10 - 2018 (2/2)

1- F. J. Mortimer. Hansom cabs drive through overcast streets on a rainy day in London. 1903. 2 - Ernst Haas. A dancer at an evening ball and fashion show held at the Plaza Hotel, New York, 1956. 3 - George Rinhart. A view of the London Tower Bridge. 1900. 4 - Unknown Photographer. In a French village 1950s. 5 - Bettmann. 47th Street and Broadway. New York. 1955

[lexie-squirrel]

[siena-sevenwits]

I would very much like to love a story of mine the way I loved The Brilliant Hour, and see it through.

[fictionadventurer]

Magic system where magic is treated like work in 19th-century England. Magic is something that everyone is naturally able to do, and you can learn different skills and do certain tasks with it, but it's tiring and wears out the body.

Lower class people use magic all the time--it's necessary for survival--and they're hired to do magic for the upper classes, whether they're working the fields, hiring out their magic for factory work, or, working as a maid in an upper class home. Gentlemen are allowed to use magic in a few specific "refined" occupations.

Upper-class ladies are allowed to do almost no magic, except for tiny decorative uses--magic is "low", and using it too much destroys your status in society. Upper-class ladies also regularly go insane from "magic hysteria". Some women are starting to notice this and are arguing for women to be allowed to do healthy amounts of magic. Other people find this idea coarse and unfeminine.

The world and story would be shaped by what the magic actually does (so there's a reason to write this as fantasy rather than pure historical fiction). I'm sure there have to be plenty of stories like this already, but it's still an interesting framework.

[inthefallofasparrow]

To commemorate Independence Day, let us all closely consider these words as set down by President George Washington himself in his diary in recognition of July 4th:

[saintcolumbiformes]

that’s it I’m starting a beguine who’s joining

[saintcolumbiformes]

we will have morning and evening prayer and nice community meals

[kuklarusskaya-deactivated202003]

you know why it’s so critically important to celebrate women over the age of 40? 

because young women and girls need role models. need someone to aspire to become as they age. 

as it is, society basically tells girls and young women: aspire to be 18-22. do not aspire or imagine past that, for you are useless without youth and beauty. do not aspire to be wise, or strong, beautiful without youth, or valuable with lines and wrinkles. and THAT is scary. we put a cap on aspirations for girls, because we want them to think the ideal comes and goes by 20–when really, we’re at our best for many, many years beyond.

[fythemummy]

Happy 4th of July!!