Within a VORTEX

I want you to know that I might leave you stranded. I want you to know that you are the only thing that slows my city down.

[enchantingruinscandy]

Putting powdered sugar on the post below

[thirdpunch]

[phantomrose96]

“Tumblr age verification will not be needed,” tumblr staff states upon confirming every single blog on the site is more than 10 years old.

“If you were literate enough to be posting about Johnlock in 2015 we can kind of just assume you’re good,” staff elaborated even though we did not ask them to.

[mydoctor]

a ship where i see what people see but it is simply not very interesting to me personally it’s like

[caffedinotte-deactivated2018020]

not to be a nerd but it’s so crazy how he (Bernini) really did that from cold hard stone……. truly a spectacle, truly breathtaking, an honor to behold

[dontgetmadgetmaddie]

I think you should know he was 23 when he finished this and the ass gets a lot of attention but the hand on Persepina’s side/tummy is also exquisite

[assignedfaggatbirth]

before i saw the caption I knew that HAD to be bernini.

I try not to make sweeping statements but I think there’s a case to be made for bernini as the greater sculptor there’s ever been.

here’s his bust of costanza bonarelli

here’s apollo and daphne from the front, where she’s mostly human

from the back, where she’s mostly tree

and details

[bogleech]

this is the one art form I genuinely just cannot get my brain to accept as real. I’ve watched sped-up videos of it being done, read about it, seen in-progress marble statues and I still just can’t get it to sink in or stick. My mind doesn’t want to believe that any person has ever been able to start with a big block and break little bits off of it until it looks like a finely detailed person. At some point it has no recognizable shape and they still know where and how deep they should take a chip out of it that’ll still be the right decision 50,000 fucking chips later?!?

[butteredtoastcrumbs]

The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa has a hidden skylight for gold rays of actual light to shine down on their expressions and clothes and clouds.

[kogiopsis]

Hi yes I have been there and seen all of these IRL and I have some more pictures to share:

Insanely detailed feet with veins from “Aeneas, Anchises, and Ascanius”

Another foot from the same statue because a) he textured underside of the foot and the folds of skin in the arch and b) can you see the light coming through the thin marble between the toes?

One of the mouths of Cerberus from “The Rape of Prosperina”.

Prosperina/Persephone’s facial expression and HAIR TEXTURE

Hades’ hair as well - this man was entirely too good at making CURLS out of ROCK.

A (poorly lit) close-up on the tree textures from “Apollo and Daphne”.

Hand, sling, and rock from “David” which I think deserves to be at LEAST as well-known as Michelangelo’s. Saw them two days apart and I prefer Bernini, honestly.

Facial expression from “David” - I just love the character in this so much.

Kind of a weird angle but look at the texturing on the sling pouch!!!

We also got to see one of Bernini’s earliest works (possibly his very first) in the Uffizi; it’s not currently on display, unfortunately, but look at this:

Forgive the poor photo quality but. He was 14 when he carved this. FOURTEEN.

Man was a straight-up wizard.

In conclusion: if you get the chance to visit the Borghese Gallery in Rome (which has the most Bernini sculptures gathered in one place), do it. The “Ecstasy of St. Theresa” is in a church a short walk away from there, too, and well worth a visit. There are also several more Berninis in churches around Rome which can be visited for free or for a nominal donation! Just… be smarter than we were and make sure you’re not trying to visit them on days they have services.

[ampervadasz]

Unmute !

[unashamedly-enthusiastic]

I watched this without sound and it was just so happy and joyful I knew it could only get better with the music

And I was right

[mag150cul-de-sac]

@joy-and-whimsy-official

[joy-and-whimsy-official]

Official joy and whimsy post

Happy 21st of September everyone!

[starcatching]

ATEEZ + 🌈

[galaxymagick]

@leo_jungtw

[avantegarda]

I may be an absolute disaster of an adult but when someone younger than me asks for advice I turn into a Wise Professor

[avantegarda]

Youngster: how do you cope with exams/anxiety/time management

Me, who just had a panic attack while eating a bagel at 2 pm:

[teaboot]

Alright kids say it with me

My thoughts don’t make me a bad person

My feelings don’t make me a bad person

My thoughts, feelings, and impulses only exist inside my head, and none of it matters unless I act on it

Nobody can see my thoughts or emotions

The only things anyone can see and judge me on are my actions

There’s no such thing as a thought crime

thank u

[teaboot]

You can have harmful beliefs and harmful impulses and harmful urges and not be evil. You can make yourself aware that these things are harmful and take steps to correct yourself and not be evil. You can walk around with the urge to kick puppies all goddamn day and as long as you are capable of redirecting that impulse to something benign then it doesn’t matter. I don’t know how else to say this

[felixcloud6288]

Listening to a podcast

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[cheesedwithpower]

DOGMATIC FINAL 漆黒

[escuerzoresucitado]

[brionysea]

we need to keep this circulating so it can find the people who are about to stay up for 3 to 4 hours

[cheesedwithpower]

DOGMATIC FINAL 漆黒

[tilthat]

TIL that Harvard professor Tom Lehrer was asked at the age of 84 by rapper 2 Chainz if he could sample his 60-year old song. Lehrer replied, “I grant you motherfuckers permission to do this. Please give my regards to Mr. Chainz, or may I call him 2?”

via ift.tt

[theradioghost]

the fact that this doesn’t mention that 1. the song is called “the old dope peddler” and that 2. lehrer’s other songs range from delights like “the masochism tango” and “poisoning pigeons in the park” to a catchy theme tune for the myth of Oedipus to celebrations of plagiarism in math academia and a series of jokes about the folk song “Clementine” as written by various classical composers, not to mention The Elements Song, is unforgivable.

lehrer is also a math genius who entered Harvard at 15 and may or may not have invented the jello shot. eventually he got bored of performing music and went back to teaching math. as of May 2021 he’s 93 and still kicking around in California.

[oakenroots]

As of July, 2025, he has outlived Ozzy Osbourne and is 97 years old.

[christs-cock-deactivated2023110]

i think i may have accidentally gotten my roommate into petplay

[christs-cock-deactivated2023110]

our landlord was coming over and he was worried he would find out we have pets. so i JOKINGLY told him to put a collar on and the landlord would think any pet stuff we forgot to put away was for him. and he did it. HALF JOKINGLY HALF BECAUSE HE REALLY LOVES HIS DOG.

when the landlord came over and saw my roommate he looked extremely uncomfortable so we played it up. a lot. on the bright side he didn't say a thing about having any animals other than my roommate in here so we continued to do it every time he came round but i dont think it's a joke for my roommate anymore

[sagechan]

NEW "AND THEY WERE ROOMATES" AU JUST DROPPED

[78-s-deactivated20250512]

All i do is listen to music and overthink shit