[petaltexturedskies]

You see, dearest creature, I could sit up all night: we might go to moonlight ruins, cafés, dances, plays, junketings: converse for ever; sleep only while the moon covers herself for an instant with a thin veil;

Virginia Woolf, from a letter to Vita Sackville-West, wr. c. September 1928

[kafkasapartment]

Blossoming Chestnut Branches, May, 1890. Vincent van Gogh. Oil on canvas.

[gogumagirl]

[funstyle]

Saw something magical today. Kid in front of us on our flight (prob 4-5 years old) playing a wordle type game and his two first guesses were MOMMY and DADDY

[amilkyway]

fireflies lighting up a rural Pennsylvania field at dusk

[highlandcattleofsaarela]

[flippantsmeagol]

Minutes ago, in the front yard. Mulberry rain. 12/2/2025.

[freshgarlicbread]

[sea-mists]

all the self help books and internet gurus in the world can't make you realise that unfortunately the way to get what you want isn't some hack or neat trick, but is just doing the work. and it's hard, but it's really the only thing that is going to fulfill you. you need to get up when your alarm goes off and go outside, make sure you move your body and eat enough, give yourself the time and space to actually think, and not spend your whole day on a screen.

[petaltexturedskies]

Emily Brontë, "Fall, leaves, fall;" in The Complete Poems

[julykings]

i would like to hold on to everything

[julykings]

prints of this drawing are now available in my shop :-)

[thunderstruck9]

Lois Dodd (American, 1927), Red Lily + Iris Leaves, 1989. Oil on panel, 14 x 12 in.

[geryone]

Goatsong, Leila Chatti

[doodleoo]

what you learn from hobbies:

consistent practice opens up whole worlds of skill that you couldn't imagine

making mistakes in the process of learning is not only natural, it is also essential

activities that you enjoy can give you more energy back than you spent on them

wow everything is so expensive

[doodleoo]

my hands hurt

[gerogerigaogaigar]

Don't ignore the hand hurt or you won't be able to do hobbies for a lot longer than you think

[soupsized]

i know your whole personalities are being cool and non-chalant but i beg please laugh at your professors jokes

[elwenyere]

-- Ted Chiang, from "Why A.I. Isn't Going to Make Art"

[oldshrewsburyian]

I'm so glad they got Ted Chiang -- a wonderful writer of science fiction and thinker about technology, in my opinion -- to write this essay. My favorite line was this:

Generative A.I. appeals to people who think they can express themselves in a medium without actually working in that medium.

[firstfullmoon]

Franny Choi, from “How to Let Go of the World,” in The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On [ID in alt text]