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Made this shelf.

Gives pleasant nostalgic vibes, doesn't it?

[lord-kitschener]

I mean the whole damn point of the Nativity story is that the supposed son of God (interpret Jesus how you fucking want, of course) was born to a couple of poor, exhausted peasants in the stable for the inn, and his first bed was a feeding trough for animals. That would nowadays be like a poor couple where the mother gives birth in a parking garage behind the motel because they couldn’t find a better place and nobody else would take them in. It’s a pretty gritty setting, and the idea is that God was reborn in some of the rock-bottom lowest circumstances. The only thing majestic was all the angels and shit, and of course motherly love

I get that a lot of the art portraying Madonna and Child as fabulously wealthy europeans in splendid robes and golden light was meant to glorify God + whichever nobility was sponsoring the artist, and while of course it’s genuinely beautiful art, it just always struck me as horribly missing the point, which is that the supposed son of God started in incredibly humble circumstances, among the kind of people that everyone else looks down on

‘Massacre des Innocents’ by Leon Cogniét, 1824. Although the Feast of the Holy Innocents is in a couple of days time, this painting is still really relevant in that it portrays Mary as how She really was: a scared refugee mum, so fearful that Her son was going to be one of the Innocents killed by King Herod.

[durnesque-esque]

My new favorite mordern interpretation is this work, José y Maria by Everett Patterson (http://www.everettpatterson.com)

I had to look at this like FIVE TIMES to register all the layers of symbolism going into the piece by Patterson. 

The hoodie as a veil. 

Weisman cigarettes

Each of them is haloed by an advertisement sticker. 

No Vacancy sign on the motel. 

Dove sticker over Maria’s head. 

Neon sign with a star symbol also over Maria’s head. 

The crown over the ‘Dave’s City Motel’ sign. “New Manger.”

The sign behind Jose’s elbow likely says ‘Herod.’

The wee little plant growing through the cracks at their feet. 

It’s like a New Testament ‘I Spy.’ I love it!

Ugh.

New favorite interpretation of the nativity. 

[alextheraven]

Ezekiel 34 15-16 on the phone

[clockworkvulpine]

Good news sticker above José

Maria sitting on a donkey

Shepherd Watches advertisement in the newspaper

Gloria sticker on the payphone

[bowbowis]

The tragic/hilarious thing is how all the hardcore Bible thumpers I know would look at that image and feel nothing but contempt for Jose and Maria.

[actualmermaid]

In 2023, iconographer Kelly Latimore created “Christ in the Rubble” in collaboration with Red Letter Christians and Rev. Munther Isaac.

To quote Rev. Isaac earlier this month, “Christ is still under the rubble.”

[melveevoicestudios]

Full circle!

Also, wowie. It’s been AGES since I’ve made @therealjacksepticeye gif edits hahaha. Old tumblr is gone. Nostalgia in full force.

(My old tumblr was thesepticactress)

[therealjacksepticeye]

Some things never change

[scrapnick]

“W kitty!”

Caseoh horror streams was a very unexpected addition to my morning routine but here we are!

[ohwolfling]

the Keanu Reeves yelling "FUCK" while filming John Wick montage from Wick is Pain

[fuckyeahchinesefashion]

OP: Customer service wants video proof that my rice cooker is giving electric shocks

[jicah]

“I want to see the world… But I cannot move”

Reblog the snowman to show him the world.

[nedoiko]

One of the most meaningfull things I did.

[pointyfruit]

Away, my snowman!

[spam-a-ton]

È il mio 9 anniversario su Tumblr 🥳

[stagbeetleboy]

This is the funnest expression ever pulled in all of starwars history

[carolxdanvers]

Clearly you don't own an air fryer

[2urban2fantasy-deactivated20241]

It’s not an appliance the Jedi would sell you

[edgeofn1ght]

even two years later, sometimes it's hard to believe this was real

[the-boroughh]

ur welcome

[vaszametili]

obiwan leades anakin to the council 21 BBY holophoto in color

[weirdreindeer]

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[fettiowi]

Sonadow artist canon event is drawing sonic reacting to shadow laughing. Happens to the best of us

[whumpster-fire]

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[stonegolem]

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I'm sorry I had to do this. I couldn't not make this sound happen

[smellslikebot]

laughed out loud at this tag on an art post where the OP was deactivated .

[arcane-machine]

[somethingmissingthiswaycomes]

Straight up this would not be funny to me it would be miraculous and I would be too happy to be amused

Did a quick search after typing that and found an article on it from a couple hours ago.

Vote in the midterms, Americans.

[taciturnaberration]

VOTE IN THE MIDTERMS!