#external

[antpop]

Sorta quick drawing of one of my favorite characters: Selene Gallio, the black queen of the hellfire club. I’ve long despaired over her portrayal in the comics. I’ve said before that she’s a horror character in a superhero setting. X corps, that short lived series, was onto something when they got leaned on her years of expertise on city management. I also liked Necrosha but it ended too quickly. Makes me think that Marvel should start tidying up and categorizing their magic system. I’m rambling.

[alpinegloom]

skate nite ( 🎨 - @meltyautumn@bsky )

[thepersonalwords]

One who experiences prasantta [blissful happiness] within, he will have prasantta [blissful happiness] externally. The mind is a mirror (reflection) for the external.

Dada Bhagwan

[grusik]

La CIUDAD cuenta lo que sus muros hablan - The CITY tells what its walls speak. Ciudad #Bogota #Colombia - Instagram; @goma741 by goma741

[asterosea]

i frogot i made a speedpaint for this drawing... it's from my mouse era..... [finished art]

[momentsbeforemass]

External

One of our great problems is appearances, how things look from the outside. The externals.

Whether it involves people, or possessions, it is easy for us to focus on those externals.

Sometimes, we focus on them because we assume that they might tell us something about what’s going on inside. More often, we focus on the externals, because we’ve mistaken the externals for the important part.

The point that Jesus is making in today’s Gospel is about seeing the externals for what they really are.

Sometimes they can point us in the right direction. Most of the time, though, they don’t. Most of the time, they’re not the important part. Most of the time, they’re just something extra.

The point that Jesus is making is that once we understand what the externals really are, we’ll let them go. We’ll put our time and attention where it needs to be. On the only thing that matters in the end, the only thing that lasts.

Don’t focus on the external. Focus on the Eternal.

Today’s Readings

[howifeltabouthim]

The bad dream was outside her, in the world. She must conquer it there or nowhere.

Joyce Carol Oates, from The Falls