#learning is a process

[beginnerartist2]

Anytime I was anywhere near the beach, the hippocampi would ask me to help them with their problems. And they had a lot of problems. Beached whales, porpoises caught in fishing nets, mermaids with hangnails—they'd call me to come underwater and help. (Titan’s Curse, Chapter 7)

I adore the fact that Percy sometimes wakes up in the middle of the night, just to help mermaids take care of their hangnails so much :(((((

I had to at least try to draw it at some point

[absolutelybatty]

What kind of bug is this and how do I get rid of it

[adastra-sf]

There’s no shame in failing. The only shame is not giving things your best shot.

- Robin Williams

[aaaaanndbackstabbed]

Who knew heads were so difficult to draw???

[art-of-mathematics]

*taking a deep breath to reflect upon whether I'm human or not*

*philosophical sob*

*takes pen and makes a tick*

*contemplates about whether it's lying or not when you don't even know the answer, or the actual answer is too nuanced and complex and doesn't fit into a binary margin... also, they didn't define what they mean by "robot", thus this uncertain ambiguity makes further measurements of your answer obsolete, and it doesn't even matter at all what you reply, because the terms are not defined. *

[mindnmybidness]

This is just a reminder that learning new skills is going to take time. And 90% of the time that skill is going to kick your ass.

[paddysnuffles]

A friendly reminder regarding people who use the wrong language regarding minorities

If you're talking to someone who you haven't tried to correct in the past, try to keep in mind that their choice of language doesn't necessarily mean they're a bigot.

They might genuinely not be aware that they're using wrong/outdated language (this being especially true of older people). They might even be in the process of learning about how to be respectful and just haven't got to learning the proper terminology yet.

For example:

A couple weeks ago I had a Boomer coworker ask me why our manager and I (the only Millennials in the senior staff) put our pronouns in our automatic email signatures.

"Like, what is it for? What's the reasoning behind it?" she asked, clearly genuinely interested in understanding. So I explained to her that it isn't so much for our benefit as it is for the benefit of trans people. That it's meant to normalize not assuming people's genders while also serving as a signal to trans folks that we're allies and that our place of work is a safe space for them to be in.

"Ooooh, okay, that makes sense. That's a nice idea." my coworker replied. We discussed trans issues a bit more and she used the wrong terminology regarding trans people (using "he" in regard to trans women athletes), but it didn't come from a place of malice. She's in the process of learning and has demonstrated that she believes in inclusion (when she used the wrong terminology she was lamenting that it would probably take a while for trans women to be truly accepted into female sports teams).