Jul 5
do you ever get tired of like... having opinions
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do you ever get tired of like... having opinions
So today, I had to correct an American tour guide. I use that term lightly. Where I live, we have a cathedral and it has many carvings. One of which is this one. Now, I volunteer in the cathedral. I volunteer in the library. I STUDY THIS STUFF.
It is a lion attacking a gryphon. Gryphons used to be the symbol of christ until major religious upheaval and such, so the lion was used
So..
Her: and here we have a lion killing a rhino.
Me:*walks up* excuse me that's wrong.
"I beg your pardon?"
"The animal the lion is attacking is not a rhino, it is a gryphon. It has wings. Up until the 17th century in england, the gryphon was the symbol of christ. The lion came in much later. Medieval people may have been stupid by today's standards yes... but there were fairs, court fairs and drawings of rhinos dating back to the 12th century. We have the books in the cathedral library."
Woman *blinks in confusion*
Me: oh! And if you care to look on the otherside, you will see the carving of the fat lion with the Skeleton of the gryphon
SHE THOUGHT IT WAS A RHINO.
Can... can Americans please learn?
Why is Banned Books Week important?
Banning books is just another form of control that people of authority have over us. They are continuously banning books in order to control what we can view based on their beliefs in life. Banned Books Week brings attention to this issue by bringing light to what goes on on a daily basis.
Voltron has taken over my life.
I am not sure if I should make a voltron designated Tumblr since that’s all the fan art I’ve been drawing as of late or more or less the only Fan art I ever draw…
I read this poem over a year ago and while it has struck a deeper chord in me, the overall subject has stopped me from killing any spider that I find around me inside. Just a cup, piece of paper all because these words continue to be seared into my brain.
And I hate spiders...
It’s amazing the power of words to shape our behavior, no matter our age or experience. Studies have shown that people who read are more likely to be empathetic. I’m not sure if that is completely true, but I do hope so.
i don't know where american folk watch the new thunderbirds eps before they come out on amazon prime and at this point im too afraid to ask
So many problems could be solved if the majority of people read