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“I just have this phone because I like small phones. It’s not really a good symbol of conservation. Conservation isn’t some huge sacrifice. It doesn’t mean you can’t have nice things. I’ve got a nice flat screen TV at home, great furniture, a sauna, sporting goods, and all the clothes I can wear. Conservation just means that you aren’t constantly getting rid of perfectly good stuff to replace it with stuff that you don’t need. A perfect table is perfect for hundreds of years. You don’t need a new one every couple years. Our culture is called ‘materialistic,’ but that’s not even correct, because ‘materialism’ implies that we value our possessions. And we don’t. We get rid of them, then we destroy Africa to get more shit that nobody needs. There’s no more pressing problem right now than the depletion of the earth. The earth can tolerate a lot of punishment, but if there isn’t a change in the way we consume, there is no way it can survive. We will gladly give money help people in need. But we can’t equate the act of conservation with helping billions of people for generations to come.”

Dexter: one thought at a time.

#Tonkinese #cat #string #drawing #sketchbook #watercolour

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Artist at work (thedrawingbee)

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Heehee, me drawing at Kew Gardens. It is a very beautiful place, with tonnes of benches for easy sketching. Thank you fixedphotons for the lovely pic. :))

#urban sketching #Kew gardens #sketchbook

Happy Accidents in my sketchbook for #sketchbookskool homework. Reminds me of an art exercise in junior school (many many many moons ago) where we took charcoal 'for a walk' and decided what it was afterwards. I can still remember the dog I drew. (Still having my work continually assessed by the Tonkinese, who insist on sitting within stroking distance)

#sketchbookskool #sketchbook #ink #splotch

What I wore today. Actually it was yesterday.

#sketch #outfit #watercolour #clothes #sketchbook #diary

Finally managed to fit in some drawing on the last day of a busy family holiday in the Lake District. Oh how I love that place. Seeing the land flatten out as we drive home each year is always a melancholy moment. Thanks for the pics of me fixedphotons :)

#lake district #drawing #mountains #scree #lake #sketchbook

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Helen Macdonald at Greenlight Bookstore, 4/8/15

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Listening to The Staves’ new album today reminded me to dig up the illustration I did of them last year :-)

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Gorgeous! As beautiful as their harmonies :)

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"What was the happiest moment of your life?" "I don’t think I have one yet but it’s probably coming up and it’s going to be a surprise."

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Cutie

"Chocolat chaud s'il vous plait". I was just practicing my French in Paris two weeks ago. Obviously it's a total coincidence that my best phrases involve hot chocolate and pain au chocolat.