art & oddities

basil lingard 𐬺 eng/kern 𐬺 artist of the dark folk persuasion 𐬺 illustrator storyteller boat dweller 𓆨

[wilderbas]

prints are now available friends! get them here 🧡

£4 for A5, £6 for A4

worldwide shipping available :^)

Update: US shipping proving unreliable/ taking a LONG time due to tariffs. Message me if you wish to ship to US

[wilderbas]

still grinding in the waking world, so take this rendition of mymble reuniting with snufkin as an apology and a vow to return in august

*fades into the mists*

[mothermara]

remember to bury the dead with a phone, everyone. these days the ferry terminal at the river styx wants you to download a fucking app

[litarnes]

Hail Mary, full of Grace

[polyamandhellaglam]

Polyamory is safe for work. Polyamory is safe for kids. Polyamory is safe for day time tv. Polyamory isn’t more sexual than any other relationship and it can be just as romantic, sweet, and healthy.

[evilwriter37]

Aggressively reblogs.

[dogpuppy]

At the local hamburger shop and they said yelled out “order 167!” And three middle school age kids yelled in perfect unison “ 6 7!” Life is sometimes so beautiful

[moisterpeggingchampion]

If you reference 67 you deserve to be executed on the spot tbh

[dogpuppy]

If I was king for a day the first thing I would do would be to sentence you to a life full of love and understanding.

[wilderbas]

had a young american family hire a narrowboat from our yard the other day, and the young lass referenced 6,7 whilst we talked due to a hand gesture I did, and I was so chuffed I even got the reference! she was so cute and bubbly and I loved being able to do youth communications™

[hylian-prosecutor]

Tell me how I'm supposed to focus on "important things" when sumer is icumen in lhude sing cuccu groweþ sed and bloweþ med and springþ þe wde nu sing cuccu sing cuccu

[3liza]

made a strong handful of new acquaintances this year so far that are really cool and its been a delight. its so trite to say this but it is TRULY about who you know, and not in a 'networking' way i mean just like your daily existence you know

[mismedleym]

toward the sun, from the sun

[liberalsarecool]

Cosign.

[wilderbas]

storytime!

so, 50% of this orkney trip has centred around visiting cairns (Neolithic tombs/ community sites),

and as such my ma told me a brilliant story about the time she visited a similar cairn in cymru

we travel with her cat, bear, as always, and when she visited this cairn, she took the cat in with her to explore. there was a drum inside, so ma played it (ofc), and after 20 mins was satisfied and began to come out.

the cat went out first, and after a bit ma followed, only to be faced with a couple of shocked aussies, who swore loudly and laughed in relief. once they’d got a hold of themselves again, they breathlessly explained that they’d been waiting to go in for a few minutes, but having heard the drum they waited to listen to the reverberation of the stone from outside.

except then a cat came out. just a cat. and for a bit there the only logical explanation to them was that a cat was playing the drums and communing with the dead in a neolithic tomb.

yes, a drawing is incoming

[haverst]

Felt this to my core

[pankendev]

there are places in the world today that are experiencing 40°C for the first time in recorded history. of course there's no way to know whether chucking billionaires into volcanos will appease the sun god but i feel we're doing the scientific method a disservice if we don't at least try

[pointnclick]

"we live in an uncaring universe." sorry the special planet full of beauty and animals and food literally growing out of the ground isnt good enough for you. i guess

[wilderbas]

oops sorry about that casual early summer hiatus there - travel n boat work swept my creativity off a cliff side and drowned it , but!

I’m back in the Orkney isles for midsummer so the creative well is being refilled & yaknow that means selkiefolk are on the brain

currently finishing up a peedie selkie story which I hope to share at a remote solstice gathering of northern dwellers

[hikes-and-moans]

UNPOPULAR OPINION: A lot of "mental health issues" disappear when bills are paid, rent is secure, and the fridge is full. Peace is expensive. And pretending money doesn't affect mental health is privilege.

[orpheuslament]

i will personally never understand that thing people do when theyre like "i thought this was a good piece of art until i realised its fetish/pornographic" like why does art lose value if the artist was a little horny when they made it. why is that so scary. im sure a lot of the old masters were doing portraits of their lovers slightly bricked up & theyre still displayed in museums. why is sexual arousal not an acceptable source of inspiration when like every other emotion is. well i mean i know why sadly but i do not like it so i'll continue to complain about it

[lychgate]

if michaelangelo can paint 644 cock and balls on the sistine chapel u can swallow a few close ups of feet or whatever