ilike posting about books and music and stuff

what even is life?

[woowoo-woman-deactivated2017121]

The earthy smell of rain is one of the most divine scents I’ve ever beheld.

[bebs-art-gallery]

Albert Square, Manchester (1910) by Adolphe Valette | Contemporary Art (2015) by Emily Allchurch

[bread-making-vikings]

the top is an original, from 1910, the bottom is a new version painted in 2015

[spacedouterri]

THE BOTTOM IS A PAINTING????

[open-sketchbook]

also does a really good job reminding the view just how much air quality has improved since we stopped burning coal in every building lol

[yourfavouritefae]

help british tv is messing with my head again

[apparentlyviburnum]

The Master and Margarita is truly The Book Of All Times. It's got the devil. The devil has heterochromia and a crew of demons that consist of a really tall guy, a talking giant cat who wasn't allowed to ride a tram by himself and a redhead. Everyone lies to the point you don't know what is real and what is not. Multiple characters go insane and are sent to a mental hospital because of this. There are witches. There is Jesus Christ. It's got artists. Ones who give in to mass culture and ones who do not and are broke(and insane) as a result. The male lead is the insane, broke artist and he doesn't have a name. The title characters show up like halfway through the book, idk, I haven't actually gotten to where margarita shows up yet. There's a ball and everyone is naked. They drink clear spirit. There is social commentary. The main female character is enamoured with her insane artist, loser writer boyfriend and calls him a genius. He thinks she deserves so much more. His book is, if the novel is to be believed, the actual recollection of jesus' last days and death.

[yourfavouritefae]

okay am i hallucinating or is the big bang theory just sex and the city but about socially akward physicists

[thememedaddy]

[thetiredprometheus]

watching the Moria scene in the fellowship

Y'know what, why not start the story at the beginning. So Eru Illuvatar-

[mawofthemagnetar]

Cold take but all languages are beautiful actually. Every single one. Every single human language on earth is a collection of stories interwoven into the very fabric of the words that are spoken.

“Oh but this language sounds scary-“ have you heard a child speak it while pointing at a butterfly?

“Oh but this language sounds silly-“ have you heard someone’s grandma recite a recipe with such practiced ease it comes off as poetry?

“Oh but this language is really weird-“ and yours isn’t? Everyone’s language is weird, dumbass, it came free with your fucking humanity.

Every tongue that is spoken is a work of art. Every language a unique window into the world.

Isn’t it wonderful?

[shamebats]

Cats getting caught doing crimes

[flipocrite]

it takes quite a bit of social intelligence for a creature to understand:

I know what I am doing is wrong

I know there is an activity that looks similar that is not wrong

If I am quick I can plausibly pass one off as the other

[gingerhastoomanyobsessions]

these cats are displaying remarkable theory of mind skills by not only registering that the humans can perceive them but actively trying to manipulate that perception! that requires one to be aware that other individuals have complicated interior thoughts of their own, to know that those thoughts are not always based on truth, and to quickly decide on the best possible “lie” for the situation. this is why I despise animal intelligence tasks based on obedience— some of the most clever moments stem from intelligent disobedience.

[oldpaintings]

Eva Gonzalès  (French, 1849–1883)

[gluten-free-lap-dances]

Bishop’s Garden

Cathedral Heights, Washington D.C. 03.2026

[gaudebo]

tip: if you wake up on time and then lie in bed unmoving for 20 minutes you will no longer be on time

[baetology]

Sometimes it blows my mind that there are people that don’t wear glasses/contacts. Like they can literally see with no aid. Like they wake up and just be out here seeing. What a wild concept.

[bumblebeebats]

And people say stuff like ‘lol don’t you hate it when you look up in the middle of the night and see a spider on your ceiling’ like bitch (!!) i could have Nicholas II last czar of Russia hangin from my ceiling fan and i would be none the wiser

[worldheritagepostorganization]

World Heritage Post

[flowersandfashion]

the fact that Jeremy Brett played both Dorian Gray and Basil Hallward AND both John Watson and Sherlock Holmes throughout his career. he has the range.

[thehappysatan]

Tolkein would have rly hated Gandalf Big Naturals and i think that's beautiful

[yourfavouritefae]

i wish someone could explain discourse analysis to me like i’m five

[anexperimentallife]

[uncivilliberties]

Too good et cetera et cetera