Constantly obsessed with the concept of a man forced to be a myth. What do you do when every step you take is embedded into the text. Every word you say prose to read. You're part of something bigger than yourself. The narrative tugs you along like water currents. There is no time to rest, to be human. You must be great, you must be legend
this emerged in my head when I was trying to drive
TIL a family in Georgia claimed to have passed down a song in an unknown language from the time of their enslavement; scientists identified the song as a genuine West African funeral song in the Mende language that had survived multiple transmissions from mother to daughter over multiple centuries (x)
Fall in New England 🍁
I fucking hate hostile architecture
Grasshopper's Dream Cafe Located: Jeongseon, South Korea
There should be an equivalent to asking "how's the wife and kids?" that's like "so how's that fictional man of yours doing?"
The moon calls my name every night
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Arcane Skies - Sailor's Warning
Arcane Skies - Sunset Over the Mage Tower
Arcane Skies - Stars Above
Arcane Skies - Eternal Night
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"Cloud Forest" • 5x7" • watercolor & ink
What’s up just a reminder that the Hula Girl stereotype can go to hell and is in part responsible for Hawai’i being the tourist destination and getting invaded by rich white people, and for Hawaiian culture being disrespected and appropriated
Here’s a few sources on the topic:
How America’s Obsession With Hula Girls Almost Wrecked Hawai’i (the site is weird but the research is legitimate, gives a good overview of the issue and references a lot of sources that are harder to get your hands on read: books)
“Pop” Goes Hawai’i: The Twentieth Century Origins of Tourism in Hawai’i and the Impact of U.S. Pop Culture on Women in the Islands of Aloha (this one is very long but a really good read)
Misperceptions of the “Hula Girl” (this one is a personal essay but it’s an entry in the University of Hawai’i’s academic newspaper)
Gold and enamel brooch René Lalique, Paris, 1898-99
Jade horn shaped cup, China, Han Dynasty, 206 BC - 210 AD
from The National Palace Museum, Taipei
He deserves it
Smash that mf reblog button if you stoically ignore all labelled washing instructions and everything your mama ever told you about laundry and just send those bastards hurgling around in an overfilled tub to meet either death or glory
in the weeds
He’s just posted this on IG, read carefully:
It’s happening!!! We have to support him and the Guardians, let’s do our best!!!
#ibelieveintheguardians ❤️