Creating A Universe With Your Own Hands

colorjellyfish

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It always upsets me so much when I see interpretations/illustrations of the two headed calf poem that show a living calf being torn away from its mother and killed to sell to a museum and framing the poem as being "humanity kills beautiful things for being different".

Two headed cows almost never survive more than a few hours after their birth. The farmer finds the *body* the next day. The calf was destined to die, and that's a tragedy, but for the time it was alive, it had a beautiful and unique experience.

It's not a poem about the cruelty of man. It's a poem about the beauty of life in an indifferent universe. It's about purpose and beauty being able to exist even in an existence doomed to come to an end, as all our lives are. It's not a poem about how a calf dies, but how, even for only a brief moment, it was alive.

And, for that moment, because of that life, however fleeting, the sky had twice as many stars.

Sequoia Brussels sprouts are delicious but it's pretty hard to finish one.

Bassica [Explained]

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[Cueball, Megan and another Cueball are standing in front of a Giant Sequoia] Cueball: Did you know the Mighty Redwood is actually the same species as broccoli and kale? It's just a different cultivar. Another Cueball: Wow! [Caption below the panel] Every year or two, botanists add another plant to Brassica oleracea and see if anyone calls them on it.

A kindly looking fey approaches you.

"I'm not going to pretend you're as foolish as someone else would say you look. Though it appears you are in need of assistance. There are several things I am willing to take in exchange for helping you. So, before we get started,

It is your choice, of course."

Fairies looking through Gothic Arch, c. 1864 by John Anster Fitzgerald (English, c. 1819–1906)

Death might appear to destroy the meaning in our lives, but in fact it is the very source of our lives. As Kafka said, “ The meaning of life is that it ends.” Death is the engine that keeps us running, giving us the motivation to achieve, learn, love, and create.

‘Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory’ by Caitlin Doughty (via artisticinsight)

I see you've noticed my overhead mural of mushrooms. That's myceiling.

La Muerte es una Ilusión (Death is an Illusion), 2023

Artist: Alejandro Pasquale

I made some little fairies out of pressed flowers 🌷