Coloured figures of English fungi or mushrooms.  

By Sowerby, James, 1757-1822 

Publication info London,Printed by J. Davis,1797-[1809] BHL Collections: New York Botanical Garden

“Why didn’t it turn out right?”

Tahmuras, shown here galloping across a meadow, defeated the divs (demons); in exchange for their lives, they taught him the art of writing. This work is attributed to Sultan Muhammad, the master painter and chief administrator of the first generation of artists of this manuscript. The humor of the divs’ ghastly faces and gestures and the painterly treatment of their spotty skin are typical of Sultan Muhammad’s style.

(via “Tahmuras Defeats the Divs”, Folio 23v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp | Attributed to Sultan Muhammad | 1970.301.3 | Work of Art | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art)

When I suppress my emotions for too long and they all come crashing in at once:

(ﾉ❤ヮ❤)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧ *:･ﾟ✧

HOW IS SHE SO BEAUTIFUL

while performative activism is still A Force To Be Reckoned with, y’all need to stop yelling at kids who  are incapable of confronting their families’ bigotry. Like, some of these people could get kicked out by their parents for “backtalking”. Some kids live in abusive homes. Keep that in mind. Let them do their activism online if it is too dangerous for them irl.

angry porcupine

Hours of Margaret of Orléans, Rennes 1426

BnF, Latin 1156B, fol. 176r

ANGERY

I am a mother now. I walk a different path.