‪“Gurgle” and “Weep” • 12”x16” • gouache, watercolor, colored pencil on paper‬

u know that thing where an animals grow in a far off place and some idiot introduces him to a new habitat and it turns out its characteristics that help them in their own sometimes are too helpful in the new one and they become like an invasive species yeah thats the word i was missing anyway back to my point i think i saw a human version of that just now i was driving in tonights snow storm and i saw a man wearing a big ass cowboy hat to keep the snow off him and a bandit red bandana to keep it off his face and a big ass pancho to keep him warm and nice ass cowboy boots to keep his calves dry and he was prancing along while everyone on the road looked miserable and frozen solid and idk i guess the point im trying to make here is i feel like cowboys would have taken over russia if given the chance or something

i love little kids with very niche interests. Like for awhile I nannied for a family who had a little girl who loved old black and white movies. She adopted a transatlantic accent, constantly wore a long string of plastic pearls, and would often dramatically drape herself over pieces of furniture when told to do something and say “I just can’t do it babe”

i love little kids with very niche interests. Like for awhile I nannied for a family who had a little girl who loved old black and white movies. She adopted a transatlantic accent, constantly wore a long string of plastic pearls, and would often dramatically drape herself over pieces of furniture when told to do something and say “I just can’t do it babe”

Identity is a prison! Let yourself respond authentically to each moment as it arrives, without being bound to the narrative of who you think you are! The self is a construct! The truth of your existence is ever changing and infinite as the universe is ever changing and infinite! Abandon the stories of your past selves and be present and alive in this very moment! IDENTITY IS DEAD! THE SELF IS DEAD! YOU ARE ALIVE!

update: i just shaved my eyebrows off

Singing in the Shah Mosque in Isfahan, Iran

The acoustics  in the 400 year old mosque are amazing & notes hang in the air with crystal clarity. The singer is a student from northern Iran visiting Isfahan & had always wanted to sing in the mosque because of its unique acoustic resonance qualities. You have to stand on the tiled square for perfect effect.

I had this girl in my class and she was considered to be like really dumb. She’d ask a ton of doubts and questions in class, which everybody would consider to be “stupid"and “silly” and even the teachers would often taunt her but she’d never stop asking. But the thing was that she’d almost always top the class examinations and everyone was like???? They all thought she was cheating and stuff and obviously even the teachers were very biased because she wasn’t so ‘smart’ in class, and she was regularly accused of cheating. But nobody could prove that she was actually cheating but the whole class and teachers totally believed that she did. I’m pretty socially awkward so I never really talked to her, but she was leaving school this year and I was genuinely curious about how she was so good during exams and how she didn’t let everyone’s remarks affect her. She always used to sit and hang out with only one girl, and she told me that that friend of hers was severely socially anxious and she’d lag in studies because she couldn’t bring herself to ask doubts in class or ask for help from others. So they had this system where during lectures her friend would write down any question she had, and she would ask them for her. And I was just so touched??? Idk but it really changed the way I looked at people?? This girl endured taunts and jeers and borderline bullying for being “stupid” when she was actually really smart and could easily have refused to ask such doubts for her friend but she did?? And brushed off everything others would throw at her for her friend?? I was just, idk it just really changed me in some way.

people like this in the world

Embroidered and needle-felted veggies by Little Herb Bouquet

well aren’t you the cutest little things…

16th Century Inspired Wedding Gown, ca. 1891

via LACMA

“Raising Dion”

I'ma need for this to be an actual movie. ASAP!!! This shyt looks so dope man.

BOOOOOOST OMG PLEASE Make THIS A REAL MOVIE

JESUS

Jenny Zhang, ‘The Quiet Importance of Angst-y Art’, Rookie  (via lydia-martin)

ah yes. han solo. han solo, so suave

so cool under pressure

so calm in a crisis

great at handling difficult situations, for example, can get his own gloves off WHILE talking to a cute girl AT the same time no problem thanks for asking

so great at witty comebacks

definitely has slept with MANY a lady because, again, Han Solo is a cool guy, and not a grumpy hermit who, were he a person in the world, would spend all his weekends alone in his apartment with his phone turned off watching Ice Truckers

definitely not a weirdo with a shitty haircut who talks to his car

no. mister cool guy. always looks so cool. so cool in a fight

so cool. never panics about everything all the time constantly.

people trust him cause he’s got that cool guy charisma

always knows what he’s doing. han solo. an expert.

in conclusion: han solo, a cool space scoundrel, not a nerd. maybe you’re the nerd around here. hmm. looks like it. check and mate

Embroidered Charmeuse Peignoir and Silk Negligée with Crochet Lace Sleeves, ca. 1910

via Augusta Auctions

300 Basic French Words and Phrases

Based on the method created by funwithlanguages!

First Verbs 1.     Be - être 2.     There is - il y a 3.     Have - avoir 4.     Do - faire 5.     Go - aller 6.     Want - vouloir 7.     Can - pouvoir 8.     Need - devoir, avoir besoin 9.     Think - penser 10. Know - savoir (facts, how to do something), connaître (people, be familiar with) 11. Say - dire 12. Like - aimer, apprécier 13. Speak - parler 14. Learn - apprendre 15. Understand - comprendre Conjunctions 1.     That (as in “I think that…” or “the woman that…”) - que 2.     And - et 3.     Or - ou 4.     But - mais 5.     Because - car, parce que 6.     Though - cependant 7.     So (meaning “therefore”; e.g. “I wanted it, so I bought it”) - donc 8.     If - si Prepositions 1.     Of - de 2.     To - à 3.     From - de 4.     In - en 5.     At (a place) - à 6.     At (a time) - à 7.     With - avec 8.     About - à propos, sur 9.     Like (meaning “similar to”) - comme 10. For - pour 11. Before (also as a conjunction) - avant 12. After (also as a conjunction) - après 13. During - pendant Question Words 1.     Who - qui 2.     What - quoi, que 3.     Where - où 4.     When - quand 5.     Why - pourquoi 6.     How - comment 7.     How much - combien 8.     Which - lequel/laquelle/lesquels/lesquelles Adverbs 1.     A lot - beaucoup 2.     A little - un peu 3.     Well, good - bien, bon 4.     Bad, badly - mal, mauvais 5.     Only - seulement, juste 6.     Also - aussi 7.     Very - très 8.     Too (as in “too tall”) - trop 9.     Too much - trop 10. So (as in “so tall”) - tellement, si 11. So much - beaucoup 12. More (know how to say “more … than …”) - plus (que) 13. Less (know how to say “less … than …”) - moins (de) 14. As … as … (e.g. “as tall as”) - aussi (… que) 15. Most - la plupart, le/la/les plus 16. Least - moins 17. Better - mieux 18. Best - meilleur 19. Worse - pire 20. Worst - pire 21. Now - maintenant 22. Then - puis 23. Here - ici 24. There - là 25. Maybe - peut-être 26. Always - toujours 27. Usually - habituellement 28. Often - souvent 29. Sometimes - parfois 30. Never - jamais 31. Today - aujourd’hui 32. Yesterday - hier 33. Tomorrow - demain 34. Soon - bientôt 35. Almost - presque 36. Already - déjà 37. Still - toujours 38. Even - même 39. Enough - assez Adjectives 1.     The, a - le/la/les, un/une/des 2.     This - ceci, cela/ça 3.     That - ceci, cela/ça 4.     Good - bon 5.     Bad - mauvais 6.     All - tout, tous 7.     Some - quelque(s) 8.     No - aucun(e)(s) 9.     Any - n’importe quel(le)(s) 10. Many - beaucoup 11. Few - peu 12. Most - plus 13. Other - autre(s) 14. Same - même 15. Different - différent 16. Enough - assez 17. One - une 18. Two - deux 19. A few - quelques 20. First - premier 21. Next - suivant 22. Last (meaning “past”, e.g. “last Friday”) - dernier 23. last (meaning “final”) - dernier 24. Easy - simple, facile 25. Hard - compliqué, difficile 26. Early - tôt 27. Late - tard 28. Important - important 29. Interesting - intéressant 30. Fun - amusement 31. Boring - ennuyeux 32. Beautiful - beau(x)/belle(s) 33. Big - grand(e) 34. Small - petit(e) 35. Happy - heureux 36. Sad - triste 37. Busy - occupé 38. Excited - enthousiaste 39. Tired - fatigué 40. Ready - prêt 41. Favorite - favori 42. New - nouveau 43. Right (meaning “correct”) - bonne 44. Wrong - mal 45. True - vrai Pronouns Know them in the subject (“I”), direct object (“me”), indirect object (“to me”), and possessive (“my”) forms. 1.     I - je (subject), moi (object), mon/ma/mes (possessive) 2.     You - tu (subject), toi (object), ton/ta/tes (possessive) 3.     She - elle (subject), elle (object), son/sa/ses (possessive) 4.     He - il (subject), lui (object), son/sa/ses (possessive) 5.     It - il, ça/c’ 6.     We - nous (subject), nous (object), notre/nos (possessive) 7.     You (plural/ formal) - vous (subject), vous (object), votre/vos (possessive) 8.     They - elles, ils (subject), elles, eux (object), leur(s) (possessive) Nouns If your language has grammatical gender, then learn each noun as “the [noun]” with “the” in the correct gender. (e.g. in Spanish, instead of learning language = “idioma”, learn language = “el idioma”.) This will help you remember the gender. 1.     Everything - tout 2.     Something - quelque chose 3.     Nothing - rien 4.     Eeveryone - tout le monde 5.     Someone - quelqu’un 6.     No one - personne 7.     French - Français 8.     English - Anglais 9.     Thing - une chose 10. Person - une personne 11. Place - un endroit 12. Time (as in “a long time”) - le temps 13. Time (as in “I did it 3 times”) - une fois 14. Friend - un(e)(s)/des ami(e)(s), pote(s) 15. Woman - une femme 16. Man - un homme 17. Money - de l’argent 18. Country - un pays 19. United States of America - Des Etats-Unis d’Amérique 20. City - une ville 21. Language - une langue 22. Word - un mot 23. Food - une nourriture 24. House - une maison 25. Store - un magasin 26. Office - un bureau, un travail 27. Company - une entreprise 28. Manager - un manager 29. Coworker - un collègue 30. Job - un travail 31. Work (as in “I have a lot of work to do”) - un travail 32. Problem - un problème 33. Question - une question 34. Idea - une idée 35. Life - une vie 36. World - un monde 37. Day - un jour 38. Year - une année 39. Week - une semaine 40. Month - un mois 41. Hour - une heure 42. Mother, father, parent - une mère, un père, un parent 43. Daughter, son, child - une fille, un fils, un enfant 44. Wife, husband - une femme, un mari 45. Girlfriend, boyfriend - une copine, un copain More Verbs 1.     Work (as in a person working) - travailler 2.     Work (meaning “to function”, e.g. “the TV works”) - fonctionner 3.     See - voir 4.     Use - utiliser 5.     Should - devoir 6.     Believe - croire 7.     Practice - s’entraîner 8.     Seem - sembler 9.     Come - venir 10. Leave - quitter 11. Return - retourner 12. Give - donner 13. Take - prendre 14. Bring - apporter 15. Look for - chercher 16. Find - trouver 17. Get (meaning “obtain”) - obtenir 18. Receive - recevoir 19. Buy - acheter 20. Try - essayer 21. Start - commencer 22. Stop (doing something) - arrêter 23. Finish - finir 24. Continue - continuer 25. Wake up - se réveiller 26. Get up - se lever 27. Eat - manger 28. Eat breakfast - manger le petit déjeuner 29. Eat lunch - déjeuner 30. Eat dinner - manger le dîner 31. Happen - se produire 32. Feel - ressentir 33. Create (aka “make”) - créer 34. Cause (aka “make”) - faire 35. Meet (meeting someone for the first time) - rencontrer 36. Meet (meaning “to bump into”) - rencontrer 37. Meet (an arranged meeting) - retrouver 38. Ask (a question) - demander 39. Ask for (aka “request”) - demander 40. Wonder - se demander 41. Reply - réponse 42. Mean - signifier 43. Read - lire 44. Write - écrire 45. Listen - écouter 46. Hear - entendre 47. Remember - se souvenir de 48. Forget - oublier 49. Choose - choisir 50. Decide - décider 51. Be born - né 52. Die - mourir 53. Kill - tuer 54. Live - vivre 55. Stay - rester 56. Change - changer 57. Help - aider 58. Send - envoyer 59. Study - étudier 60. Improve - améliorer 61. Hope - espérer 62. Care - se sentir concerné Phrases 1.     Hello - bonjour 2.     Goodbye - au revoir 3.     Thank you - merci 4.     You’re welcome - je t’en/vous en prie 5.     Excuse me (to get someone’s attention) - excuse(z) moi, pardon 6.     Sorry - désolé(e) 7.     It’s fine (response to an apology) - ce n’est pas grave 8.     Please - s’il te/vous plait 9.     Yes - oui 10. No - non 11. Okay - ok 12. My name is - Je m’appelle 13. What’s your name? - Quel est votre nom? 14. Nice to meet you. - Enchanté. 15. How are you? - Comment allez-vous? 16. I’m doing well, how about you? - Je fais bien, que diriez-vou? 17. Sorry? / What? (if you didn’t hear something) - Comment? 18. How do you say ______? - Comment dite-on ______? 19. What does ______ mean? - Que veut dire ______? 20. I don’t understand. - Je ne comprends pas. 21. Could you repeat that? - Pourriez-vous répéter? 22. Could you speak more slowly, please? - Pouvez-vous parler plus lentement, s’il vous plait? 23. Well (as in “well, I think…”) - eh bien, alors 24. Really? - Vraiment? 25. I guess that - Je suppose que 26. It’s hot. (talking about the weather) - Il fait chaud. 27. It’s cold. (talking about the weather) - Il fait froid.