visual sustenance

Witchtober 2020 by Tena Galović

the inherent shame of beginning… dont look at me while i learn

“the inherent shame of beginning”

i admit, “don’t look at me while i learn” hits hard… but why is that so? when i was 7 years old i sang along to songs i had yet to fully learn by bumbling through sounds that half-resembled what i thought i heard, at full volume.

at 6, i would practice ballet moves–in which i had no instruction–outside the theater after a professional performance, in full view of the public.

at 5, i asked my teacher so many questions that she affectionately called me Bug–because i was always bugging her with my endless inquiry. i loved the nickname.

at 14, i was afraid to practice a song in my own room with no one home because, “what if my voice cracks? what if i can’t hit that note?”

at 15 i was afraid to dance in the garage with no one around because–i mean how embarrassing would it be to get the move wrong?

at 16, i forgo asking questions in class because god forbid i not understand.

what is this? “the shame of beginning”, we say. but not inherent, never was it inherent. the child loves to begin! they love making the silly mistake. the world tells us the mistake is fatal, or worse, shameful. what a tragedy. the world strangles our joy of beginning and when we’re old enough we add our own hands to the neck.

but the truth is we begin everyday and we are wrong and we’re dumb and we make silly mistakes and at the end of it all we are still the brilliant learners we’ve always been. there is no shame. it’s alright. i don’t know how to properly express that i wish upon everyone who’s reblogged this post to realize the shame is in our hands wrapped around the neck. we can let go. allow the self-kindess of your heart to soothe the bruises.

learning is no secret burden. we do it together :)

Was this meant to be inspirational? Because it is and now I’m halfway to tears

03 - CAGE

Movie: The Last Unicorn (1982)

So this is from The Last Unicorn, and I know everyone always talks about the bit where Molly Grue meets the unicorn, but they’re right to, because it is one of the single most gut wrenchingly devastating moments in cinema history It makes me so miserable that I now have tears in my eyes as I type about it. It is absolutely brilliant and I cannot believe that I saw it for the first time only like, six? years ago? I fully recommend it if you like folkloric magic, unicorns, and crying very deeply during a movie, and then subsequently every time you think about it.

SHOP / KO-FI / PATREON / INSTAGRAM

Larimar Filipinas Larimar Mine, Los Checheses, Sierra de Baoruco, Barahona Province, Dominican Republic

This is why I take 20,000 photos haha.

nature is sacred, pass it on.

‘Those glorious salmon-pink geraniums that are the pride of Cornwall.’

- Elizabeth Goudge (from The Little White Horse) 🌸 http://instagram.com/circleofpines

oh, to be a fairy, dancing across the grand ballroom floors of a lilypad in a still lake.

Chinese bronze sword with turquoise studded, gold inlaid rock crystal hilt, Warring States Period, 4th-2nd century BC

from Cardale Auctioneers

soappppp

yall I fucking bled for this peice of trash pls like it 

oh. I thought it was a photo.

Damn it took me 5 minutes to figure out why you wanted people to like a picture of soap. You did such a good job people think you are just posting random pics of soap.

this isn’t the fist time this has happened, I painted lube and everyone was confused that I posted a picture of lube 

Here are some other paintings I’ve done, if anyone’s interested 👀 ( three of these are based off photos)

Get Inspired, visit: www.myhouseidea.com

Mienar  -  https://mienar.tumblr.com/tagged/myillust  -  https://dribbble.com/mienar  -  https://twitter.com/_mienar  -  https://www.instagram.com/_mienar  -  https://vimeo.com/mienar

Cottagecore 💛

How cozy is this room?? 😍🌙

HONEY CUPCAKES WITH CHAMOMILE BUTTERCREAM

Who remembers?

“I am a strong individual who attracts success, prosperity and happiness.”