Mistigram: what's your first hint that springtime is approaching and Easter season closing in fast? I'm not sure, but in surely unrelated news, the holiday being observed by AdeptApril in #ANSIart today is Goddess of Fertility Day! So get out there and, uh, track your cycle!
Mistigram: this #ANSIart rendition of the monstrous feline mascot of indie electronic music publishing company @Monstercat (based, like ourselves, out of Vancouver, Canada) was drawn by The War On Christmas and included in the recent music-themed MIST0224 artpack collection.
Mistigram: AdeptApril has blown right past the traditional Irish shamrock and has speedrun all the way to this #FourLeafClover in her #ANSIart #StPatricks greetings to Storm BBS and the world. May we all share in its luck!
Mistigram: this #ASCIIart swirl by @lt3s_mouse was used as the actual album art for #KasaiTakara's 2023 album #Lov. Most of the other artworks contained in our recent music-themed MIST0224 artpack collection were fanart of album covers, but this specimen was the genuine article!
Mistigram: this #teletext adaptation of the cover art to #Weezer's second album, 1996's #Pinkerton, was made by @atonalosprey. The design derives from #Hiroshige's 19th century #ukiyoe print #KambaraYoruNoYuki ("#NightSnowAtKambara"). This screen was included in the recent music-themed MIST0224 artpack collection.
Mistigram: AdeptApril is sharing an #ANSIart warning with you all today... or is it a threat? Either way, be careful out there!
Soothsayer. Beware #theIdesOfMarch.
Caesar. He is a dreamer; let us leave him: pass.
Mistigram: mathletes and mathemagicians alike rejoice today, setting aside their traditional rivalries in celebration of #pi, a number that "... is magic. It is a number that is infinite, universal, transcendental, and irrational." Even though the #π symbol was only first used in its current mathematical form in 1706, coined by William Jones, it is difficult to imagine the world without it -- a world of collapsed churches and crumbled bridges. This #ANSIart screen celebrating #PiDay was drawn by AdeptApril of Storm BBS.
Mistigram: a state-of-the-art audio recording medium during WWII, over the next fourty years the #ReelToReel machine became the refuge of audiophiles and the experimental avant-garde, before falling by the wayside and, finally, becoming illustrated as a #teletext animation by @blippypixel in the music-themed MIST0224 artpack collection. There's still something hypnotic about watching the spools endlessly turn.
Mistigram: AdeptApril tells me it's National Jewel Day, so fire up Pieces of You and start your yodelling ... wait... I'm getting some new information... OK, scrap that, forget #Jewel the singer, today we actually celebrate hard precious gemstones and lustrous minerals... as illustrated in this #ANSIart screen.
Mistigram: this #teletext adaptation of the album art to #MariyaYakeuchi's 1980 single, #SweetestMusic, from the Miss M album, was drawn by @atonalosprey and included in the new music-themed MIST0224 artpack collection. This image's source, a photograph by Alan Levenson, was widely seen associated with her later single "Plastic Love" on YouTube circa 2017-2018, leading to a resurgence of interest in the Japanese #citypop genre.
Mistigram: with the approaching spring comes a chance to take actions that will yield dividends in the summer and beyond! That and: you can just make your space look nice as an end unto itself. In any event, AdeptApril reminds us that today is the day to Plant A Flower (you can even plant two, if you like) with this #ANSIart screen.
Mistigram: this #BBCMicro high resolution graphics animation loop of a modular synthesizer was made by @Blippypixel and included in the new music-themed MIST0224 artpack collection.
Mistigram: did you hear something? Wait, there it is again... There are other occasions being observed today, but AdeptApril drew this #ANSIart screen to make a little space for International #Bagpipe Day. (I think it may get more space than it anticipates!)
Mistigram: You see that big, red, candy-coloured button? That's the panic button. Don't worry, go ahead and give it a whack -- after all, as AdeptApril has shown us in this #ANSIart screen, today is Panic Day! (If things get out of control and spiral into mass hysteria, we can rein them in by Towel Day on May 25th, when we can impose a state of Don't Panic.)