the next great adventure

babygirl i’m deficient in vitamins scientists haven’t even discovered yet

February 25, 2021 - Chestnut-crowned Warbler (Phylloscopus castaniceps)

These leaf warblers are found in forests in parts of Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. They eat tiny insects and other invertebrates, foraging in the upper canopy alone or in pairs and sometimes joining mixed-species flocks. Pairs build woven oval-shaped nests from mosses where females lay clutches of three to five eggs. Both parents incubate the eggs.

The Pacific Trust sent representatives to Disney with authentic textile samples that would have been present in ancient Polynesia. Two major materials, tapa and pandanus, are the basis for most costumes in the film.

“Because the materials are natural, they tend to be more structured than a fabric. How they move on people, and how they move when wet is different and it’s important to get those things right. For Moana’s costume I knew she was an adventurer, a voyager, and the costume had to reflect that. I added a slit to the front of her skirt, which ended up working technically as well. We work very closely to the animation department and the simulation team. Whatever outfit she wears needs to be historically correct, it needs to have materials that are accurate to the history, and it has to allow movement.” 

— NEYSA BOVÉ, COSTUME DESIGNER FOR MOANA (2016)

I will be removing myself from situations

If something is happening, well, I certainly don't want anything to do with that

TEYONAH PARRIS by Diwang Valdez for the New York Times, 2021.

The month is young   -   Andrei Dobrynin

Russian. b. 1985s-

Oil on canvas, 40 x 50 cm.

international women’s day celebration week

Luna Lovegood

oftentimes when you look back on media you enjoyed as a child it's like hello why did they let a 14 year old fight a dragon? but star wars holds up. luke is 19. his reaction to losing his whole family is to say "alright, let's do this. I'm gonna learn to meditate and hire a sexy drug dealer and his friend who's a furry to be my uber across the galaxy so I can blow up a fascist government" that's something only a 19 y/o would do

Do yourself a favor. Sound up. Enjoy.

This is a serotonin machine

Perspective sometimes implies A view from a different angle - German Woodlands - Feb. 2021

Bend it Like Beckham (2002) (dir. Gurinder Chadha)

that urge to climb the rooftop of ur house. where does it come from.

the gargoyle instinct

unquenchable desire to be the protag in an indie film about teenage disillusionment

All of my problems are at ground level

"Weird energy in here today" I say, referring to the inside of my brain.

So you’re saying the universe created a sitcom starring two Avengers. WandaVision (2021)