astrum luna ad lumen solis

So what this paint company does is take iron pollution from abandoned mines that are polluting soils and rivers and makes iron based red pigment paints out of it.

Basically they realized hey no one's cleaning this shit up, it's polluting the streams, killing all the fish, making the water undrinkable and there's a huge market for it so why not make money by cleaning it the fuck up?

They remove this stuff by the industrial bucket load from the rivers. The idea is if it's in a painting, if it's in your home, it's not poisoning wildlife.

anyway its cool as shit, please support tf out of these people https://gamblinstore.com/reclaimed-earth-colors-set/

I think i met an angel on the train

This older man moved my skirt aside and I absent-mindedly said "oh sorry" for being partially in his seat and he said "dont be sorry, this is new york" and then showed me all his poetry about observing the world and living as a restaurant worker during the pandemic and we talked about how i worked in a grocery store and as a bartender so i resonated with his work and he told me "i may never meet you again but it's nice to meet someone worth talking to. I might sound like a world class idiot sage, but you can't be afraid. That's no way to live. You have to trust your humanity." Then he shook my hand and got off the stop before me. Hello. Hello . Hello.

Scientific fraud is the most baffling thing ever to me like do they think they're just going to make a huge breakthrough and no one will notice that it's fake by trying to replicate their results

Yeah actually I just discovered how to turn plastic into gold. Oh you want to know how I did it

Starts running away cutely

He killed himself right in front of them too.

(waving my hand dismissively at someone trying to show me a meme on their phone) no, no ive seen this trick before, you trapped the soul of a funny animal inside of a polished rectangle, i don't need to see it anymore

"damn I'm crying over an insect" "why am I having such strong feelings over how the sky looks" "it's weird how happy this small thing made me feel" THAT'S BECAUSE YOU LIVE HERE!!!! you live on this earth. everything all the time is an experience, no matter how common or mundane. this world is unique. so are its small moments. it is good to enjoy a tiny thing. you love the world even at its smallest scale.

crying tears of blood all by yourself, handsome?

at least there is doing weird art projects on ur bedroom floor. at least there is that

ohoho! unlucky for you, boy, you’ve activated my secret form! *extended magical girl transformation with music and different angles and sound effects that cuts abruptly to me dead on the floor*

you WISH you were eating sweet mulberries from a stranger’s overgrown tree at twilight in a silent neighborhood

why is this getting notes. i was just bragging about my evening it was meant to be like a 2-3 note post with nothing but likes from mutuals

Politely, you did post something quiet and sweet on the yearning website

ok that one’s on me

bloodlust for peaches and water melon. figs and cherry tomatoes and crisp tall glass of cold tap water baby i live forever today

Moche Fineline Animals

The Moche (a culture of Northern Coastal Peru from 200 to 900AD) had the BEST art on their pottery. I have decided to share some choice examples with you.

You are welcome.

(Descriptions in ALT.)

Manta Rays

Crabs

Hermit Crabs

Crayfish

Catfish

Muscovy Ducks

Deer

Sea-lions

Snails

Anemones

Other

AND A BUTTERFLY!!! (Or maybe a bat. But LOOK at it!)

I love them all!

The Tiger Poem in Classical Maya!

Literal translation:

Transliteration:

Character Transliteration (ALL CAPS are characters that stand for full words, lower case are syllabic):

Lauren W. Scotto (American, based Woonsocket, RI, USA) - Eastbound, Acrylic, Gouache and Colored Pencil on Paper

[ID: A rendition of the driver’s side mirror of a car that is driving down a highway alongside foliage and telephone poles and a single house in the distance. The sky in front of the car in the painting’s background is bright blue with blotches of muddy gray streaked through. The sky in the rearview mirror is pale yellow and overcome with dark swirling clouds that are tinged with deep orange and dull purple. /end ID]

てらす or Terrace by Karin Hosono

Dorian Gray (1970) aka The Evils of Dorian Gray aka The Secret of Dorian Gray

Poster Art by Ted Coconis

only time ive ever felt loved was when i was eating a red berry parfait and walking to the library but a girl ran smack into me getting us both covered in berries then she grabbed my hand and said “ill never be sorry enough, but you look so beautiful” and she ran away and i just have to live w this empty hole where my heart lay

in that moment i really was ready to do any thing if she had held onto my hand and ran in to traffic i wouldve followed like a lost puppy smeared in red sugar entranced as persephone was to the pomegranate i wouldve died right there with out a second thought and i couldnt even fault her for beguiling me so, in that moment, love was so easy ; it was blameless

Or just go to browse and hang out! I promise it will be inspiring :)

It’s also a lot easier to do research in a library; sure, it’s one thing to have internet access, but it’s another to have wifi access to databases and books on the topic an approximate two minute walk away.

kitten

man. what on earth.

ok i flipped it. sorry

august is for romance! romance in friendships. romance in daily routines. romance in walking down the street