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"We have our Arts so we won’t die of Truth."
Ray Bradbury (via thelifeguardlibrarian)
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Miss Piggy by Russ Abbott at Ink&Dagger Tattoo in Decatur, GA.
1) Miss Piggy only has four fingers (three and a thumb).
2) did she really need to have a visibly erect nipple? really???
Petal To The Metal
There is a sound like the crinkling of aluminum foil as the scytheflower slowly unfurls its petals. The stem flexes and they turn to face the rising sun, the petals angling to best catch the light. The plant’s leaves make use of sunlight for photosynthesis, but the mix of metallic elements in the petals allow it to produce energy more directly as they heat up throughout the day.
The energy produced by the living thermocouple is difficult to store, but it still contributes to the scytheflower’s sustenance. The silvery sheen on the surface of the petals as they twitch in the sun has been designed by evolution to catch the eyes of birds in flight, a trait which helps give the scytheflower some of its other names: magpiercer and crow-murderer.
Down swoops a blackbird, attracted by the shiny flash of the flower. There’s the whining whir of a buzzsaw and a brief, aborted squawk. The bird’s carcass will feed the soil, which feeds the plant.
Though its metallic petals are valued by collectors, the scytheflower is best approached with care, or not at all.
(Source: fantasyinminiature.com, via alexandraerin)
Edmonia Lewis (1845-1909) was an African American and Native American sculptor that would find success despite discrimination for her race and gender. She was an art student at Oberlin College and would excel in her courses but would later drop out after being accused of theft and poisoning two classmates; this led to a mob beating her up severely, only to have her acquitted of any wrong doing at trial. She would later move to Boston to further her education in sculpting. Her big break would come in 1864 with a bust she made of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw being widely celebrated and selling many copies; this would supply her with enough money to move to Rome. She would spend most of her adult career in Italy and became a highly paid and internationally respected sculptor. Two of her most notable works are: Forever Free and The Death of Cleopatra.
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#i would like to go back to chipotle but it’s been open for like two months and the lines are still ridiculous
the lines will never stop being ridiculous. we’ve had chipotle for YEARS here - probably 10 or so - and the lines are still often a minimum 30 minutes at ‘lunch’ and ‘dinner’ times.
there are three in my area, and the original two are still nightmare waits in line. one opened up a few months ago in a less-central area and if i want chipotle you best believe that’s the one i’m going to. people haven’t found that one yet. or don’t care enough to go there because it’s kind of out of the way. but i pretty much live smack dab in between the two so it isn’t really LESS convenient for me.
also - order online!
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"I can’t explain what I mean. And even if I could, I’m not sure I’d feel like it."
J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye (via decrepito)
(Source: sandraab, via achaseroffaith)
“Hegel discerns an inadequacy in this classical reconciliation because the “spiritual idea” of Classical Art is not transcendent but anthropomorphic.”
…
That sounds about right.
“Now they had bread and cheese, and plenty of ale, and bacon to toast in the embers of the fire.”
Soooo I eat food?“yes, she has told me about it,” okonkwo said between mouthfuls.
uuhh ok then
“the graph shows guitar sales (in millions of dollars) for a chain of music stores for the period 1999-2005.”
Yep“Many of the molecules in living cells are so large that they are known as macromolecules, while means “giant molecules”.
WHy
“Hang on,” blurted Harry. “What about my punishment?”
har har har
‘but then pooh and piglet came along, and of course pooh realised right away just what was happening. well, not right away….’
“Although John and Paul claimed in the early days to have written over 100 songs together between the summer of 1957 and the summer of 1962, Paul admits that the number was closer to 20.”
I don’t know but anything having to do with John and Paul I’m compleItely fine with
“…or is might have been purchased from Near eastern traders roaming the Aegean Sea.”
….Okay.
“Heracles knew he couldn’t find his way to the Underworld on his own.”
UHHHMine: “For StarClan’s sake!” Dustpelt snapped, before Firestar could respond.
Bre’s:”You heard me!” Dovepaw halted and glared at her sister. “Have you been to the Dark Forest?”
DONT JUDGE ME FOR READING WARRIORS. I ONLYGOT BACK INTO IT BECAUSE WE FOUND A HOMESTUCK AND WARRIORS CROSSOVER FIC
“Kennerly laughed unhappily, and his eyes went on wanting the gunslinger stretched out dead at his feet.” Wat.
Kuro— “It was his hope that making the books available to the entire population of Landover would foster a greater interest in reading, something that had been sorely lacking.”
…So I have no sex life, I’m going to immerse myself in books. …Sounds about right xD.“It wasn’t before I hit on the notion of jumping out ofa window,” Leprat replied with a smile.
….Accurate? xD??“Now he could go home and explain to the girl that nothing had happened.”
DAMN
THIS IS WHAT I GET FOR NOT GIVING BADGE “NEVERWHERE” BACK YET
“This kind of Confucian communism bore greater resemblance to the culture of imperial Japan, where the emperor was the sun to which all subjects bowed, than to anything envisioned by Karl Marx.”
WHAT.“Peeta’s a baker’s son.” So…you’re saying I’m going to continue my lifelong love affair with carbs and nothing else?
I’m strangely comfortable with it.
“And all the company of the sons of Israel murmur against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness.”
I SHIT YOU NOT, Young’s Literal Translation of the Bible thinks I’m going to have gay hippie orgies in the wilderness.
“I should head home actually,” I said. “I’m kinda tired.”
Dang it.
(Source: loveclaire)
ink done by Dave Green @ Sacred Heart Tattoo-Vancouver
photography by Aura McKay (Vancouver) for the Tattoo Project: Body. Art. Image
