just in case anyone doesn’t know :)
notre dame is burning.
this is ok.
it has happened before. it will happen again. it has been lost before. it will be lost again. and again. and again. and again. art and architecture are transient, and temporary, and 850 years may seem like a lot to the individual, who will live maybe 100 if they are very lucky and very healthy, but even the pyramids at saqqara have only existed for about 6000 years and that’s still not all that much, if you consider the grand scheme of things.
yes, this is terrible. as someone who is deeply religious and literally a professional historian with a focus on art and architecture, this is terrible. im mourning. im gutted. im horrified and upset and miserable. but.
it’s not over.
victor hugo wrote hunchback because notre dame du paris was in the process of collapsing and falling apart, and revitalized the entire world’s focus and love for this church, and that was not even 200 years ago. it led to it being renovated.
the roof has fallen in. the scars of fires are on its buttresses. the rose window has fallen out. the beams and piers have collapsed. the spire has toppled. the stones have suffered, and will suffer again, but it is not gone.
renovation work is essential. sometimes things collapse and burn and break and have to come back. it’s not a terrorist attack, it’s renovation, an accident, but we have so much evidence, history, carefully documented everything on one of the most studied places in the world.
it’s not the end.
I can’t stop drawing them.... so here ya go~
Okay, please ignore the fact that I took forever. I’m now going to START posting them, not all are finished and I MIGHT still be posting them tomorrow~
In a bit I’m going to be posting some fanart, rebloging stuff and I will reblog this right before I do, but just warning you there will be spoilers for the newest episode (change your mind) and possibly episodes that came before that 💚
Surprise! Another drawing... thing I wanted to try a new style thing, faces hairstyles, features and the like. So...
I haven’t been drawing as much lately so I decided to color in an older drawing... and promptly lost ALL of my colored pencils. So please accept this offering to you all.
I just saw a post about the Calm Harm app that said there’s also a very similar app called Clear Fear! I didn’t want to reblog that post because some of the reblogs were very guilt trippy, so here’s my own post about it:
Clear Fear is an app that helps you with anxiety attacks in much the same way Calm Harm helps with self harm. You can customise your colours, you can add a passcode to it so that other people can’t open the “self-monitoring” tab with your information, and you can customise your gender. This last bit is only for research purposes but I thought it was nice :)
When you first open the app, it asks you to make your own personal list of activities that you know help you reduce anxiety. You can also add contact numbers of people you know you can talk to when you’re having an attack. You can fill these in later, tho!
Once inside the app, you can go back to these lists in the tab “safety net”:
The orange circle takes you to a hotline number page. The other two circles take you to the activities and people that you listed earlier. If you write down these lists when you’re feeling good, it’ll help you remember all the things that can help and that you may not be able to list while you’re having an attack!
There are many more options depending on your individual needs — an animal gif section, a joke section, a section with ideas to express yourself, a list of positive thoughts and inspirational quotes, breathing activities, information on the different types of anxiety, and much more!
As an end note, please don’t add guilt-tripping comments to this post. No one must reblog this — only those who feel comfortable doing so!
In a bit I’m going to be posting some fanart, rebloging stuff and I will reblog this right before I do, but just warning you there will be spoilers for the newest episode (change your mind) and possibly episodes that came before that 💚
I’ve been watching people play The Neverhood and it’s filled with so much creativity??? It’s really good!
Hello, my name is Belle and I’m an aspiring artist, I don’t post very often but I hope you like my few posts. My main fandoms are Ninjago, Undertale, Steven Universe, and Detroit Become Human. I know I might not post about them very often, but I thought you should know
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