Black Sails Season Two Is Like Parallels On Parallels On Parallels On Parallels On Parallels

Discreet yet baroque: I love the mixed mood of this capture by @studio.sheridansart showcasing wearable art by Pioro Blue… . . . #beautifulbizarremagazine #fineartphotography #photography #wearableart #headdress #laurasheridan #pioroblue

When you hit your elbow against something, but that specific point of your elbow

Since Sunday tours of James Talbot’s home, Casa Neverlandia in Austin, Texas, are currently not available b/c of the Pandemic, we can take a virtual tour. 

James is an artist who built this home, himself. I’ve heard. It’s still a work in progress. This is the living room looking toward the front of the home.

Simply, the Red Room.

James taking tourists through. The house is also on the Weird Homes Tour in Texas, but you can’t just show up, b/c it’s his private residence. 

Kitchen & breakfast nook. He uses a gray water system and people are surprised when they hear that it has no air conditioning. 

The Record Room.

The Photo Editing Room.

2nd story area.

The Master Bedroom.

The bathroom has a toilet, but James has been using a compost toilet in the back for years. This is a picture of it in progress.

3rd story area.

Sewing room.

Tile making studio.

Bead making studio.

General construction shop.

The Moon Tower in the backyard. 

https://www.russmoorephotography.com/Neverlandia/i-sN85kHK/

To help move away from summary and toward ANALYSIS, it’s important to incorporate strong verbs into your writing when discussing the writer’s rhetorical choices. Below is a list of verbs that are considered weak (imply summary) and a list of verbs that are considered strong (imply analysis). Strive to use the stronger verbs in your essays to help push yourself away from summary and toward analysis: ex “The writer flatters…” NOT “The writer says…”

Weak Verbs (Summary):

says 

explains

relates 

states 

goes on to say 

shows 

tells 

this quote shows

Strong Verbs (Analysis):

Argues, admonishes, analyzes, compares, contrasts, defines, demonizes, denigrates, describes, dismisses, enumerate, expounds, emphasizes, establishes, flatters, implies, lionizes, lists, minimizes, narrates, praises, processes, qualifies, questions, ridicules, suggests, supports, trivializes, vilifies, warns       

Powerful and Meaningful Verbs to Use in an Analysis (Alternatives to Show): 

Acknowledge, Address, Analyze, Apply, Argue, Assert, Augment

Broaden

Calculate, Capitalize, Characterize, Claim, Clarify,Compare, Complicate, Confine, Connect, Consider, Construct, Contradict, Correct, Create, Convince, Critique

Declare, Deduce, Defend, Demonstrate, Deny, Describe, Determine, Differentiate, Disagree, Discard, Discover, Discuss, Dismiss, Distinguish, Duplicate

Elaborate, Emphasize, Employ, Enable, Engage, Enhance, Establish, Evaluate, Exacerbate, Examine, Exclude, Exhibit, Expand, Explain, Exploit, Express, Extend

Facilitate, Feature, Forecast, Formulate, Fracture

Generalize, Group, Guide

Hamper, Hypothesize

Identify, Illuminate, Illustrate, Impair, Implement, Implicate, Imply, Improve, Include, Incorporate, Indicate, Induce, Initiate, Inquire, Instigate, Integrate, Interpret, Intervene, Invert, Isolate

Justify

Locate, Loosen

Maintain, Manifest, Manipulate, Measure, Merge, Minimize, Modify, Monitor

Necessitate, Negate, Nullify

Obscure, Observe, Obtain, Offer, Omit, Optimize, Organize, Outline, Overstate

Persist, Point out, Possess, Predict, Present, Probe, Produce, Promote, Propose, Prove, Provide

Qualify, Quantify, Question

Realize, Recommend, Reconstruct, Redefine, Reduce, Refer, Reference, Refine, Reflect, Refute, Regard, Reject, Relate, Rely, Remove, Repair, Report, Represent, Resolve, Retrieve, Reveal, Revise

Separate, Shape, Signify, Simulate, Solve, Specify, Structure, Suggest, Summarize, Support, Suspend, Sustain

Tailor, Terminate, Testify, Theorize, Translate

Undermine, Understand, Unify, Utilize

Validate, Vary, View, Vindicate

Yield  

I got a lot of asks about this so I made a tutorial on how I was able to emulate the 80s aesthetic, please keep in mind I’m not an expert and what I put here is just what I personally did. I hope you guys like it and hope it helps

go crazy kids

All the light we can not see

There ain't no fucking fandom. There ain't no fucking fanfics. There ain't no fucking fanarts. All the normal people are just like "cool book right?" And I am just crying in the emo corner waiting for happy fanfics.

a couple of my bg paints for tangled the series!

“I wondered what that was like, to hold someone’s hand. I bet you could sometimes find all of the mysteries of the universe in someone’s hand.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

A Beginner’s Guide for Feminist Fantasy

First off, we have Gail Carson Levine. She writes children lit, her most famous is Ella Enchanted aka the best retelling of Cinderella ever. This is an objective fact, not an opinion*. Her books are witty and her main characters don’t fall into the trope of “strong female character” and are all unique. They have relationships with other women. The romances are well developed, but still allow room for character development, setting, and plot. 

Tamora Pierce has created two different worlds: Circle of Magic and Tortall, both incredibly flushed out worlds and have multiple series set in both. She has mainly female protagonists, some are WOC and others are queer, and they all have amazing story arcs. In the Tortall series, each woman gets her own series and develops so much. 

Malinda Lo writes high fantasy books (and some scifi) and it’s very gay. They are very clear cut stories, with beautiful writing and plays on well known tropes in the fantasy genre. Her books feature WOC as well and she is still writing new books, although some of her newer ones are sci fi and realistic fiction. 

Robin McKinley writes beautifully written books, almost all with female leads. They center around female relationships and most are retellings of fairy tales. Most are high fantasy, but a few are urban fantasy. They are pretty open ended, and finish with a lot of unanswered questions, which I find refreshing. 

Kirsten Cashore only has three books out, but they are perfect for entering into the fantasy world. Her series can all be read as standalones, but best read in order of publication. Her books feature WOC and queer women, with healthy romantic relationships and politics and friendships. 

*jk, you can have your own personal fave

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Everything I Use to Make Learning French Fun (Reading & Listening)

[[one of my followers asked how I immerse myself in French and the culture. all my favorites are starred. add your own and i’m open to specify more on certain categories. and i’m considering doing a post on listening and speaking]]

Books *Le petit prince *Petit nicolas *L'etranger Asterix Alice au pays des merveilles *Classic fairy tales! (I recommend that you read comics…lots of them)

Movies *A la folie…pas du tout Le petit prince *Amelie Les Choristes *Les Intouchables *Oss 117 *bienvenue à marly-gomont *il a déjà tes yeux *Une femme est une femme Paris je t'aime (this is barely in French but good for culture) *Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis LOL *Ratatouille

Music Anything by: *Stromae Indila *MHD Maitre Gims Coeur de pirate *Edith piaf *Zaho Zaz RIDSA *Tal Djany

TV Miraculous ladybug Lazytown Nina *T'choupi Disney movies *The get down (i usually just watch netflix series in french…they’re usually available) *The long long holiday *C'est mon choix *Extra french Parks and recreation Recherche appartement ou maison

Youtube Sananas *Shera Kerienski Damon and jo Comme une française *Antastesia So andy *Cyprien 7jours *(In general lyric prank videos!)

ALSO I SUGGEST LISTENING THE RADIO FRENCH RFI

Francaisfacile.com as well

Also don’t sleep on duolingo or memrise

And don’t neglect getting writing and speaking (including conversation–irl and/or online) practice!

Check the french tag on my blog as well