The Thing/The Kiss

hand studies and exploring fun colour stuff

Upstate - Brendon Burton

back tattoo by tattedbysyd

basically, i think the general rule of thumb is: if someone REALLY wants the blood that’s inside of your body, and they’re like… a vampire, or a dracula, or some sort of mansquito, then that’s probably okay. a dracula and a mansquito are made for removing things like blood and swords from inside your body. that’s basically fine.

if something wants to get at your blood, and they’re, say, some kind of murdersaurus, or maybe a really big frog, that’s where the problems start to arise. a really frog is not made for removing blood, and your blood knows this, which is why it is so vehement about wanting to stay IN your body instead of coming out. 

unfortunately this will not deter a really big frog, because a really big frog is full of things like prizes, and value, and quite a lot of hatred, and it would REALLY rather like to replace any and all of those things with your blood, and basically by any means possible.

The “scent” community is excessively—to a fault and far beyond—focused on perfumes. This injustice, this tyrannical disregard for hardworking everyday smells, for odors, for stenches, must end.

Hive of stingless honey bee Plebeia sp.

Developing larvae on the left, pollen and honey stocked on the right.

Structures are made from cerumen, a mixture of tree resins, beeswax and propolis.

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Paolina Russo FALL 2022

Matt McCreary