Monoculture Forests Are Deeply Unsettling In A Way That Is Hard To Explain To People Who Do Not Spend

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I just learned about a bird species called Golden Plover. Their chicks have an amazing camouflage: their baby fluff resembles MOSS!

LOOK AT THEM! JUST LOOK AT THEM!

...Oh to be a tiny golden plover lying in the moss safe and sound waiting for your mom to bring you some worms...

the earth and the milky way and moon, władysław teodor benda, 1918

*seductively* doomed by the narrative all by yourself, handsome?

I think the people who say “You don’t need to be critical of every piece of media you consume” fundamentally misunderstand what we mean by “critical”.

When we say “be critical of the media you consume” we don’t mean “be negative” as in, find every flaw and pick it apart CinemaSins style.

We mean “examine it”. Like, look at what you are consuming, and in many cases, enjoying, and ask yourself why you are enjoying it. Ask yourself who made it. Ask yourself if you are the target audience. Ask yourself if you are being represented by the characters you see. Ask yourself if the author has biases or political leanings they are trying to include in the story.

Just, ask yourself questions. The answers don’t have to be negative. That’s not what being critical means.

François Boucher (1703–1770), Vulcan Presenting Arms to Venus for Aeneas (details)

fear of life

even in death we do not part

𝘐𝘯 𝘈 𝘞𝘦𝘦𝘬 - 𝘏𝘰𝘻𝘪𝘦𝘳 | 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 - 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘵 | “𝘚𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨, 𝘸𝘦’𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴” - 𝘮𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘥𝘺𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 | 𝘔𝘢𝘺 𝘚𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘯 |  𝘚𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 - 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘴𝘢𝘦​ | 𝘖𝘭𝘢𝘷𝘪 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘶 | | 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘦 | 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘝𝘢𝘭𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘰 | 𝘚𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐𝘯 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 - 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘖𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳 | 𝘚𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘚𝘦𝘪𝘺𝘢 | 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 - 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 | “𝘋𝘰 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘞𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘛𝘰 𝘋𝘪𝘦 𝘛𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳?” 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘴 | 𝘗𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘱 𝘓𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯 | 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘦 𝘏𝘴𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘑𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨 - 𝘡𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘓𝘪𝘯 | 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘥 - 𝘡𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘓𝘪𝘯  | 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘉𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦 - 𝘧𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘩 | 𝘙𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 #3 - 𝘴𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 | 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘭 <3- 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘰𝘧𝘮𝘢𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘢 | 𝘢𝘯𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘵𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 | | 𝘌𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘔𝘶𝘤𝘩

In Strange Seas (detail), c. 1889.

George Willoughby Maynard (American, 1843–1923)

Oil on canvas

91.8 x 127.8 cm

Miniature portrait of Georges Couthon by Jérome Langlois (1753-1804), 18th century (probably 1790)

i must not afternoon nap. afternoon nap is the mind-killer. afternoon nap is the little death that brings total obliteration. i will face my afternoon sleepy tired and permit it to pass over and through me. and when it has gone i will turn the inner eye to see its path. where the afternoon sleepy tired has gone there will be nothing. only i will remain