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"I’m not gonna sit around and waste my precious divine energy trying to explain and be ashamed of..."

Mon, 20 May 2013 21:34:03 -0700

“I’m not gonna sit around and waste my precious divine energy trying to explain and be ashamed of things you think are wrong with me.”

- Esperanza Spalding (via albinwonderland)

westeros’s celebs read mean tweets (ps: all tweets are real)

Mon, 20 May 2013 20:56:00 -0700

westeros’s celebs read mean tweets (ps: all tweets are real)

"I just thought it was so romantic—the idea that you don’t need to be loved in return in order to..."

Mon, 20 May 2013 20:29:27 -0700

“I just thought it was so romantic—the idea that you don’t need to be loved in return in order to love something or someone. Love can come from you. It doesn’t have to be reciprocal. People love their cars. People love all kinds of things, and they really love them. And we don’t really value that kind of love because it’s not a real, reciprocal kind of love, but it’s real love to them…”

- Ryan Gosling (via imfantasyparade)

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Mon, 20 May 2013 20:27:07 -0700

Claude Monet » Water Lilies

Mon, 20 May 2013 20:22:22 -0700

Claude Monet » Water Lilies

angryasiangirlsunited: Lucy Liu at the 2012 NYWIFT Muse Awards...

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:40:44 -0700

angryasiangirlsunited:

Lucy Liu at the 2012 NYWIFT Muse Awards (x)

(Proper) Representation matters.

Lana Del Rey - Young and Beautiful [jazz version]

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:33:34 -0700

Lana Del Rey - Young and Beautiful [jazz version]

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Mon, 20 May 2013 19:30:24 -0700

"I have little left in myself—I must have you…my very soul demands you…"

Mon, 20 May 2013 02:21:47 -0700

“I have little left in myself—I must have you…my very soul demands you…”

- Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte (via fuckyeahliteraryquotes)

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Mon, 20 May 2013 02:17:57 -0700

deejayshorty: slimu: Japanese Food Party :D

Mon, 20 May 2013 02:17:53 -0700

deejayshorty:

slimu:

Japanese Food Party :D

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Mon, 20 May 2013 02:17:04 -0700

"I notice you, I want to say. Even when no one else does, I do. I will."

Mon, 20 May 2013 02:15:16 -0700

“I notice you, I want to say. Even when no one else does, I do. I will.”

- David Levithan, Every Day (via creatingaquietmind)

"Don’t fool yourself. English isn’t inherently superior, or easier to learn, or more sonically..."

Mon, 20 May 2013 02:14:07 -0700

“Don’t fool yourself. English isn’t inherently superior, or easier to learn, or more sonically pleasing. Its international usage comes from forceful assimilation and legacy of colonialistic injection. It isn’t a deed that one should take pride in.”

- my uncle left this comment on his friend’s Facebook status, a white British man who was bragging about how easy it is to be a native English speaker when trekking to different nations. (via maarnayeri)

"Education, in order to keep up the mighty delusion, encourages a species of ignorance. People are..."

Mon, 20 May 2013 02:13:26 -0700

“Education, in order to keep up the mighty delusion, encourages a species of ignorance. People are not taught to be really virtuous, but to behave properly. We are wicked because we are frightfully self-conscious. We nurse a conscience because we are afraid to tell the truth to others; we take refuge in pride because we are afraid to tell the truth to ourselves. How can one be serious with the world when the world itself is so ridiculous!”

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Okakura Kakuzō | The Book of Tea

(via blogut)

awkwardsituationist: high tide and low tide in great britain....

Mon, 20 May 2013 02:08:33 -0700

awkwardsituationist:

high tide and low tide in great britain. photographs by michael marten

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Mon, 20 May 2013 02:07:01 -0700

johnnydombrowski: Pandora (Process) Johnny Dombrowski First of...

Mon, 20 May 2013 02:05:05 -0700

Original sketches trying to capture Pandora's movement/pose. That and a mask from the American Natural History Museum, laughing at me. He's always laughing at me.

Mucha Photos for posture reference. Look at those curves!

Inked Linework

Patterns in graphite drawn on tracing paper.

Coloring stages

johnnydombrowski:

Pandora (Process)

Johnny Dombrowski

First of all, hello to new followers! I can’t tell you how happy it makes me that people are digging my work. Now on to business…

I’ve been thinking about posting more of my process on here, but with reblogs possible, I never wanted to cram posts with too much writing or images. So I figured I’ll post the final illustration and then a second post with more info about the piece later on. I’ll post whatever stages I have, so you can learn a little more about how I work.

With the urge to experiment more, I’ve started this year playing around with my technique a bit along with working on more concept. First with Chump and now this. I’m not sure what initially caused it, but I got this craving to draw Pandora. While reading through my copy of Bulfinch’s Mythology *pushes up glasses* and I came across an interesting take on her story…

Pandora was created by Zeus, not as a punishment to Prometheus for stealing fire, but as a blessing towards man. Every god in heaven contributed something to perfect her. Aphrodite gave her beauty, Hermes persuasion, Apollo music, etc. And instead of evils, each god also placed a blessing into a jar. Eager with curiosity, Pandora slipped off the cover to look inside, when all of the blessings started to escape. She tried to close the lid as quickly as possible, but was only able to keep hope from escaping. That’s why, whatever evils we come across, we’ll always have a sense of hope in our lives.

Reading through her story, I didn’t see a box ever mentioned- only the jar. Turns out that box is a mistranslation! The original greek mentions it as a “pithos” or jar. But that was later translated to “pyxis” or box, by Eramus of Rotterdam in the 16th century. THANKS ERAMUS.

With the evils of the box gone, I tried my best to instead capture her curiosity. To try and get that peeking look, I used Alphonse Mucha’s photography as reference. Bending her back down, eye level with the jar, taking a quick look at the wonders waiting inside.

And now that I’ve talked your ears off, I’ll wait to see if you all want more of this. If you’d like to share just the image without all of this rambling, you can go to the original post

And now whenever someone uses the phrase “It’s like opening Pandora’s Box” you can slap them across the face with a white glove. Even challenging them to a duel, if you’d like. I don’t care. It’s your glove- do what you want with it. It’s in your hands. Or should I say ON your hands! Do you get it? Because it’s a glove? You wear them on your h- ok I’m gonna get going.

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