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Pigeons and penguins Wishes and whimsy
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Emotion, yet peace Ignorance, yet knowledge Passion, yet serenity Chaos, yet harmony Death, yet the Force

Bedazzled

Life is rough. I'm focusing on appreciating the small things, like the colors on this smol friend.

I think it's important to be able to say: I'm keeping it together but I'm not ok. I can manage, I can laugh, I can live and appreciate life, but I'm not ok. Feelings don't need to be simple.

I think death is just another aspect of life, meant to be interwoven with all the rest, and what mostly makes it scary is how we try to make it separate.

Fallen

Lush

Good friends

If we can't show compassion, at least in the abstract, how in the world do we expect anyone else to? These are the thoughts that make me cry in the daylight and keep me awake in the moonlight.

Summer berries

This is my mother with an opposum and also some of her art. Today is her birthday. She would be 74.

"There are little gems all around us that can hold glimmers of inspiration."

Neighborly chat

This is my friend Humphrey who I met at the Goergia Aquarium yesterday. Humphrey is a whale shark and not a humpback whale; he is hump free. He also has a comedically large and deep mouth.

Obligatory

Early morning friend

Sometimes I come across a little pile of River-detris in my house that is so quintessentiallly River I feel it needs to be commemorated.

Orange

It's the kind of day when anxiety makes my belly clench but I don't know why. Here's to staying grounded.

Space turtle

"Walked out this morning, I don't believe what I saw Hundred billion bottles washed up on the shore Seems I'm not alone at being alone Hundred billion castaways, looking for a home"

Disney pigeons have cement camouflage

Been wearing this ring for 10 years today

#Ghost #pals, little ghost friends taking a #selfie #painting #traditionalart #art #artwork #watercolor #artist #artwork #artsky

One time I dotted a larp shield. This thing is about a meter across. The proportionately big dots were an interesting challenge but once might be enough for me.

Facts.

A lady called Agnes Kasparkova keeps Moravian folk art alive, and she inspired me

We had a little adventure today

After the storm

Fly away (3d practice)

It just feels like this camel is a little too eager

Abflugbereit

It's been a long time, but I still dance up the sun every year - even if these days it's more of a slow four- shuffle than a four- step

"If everything around seems dark, look again, you may be the light." -- Rumi

The tug of war between "people like me for who I truly am" and "they don't really know who I am" is strong today. Here's some fake flowers and a fake bee that are in my bathroom.

Window sill still life, sans life

This is Fettuccino and Alfredi. They are good friends. They're so close, in fact, that they share a set of bones.

New

Got to hang with her for a few minutes this morning

It was mostly an experiment in mottled backgrounds, which i think turned out kinda groovy

Remember when you saw the stars of childhood, when you knelt alone and thought that they were there for you, lamps that something held to prove your beauty? They are they are they are they are they are. (From "Urgent Message To A Friend In Pain" by Joseph Fasano)

trans rights will always be human rights. enjoy this goofy meme redrawn to be @damienhaas.bsky.social 🫶🫶🫶 now more than ever i felt to draw this. especially after the bullshit that happened today in the uk. love you all my fellow trans friends. its gonna be okay 🫶🏳️‍⚧️

We were gifted a player piano. It has interesting legs. I named them Gertrude and Grimory.