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Landscape abstractions, erosion and weathering Drawings/paintings/sketches West Penwith, Cornwall, UK #landscapeart #landscape #drawing #sketch #art #cornishart #abstractlandscape #womenartists #landscapepainting #watercolour #gouache #mixedmedia #art #ArtYear

Now anyone hard cold rain Before sunshine and flowers Spring is cruel sometimes

💬📚 Starting "One Hundred Years of Solitude" I'm trying to expand my range. I'm told it's magical realism a form I'm unfamiliar with. I'll let you know /to be continued

Utagawa Hiroshige, Minowa, Kanasugi, and Mikawashima, 1857, promised gift of Barbara S. Bowman. Los Angeles, LACMA.

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Because lots of people seem confused about this, there are a ton of non-ableist words you can use to describe what’s going on and who’s in charge. I happen to like the profane ones, but there are more. Willful ignorance! Ludicrous! Ridiculous! Patently wrong! Evil! Harmful! Dangerous! Foolish!

Bonne nuite, mes amis. Dormez vous bien.

TL;DNR What Kuang handles best -- the dynamics of bigotry and its psychological, social, cultural, and geopolitical consequences -- she treats with more sophistication in "Babel: An Arcane History"

💬📚 R. F. Kuang: "The Poppy War" Really not to my taste. The writing is not bad; neither is it sparkling. The pacing is erratic: sometimes hurtling so fast you can't keep up; sometimes slower than a snail. 1/8

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Meta used a court order to halt the author’s ability to promote and distribute this book. So of course, I hit that buy button so hard… I just dropped it off in the #LittleFreeLibrary to make sure it finds another reader. Prepare to be enraged. #booksky #newrelease

The best thing about the Seder is the divided plate so none of the foods touch each other

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Science doesn't make a person moral. Reason doesn't make a person moral. Technology doesn't make a person moral. Art doesn't make a person moral. Humanities doesn't make a person moral. Love, compassion, kindness, and joy. That's what makes a person moral.

There are too many Mirkwood spiders, Wormtongues, and Neekerbreekers in this world. They will eat you alive.

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