a ramble about creativity
it makes me full of sorrow when I read comments or replies to painting process videos online that read like "omg that's magic!"
I can understand watching a sped-up video makes it SEEM like magic, but I swear painting is something YOU can learn!
it's not an unknowable random force!
drawing, singing, dancing, whatever, you can LEARN how to do it!
Please don't ever assume something creative is out of your reach just because you don't know how
CW meta (lighthearted)
I feel like this thread should probably be tagged "spider discourse."
CW meta (lighthearted)
In conclusion, we ought wipe spiders off the face of the earth so I never have to see a spider again, picture or live. Thank you.
CW meta (lighthearted)
Update: CWing your spiders won't help if you do it in another language. I learned this the hard way after clicking the image on a post CW'd in Japanese.
(Not that it would help in english anyways. I have too much of a "click show more" instinct.)
CWs, meta
This probably doesn't need to be said, but if you're asked to CW something and actively refuse or make fun of the request, then keep in mind that there's gonna be a number of people silently blocking you
Especially since we all already have so much horrible shit in the world to keep up with lately, it shouldn't be a ridiculous idea to be able to approach things at our own pace/avoid things that might be triggering, it's one of the reasons this site's supposed to be better than Twitter
hello fellow white people. it's easy to post "fuck the police" and say "i would never call the police" and listen to millions of dead cops and think 1312 thoughts but! have you considered what you would do INSTEAD of calling the fash? no? how about a lil homework:
alternatives: https://www.uua.org/safe/handbook/alternatives-calling-police
deescalation seminar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrqfxEkE1n0
12 things to do instead: https://www.sproutdistro.com/2017/07/28/new-zine-12-things-cops/amp/
not being a bystander: https://vimeo.com/199947156
LOTS of links: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_Y0LwX0uOz-P63FVhV0OFkDObbBXcy16YPOcsqnBqto/edit
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(In practice, it's been a while, but who knows?)