[5/5]
at eight, heโd ruin the longest railway line
by playing trains with real ones; and at nine,
release all my old enemies from jail,
and then Iโd try to break his head โ and fail.
ย
So this is why, no matter where I fly,
red-cloaked, blue-hosed, across the yellow sky,
I feel no thrill in chasing thugs and thieves โ
and gloomily broad-shouldered Kent retrieves
his coat and trousers from the garbage can
and tucks away the cloak of Superman;
...
[4/5]
...
But even if that blast of love should spare
her fragile frame โ what children would she bear?
What monstrous babe, knocking the surgeon down,
would waddle out into the awestruck town?
When two years old heโd break the strongest chairs,
fall through the floor and terrorize the stairs;
at four, heโd dive into a well; at five,
explore a roaring furnace โ and survive;
...
[3/5]
...
Iโm young and bursting with prodigious sap,
and Iโm in love like any healthy chap โ
and I must throttle my dynamic heart
for marriage would be murder on my part,
an earthquake, wrecking on the night of nights
a womanโs life, some palmtrees, all the lights,
the big hotel, a smaller one next door
and half a dozen army trucks โ or more.
...
[2/5]
...
the heavy jaw; for I shall tell you now
my fatal limitation โฆ not the pact
between the worlds of Fantasy and Fact
which makes me shun such an attractive spot
as Berchtesgaden, say; and also not
that little business of my draft; but worse:
a tragic misadjustment and a curse.
...
[1/5]
Vladimir Nabokov
The Man of To-morrowโs Lament
(1942)
ย
I have to wear these glasses โ otherwise,
when I caress her with my super-eyes,
her lungs and liver are too plainly seen
throbbing, like deep-sea creatures, in between
dim bones. Oh, I am sick of loitering here,
a banished trunk (like my namesake in โLearโ),
but when I switch to tights, still less I prize
my splendid torso, my tremendous thighs,
the dark-blue forelock on my narrow brow,
...
I'm sure you've asked yourself what a poem written by Vladimir #Nabokov inspired by the cover of a #Superman #comic book might sound like?
Well, the universe delivers!
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/mar/04/vladimir-nabokovs-superman-poem-published-for-the-first-time
In in, Clark Kent mourns his inability to have sex or children with Lois Lane, as his superpowers would injure or even kill her.
Present from a daughter to her cis-male dad on #InternationalWomensDay, cherishing the empathetic, caring, and glamorous โwomanโ inside.
Just wow ๐โ
Jenaro Valverde Marรญn (CCSS) Building - ink
Portrait format - click to see full drawing!
Finished! This is the social security administration building of Costa Rica in San Josรฉ. It was designed by Alberto Linner Dรญaz in 1976 and is named after an author. This drawing shows the west side of the building, which is about double as wide.
#drawing #illustration #architecture #brutalism #brutalist #ink #traditionalart #art #MastoArt
#SailfishOS Koli (4.0.1) released in Early Access!
Browser and VPN improvements, app isolation (based on #Firejail) and big design overhaul for Events View and notifications.
Regularly that fantastic video collection of #sorting #algorithms in #folk #dance comes back. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROalU379l3U
12/ I am aware of all of the very legitimate criticisms of #Signal. They are real and they are why I am excited that there are so many alternatives with promise, some of which I use actively. Let us technical people use, debug, contribute, and evangelize the alternatives.
And while we're doing that, tell Grandma to contact us on Signal.
/END
Berlin-based comic artist (he/him, white) trapped in a tech bubble.
Tooting for help in ๐ฌ๐ง / ๐ฉ๐ช about comics, infosec, queerness, and Elves.