Inspiration blog

kisskicker: Prince Gumball’s path to the throne was brutal....

Fri, 24 May 2013 19:57:27 -0400

Prince Gumball’s path to the throne was brutal. Fionna wasn’t around during the Sugar Wars; Gumball distracts her by acting super bland and wearing disco pants.

Marshall Lee knows the truth, but as Chaotic Neutral, he just can’t bring himself to give a shit.

ETA: Nhyworks just gave me the amazing pun ‘Game of Scones.’ Brb dying ok.

paintvrlife: by Eugene Lushpin

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:54:25 -0400

paintvrlife:

by Eugene Lushpin

camewiththeframe: Another place to go before I depart this...

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:50:43 -0400

camewiththeframe:

Another place to go before I depart this earth—Sedona, Arizona. I know its become a bit of a haven for New Age wackadoodles, but I’d love to just experience it’s raw desert beauty and whatever energy might be there (no long, grey-haired, crystal-wearing hippies needed as a guide, thank you).

photojojo: Just a few weeks ago, Hindus around the world...

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:15:47 -0400

Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images

Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images

Kevin Frayer/AP

photojojo:

Just a few weeks ago, Hindus around the world celebrated the festival of colors, known as Holi. Participants of all ages throw brilliantly colored powders to welcome the coming of springtime.

The Atlantic rounded up a gorgeous set of photos of Holi festivals from across the country of India.

Holi 2013: The Festival of Colors Across India

Images by Daniel Berehulak and Kevin Frayer

tir-ri: Out for a walk all by yourself, little lady?

Thu, 16 May 2013 22:48:36 -0400

tir-ri:

Out for a walk all by yourself, little lady?

kylogram: raptorix: girljanitor: innocent-bystanders-inc: nud...

Thu, 16 May 2013 21:19:23 -0400

kylogram:

raptorix:

girljanitor:

innocent-bystanders-inc:

nudiemuse:

princelesscomic:

girljanitor:

Self Evident Truths

S. Ross Browne

Ummm…I am so VERY into this right now!

But Black people in period or fantasy settings totally makes the stories unreal.

Also holy shit I love these.

How come I don’t run across this stuff regularly?

Because of racism and the retroactive erasure of POC in Medieval Europe. Pretty much the same reason you almost never see these works of art either unless you’re already looking for them:

Quality art post with quality art history follow-up. That little girl at the very end is the cutest thing. <3

reblog for art history

naturepunk: hometown-unicorn: My eye caught a dark form lying...

Tue, 14 May 2013 23:12:47 -0400

naturepunk:

hometown-unicorn:

My eye caught a dark form lying on the river bottom. It took me a few moments to comprehend what I had stumbled upon. Lying peacefully in the shallow waters of the river, only a few meters from shore, was a full-grown cougar. The contrast between the serenity of the scene I was witnessing and what must have played out here in the cougar’s final moments made me shiver. It was the first shiver of many, as I stripped down and waded out into the icy water to get this shot. x

HOLY HELL WHAT A FIND. This is one of my favorite photos ever now.

fuckyeahmovieposters: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Tue, 14 May 2013 23:07:57 -0400

fuckyeahmovieposters:

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

petit-bambi: Hilda is the god damn most precious pin up you’ll...

Tue, 14 May 2013 23:05:51 -0400

petit-bambi:

Hilda is the god damn most precious pin up you’ll ever find and it’s pretty hard to pick favorites when it comes to paintings of her :Tc

nearlya: Takashi Murakami: Arhat. Fate, 2013, Platinum leaf on...

Mon, 13 May 2013 20:47:04 -0400

nearlya:

Takashi Murakami: Arhat. Fate, 2013, Platinum leaf on ♦carbon fiber

drawstin: The End of the Road, Nicolas Delort

Mon, 13 May 2013 01:57:23 -0400

drawstin:

The End of the Road, Nicolas Delort

raptorix: mariahgem: AWESOME! AWESOME! AWESOME!! Also, I...

Mon, 13 May 2013 01:45:41 -0400

raptorix:

mariahgem:

AWESOME! AWESOME! AWESOME!!

Also, I remember on Penn Ward’s formspring he said that Finn was missing teeth because “he bites trees and rocks and stuff. he’s stupid” AHAHA

AWESOME. Okay someone post a story test for Adventure Time plz so I can go make some portfolio goods using this awesome model sheet

the-absolute-best-posts: instagram: The World’s Most Beautiful...

Sun, 12 May 2013 19:10:30 -0400

instagram.com/p/XB-NNzFrYL/#hausel12

instagram.com/p/YDLh4SvyzX/#sher_lock82

instagram.com/p/XpF49rCDpp/#ikeuri

instagram.com/p/UEUGONJIAY/#brunogac

instagram.com/p/VOyz71BRP1/#christinewk

instagram.com/p/W4tRy7vkSZ/#hello_steph

instagram.com/p/XBdyF8PRJM/#anhelo69

instagram.com/p/YGRvxQJiOn/#mrelastane

the-absolute-best-posts:

instagram:

The World’s Most Beautiful Libraries

“Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future.” -Ray Bradbury

For centuries, books have housed the collective knowledge of the world and formed the foundations of educational institutions. Given that these objects that contain such value, it only makes sense that throughout history people have constructed beautiful buildings to house them.

We put together a list of some of the most beautiful libraries as captured by Instagrammers around the world. For more photos from these architectural wonders, check out their linked location pages below.

Stuttgart City Library, Stuttgart, Germany

Trinity College Library, Dublin, Ireland

Library of Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt

Real Gabinete Português de Leitura, Rio de Janiero, Brazil

The Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen, Denmark

George Peabody Library, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

Kanazawa Umimirai Library, Kanazawa City, Japan

New York Public Library, New York City, NY

This post has been featured on a 1000notes.com blog.

Photo

Sun, 12 May 2013 19:09:20 -0400

brianmichaelbendis: John Berkey

Sun, 12 May 2013 18:26:38 -0400

brianmichaelbendis:

John Berkey

dyuria: Mary Blair

Sun, 12 May 2013 02:44:14 -0400

dyuria:

Mary Blair

Art of Animation: Pages from the Legend of Korra Book One: Air Art Book

Sat, 11 May 2013 15:18:49 -0400

Art of Animation: Pages from the Legend of Korra Book One: Air Art Book:

animationtidbits:

blog-castbender:

A beautiful scene of Korra fighting the metal bending police with Republic City in the background. While Korra seems to be having a good time, I can’t say the same for the guy holding on to her…

What looks like some early drawings of…

Photo

Sat, 11 May 2013 04:22:49 -0400

memewhore: “A friend took this pic in Arizona USA. The...

Sat, 11 May 2013 04:18:18 -0400

memewhore:

“A friend took this pic in Arizona USA. The meteorologists don’t have a name for it.
Seems to be high energy to be in a Rainbow and a tornado! ”

Oooooooohhhhhhhhh…

the beggar and the king: Medusa wasn't always a monster.

Sat, 11 May 2013 04:04:37 -0400

the beggar and the king: Medusa wasn't always a monster.:

thebeggarandtheking:

queennubian:

She was once the a beautiful virgin shadow maiden of Athean. After Poseidon rapes Medusa in Athena’s temple, Athena punishes Medusa….making her the embodiement of death and damning her to a life of solitude.

What does this say about society then, and now?

Well, the myth that tells Medusa’s metamorphosis into a monster as a punishment by Athena is the patriarchal Roman version. The ancient Greek myth, which has closer ties to its progenitor, the Egyptian tale of Wadjet, tells us that Athena gifted Medusa with ugliness and the power to turn men to stone as a way of protecting her from further violations of her person. Even so, her ugliness was emphasized in the Roman retelling as a way to further demonize and disenfranchise Medusa (i.e. she only lashed out on men because she was too ugly to be loved by them, her ugliness forced her into seclusion from men, ugly women are bad, etc. ((I am ironically using abbreviations for Latin words here yes)).). As the original myth tells it, she lived in solitude because she did not wish to be around men after what Poseidon had done. And Athena gave her the power to never be at the mercy of a male again. So originally, Athena was pissed at Poseidon, not Medusa. And then, of course, the Romans took it one step further and had Perseus behead her (yay the vindictive old hag is dead) and give it to Athena for her shield.

But yeah, renderings of Medusa’s head appeared in the doorways of many women’s shelters in ancient Greece because she was a symbol of female empowerment, not a monster feared by men and women alike.

This brings me to my awkward segue into a cool essay on the subject: The Laugh of the Medusa by Helene Cixous actually touches on the system of misogynistic fear behind the Romanized version, but most importantly why women need to write their stories because this is the shit that happens when dudebros get ahold of them. It’s also an awesome overture to queer theories of writing. If you can read French, I highly suggest getting your hands on the essay as it was originally written, because Cixous’ voice is just incredibly inspiring when you read it as she intended it to be read. Also, the essay itself is worthy of criticism as it is not as intersectional as it absolutely needs to be. I feel I should add that before someone thinks I advocate the problematic things she says.

But now that I’ve totally digressed from my original point: It’s important that we’re always mindful to question the credibility of those telling us not only history, but also legend.

(I became absolutely exhausted halfway through this so forgive me if the connection I’m making between the original post and this essay is more arbitrary than I think it is at the moment)