June 4th

9:30AM // 252 notes

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8:31AM // 4 notes // The tao is a certain kind of order, and this kind of order is not quite what we call order when we arrange everything geometrically in boxes, or in rows. That is a very crude kind of order, but when you look at a plant it is perfectly obvious that the plant has order. We recognize at once that is not a mess, but it is not symmetrical and it is not geometrical looking. The plant looks like a Chinese drawing, because they appreciated this kind of non-symmetrical order so much that it became an integral aspect of their painting. In the Chinese language this is called li, and the character for li means the markings in jade. It also means the grain in wood and the fiber in muscle. We could say, too, that clouds have li, marble has li, the human body has li. We all recognize it, and the artist copies it whether he is a landscape painter, a portrait painter, an abstract painter, or a non-objective painter. They all are trying to express the essence of li. The interesting thing is, that although we all know what it is, there is no way of defining it. Because tao is the course, we can also call li the watercourse, and the patterns of li are also the patterns of flowing water. We see those patterns of flow memorialized, as it were, as sculpture in the grain in wood, which is the flow of sap, in marble, in bones, in muscles. All these things are patterned according to the basic principles of flow. In the patterns of flowing water you will see all kind of motifs from Chinese art, immediately recognizable, including the S-curve in the circle of yang-yin. So li means then the order of flow, the wonderful dancing pattern of liquid, because Lao-tzu likens tao to water: The great tao flows everywhere, to the left and to the right, It loves and nourishes all things, but does not lord it over them.

Alan Watts

June 3rd

8:25AM // 6 notes

ghostbonesart:

I got that horse head I drew tattooed on my body. It’s my first one and I’m ready for more.

June 2nd

6:17PM // 210 notes

juryrig:

claypup:

Hey boys ‘n’ girls! My family’s in kinda shitty financial trouble right now and since I can’t afford resident tuition at my school anymore I gotta move out SOON! I just picked up a second job but I COULD STILL USE SOME HELP!

Anyhow, here are my prices:

SKETCH - $1

CELEBRITY DATING SIM (DIALOGUE AND CELEBRITY OF YOUR CHOICE) - $7

SMALL SIMPLE GIF - $8

SIMPLE COLOR, NO BACKGROUND - $10

SIMPLE COLOR, MULTIPLE CHARACTERS - $15

B&W MULTIPLE CHARACTERS WITH BACKGROUND - $15

FULL COLOR WITH BACKGROUND - $20 (ADDITIONAL $1 PER CHARACTER)

SIMPLE ROUGH ANIMATION - $15

Additionally, you can also commission a design from my shop for $10 (in addition to the money you would be paying to purchase the shirt or bag itself).

THANK YOU GUYS SO SO MUCH I LOVE YOU I’M KISS YOU U3U

do this DO IT NOW

5:37PM // 4 notes

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June 1st

5:55PM // 6 notes

whimsicalbeast:

We went to the Portland museum & it was about 10,000 times better than the Denver one (which is pretty sad, if you stop to think about it)…saw a Calder I really liked, a Rothko, & a Miro, and….this Kadinsky, which is both beautiful and amazing. I’m going back next Friday, so that I can stare at it again.

May 31st

5:59PM // 29 notes

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missfinefabric:

this song is on my list of all-time favorites forever

nedhepburn:

Muddy Waters
Mannish Boy

May 30th

6:15PM // 14 notes

fadinglittleclouds:

Stacks of Wheat (End of Summer), 1890/91, oil on canvas
By Claude Monet

People discuss my art and pretend to understand as if it were necassary to understand, when it’s simply necessary to love” - quote from http://michaelagoodwin.tumblr.com/

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11:15AM // 6 notes

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memorialcorridor:

“Baby O Baby” - Martin Rev

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10:31AM // 6 notes

karneeleus:

karncomics2012:

#683

No pushover.

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