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Olde Scot
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arts, words, environment
Yearning for, working for: social progress, civility, maturity, education.
recent books read:
How Children Learn, John Holt
How Children Fail, John Holt
#art #artists #painting

amid the terribles, hang on to beauty

Omar "Malva" Hamdi
Town in the Mediterranean Woodlands
March 21, 2025 at 9:17 PM
#worldfrogday #frogs

New England Tree Frog

so tiny!

for World Frog Day 💚
March 20, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Tattoos.

Ship this amoeba out, then. To some foodless desert island alone, or maybe Chernobyl wasteground, alone.
March 20, 2025 at 3:32 PM
#art #artist #beauty #oilpainting

amid the terribles we are living through, hang on to beauty

Gaston Sébire
Blick aufs Meer
oil on canvas
March 20, 2025 at 12:54 PM
#art #artists #artwork
It's nearly Spring. But this reflects my current headspace more accurately. No title, just a little watercolor doodle.
March 18, 2025 at 3:18 PM
March 17, 2025 at 11:48 PM
untitled, oil on paper
March 17, 2025 at 7:55 PM
But never forget, this is absolutely okay.

Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., and Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., repeatedly interrupted and interjected during President Joe Biden's State of the Union address Tuesday night. (2022)
March 6, 2025 at 10:45 PM
#art #artists

Scottish artist Jack Vettriano died on March 1.
Self-taught, he took a beating from critics and assorted art academia across his career. But his work was well-loved.

Billy Connolly, painted by Jack Vettriano,
March 5, 2025 at 3:23 PM