i love the cards i designed for this double series btw

also I'm back active on Substack y'all, i likely won't be returning to Twitter/X in any real way. i mostly just go there to connect with folks i already know and my account is locked for the foreseeable future.

thotscholar.substack.com

to be clear, i have several other bookcases in this place and about 2000 books at last estimate. many of them are stacked two-deep atm. hopefully I'll be able to get rid of at least 10-15% of whatever is not being utilized.

i would love to know, though: what does the depiction of the flesh, particularly breasts, suggest? and does it suggest the exact same thing to everyone who encounters it? my toddler thinks my bare breasts suggest milk and comfort.

lmao not @moderation.bsky.app labeling an oil painting "suggestive," y'all are real strict here, huh? the book is called "Surrealism and Us: Caribbean and African Diasporic Artists Since 1940." the cover is the 1976 painting "Butterfly Girl" by Salnave Philippe-Auguste.

honestly, people are weirdos. all i said was that i skipped BHM to avoid racist discourse about historical black figures and the rats come skittering.

i am thankful for the people who supported me there and elsewhere because it allowed me to grow as an artist, and to survive. but if i had to do it all over again there are lots of things i would do differently. i am hoping to move on from that site tbh.

it's very interesting to watch tbh. i used to feel anxious watching my follower count decrease but i think I'm mostly done with Twitter. I've accomplished everything that i could do in that space, and most of my experiences ended up being traumatic, despite the good that came from my being there.