Samantha Höttemann-Vos
@tracesofsam.bsky.social
2e: overthinking existence in words, paint and music. The universe stays unimpressed.
(Also: Coach for the gifted | Currently on a ME/CFS & Long Covid recovery break)
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(Also: Coach for the gifted | Currently on a ME/CFS & Long Covid recovery break)
🇳🇱 🇩🇪 🇪🇺 🌍
I’m joining this movement for no music in waiting rooms. And while we’re at it, let’s ban it from phone queues, supermarkets, and every shop on Earth. Being sensitive to stimuli is a superpower tragically wasted on a society determined to blast “happy vibes” at us until we lose the will to queue.
I’m starting a movement against music in waiting rooms. If I’m sitting for an hour, I want to read, not listen to music I didn’t choose.
Who’s with me?
#waitingrooms #readers #rant #issues
Who’s with me?
#waitingrooms #readers #rant #issues
November 24, 2025 at 10:04 AM
I’m joining this movement for no music in waiting rooms. And while we’re at it, let’s ban it from phone queues, supermarkets, and every shop on Earth. Being sensitive to stimuli is a superpower tragically wasted on a society determined to blast “happy vibes” at us until we lose the will to queue.
Very quick watercolor. Very obviously still learning. Trying to let go of perfectionism.
#traditionalart
#art
#watercolors
#watercolours
#traditionalart
#art
#watercolors
#watercolours
November 12, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Very quick watercolor. Very obviously still learning. Trying to let go of perfectionism.
#traditionalart
#art
#watercolors
#watercolours
#traditionalart
#art
#watercolors
#watercolours
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Late Afternoon Light In The Garden St Margarets: acrylic on canvas
November 11, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Late Afternoon Light In The Garden St Margarets: acrylic on canvas
November 11, 2025 at 9:19 AM
#Giftedness, #ADHD, #autism, #LongCovid, #MECFS: all expressions of heightened tuning.
Hyperneuroplasticity links brilliance and burnout, creativity and collapse.
Together we can build coherence from the fragments.
Interesting read:
shorturl.at/jt94S
Hyperneuroplasticity links brilliance and burnout, creativity and collapse.
Together we can build coherence from the fragments.
Interesting read:
shorturl.at/jt94S
Hyperneuroplasticity in Action: DecodeME as Case Study
The DecodeME study, the largest genetic investigation of ME/CFS, identifies eight genomic regions tied to immune and nervous system function, proving the illness is biological. Linking these findings ...
www.brightinsight.support
November 7, 2025 at 9:47 AM
#Giftedness, #ADHD, #autism, #LongCovid, #MECFS: all expressions of heightened tuning.
Hyperneuroplasticity links brilliance and burnout, creativity and collapse.
Together we can build coherence from the fragments.
Interesting read:
shorturl.at/jt94S
Hyperneuroplasticity links brilliance and burnout, creativity and collapse.
Together we can build coherence from the fragments.
Interesting read:
shorturl.at/jt94S
Reposted by Samantha Höttemann-Vos
The Alien Hive vs Existentialism -
existentialcomics.com/comic/627
existentialcomics.com/comic/627
The Alien Hive vs Existentialism
A philosophy webcomic about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world. Also Jokes
existentialcomics.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The Alien Hive vs Existentialism -
existentialcomics.com/comic/627
existentialcomics.com/comic/627
November 5, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Reposted by Samantha Höttemann-Vos
Mischien toch net iets eerder beginnen met lessen staatsinrichting, democratie en geschiedenis.
Misschien toch minstens net zo belangrijk als Schei en Natuurkunde.
Wat extra rekenen zou in dit geval ook geen kwaad kunnen.
🥹
#Verkiezingen #Democratie
Misschien toch minstens net zo belangrijk als Schei en Natuurkunde.
Wat extra rekenen zou in dit geval ook geen kwaad kunnen.
🥹
#Verkiezingen #Democratie
October 28, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Mischien toch net iets eerder beginnen met lessen staatsinrichting, democratie en geschiedenis.
Misschien toch minstens net zo belangrijk als Schei en Natuurkunde.
Wat extra rekenen zou in dit geval ook geen kwaad kunnen.
🥹
#Verkiezingen #Democratie
Misschien toch minstens net zo belangrijk als Schei en Natuurkunde.
Wat extra rekenen zou in dit geval ook geen kwaad kunnen.
🥹
#Verkiezingen #Democratie
Stem op een democraat! (=een aanhanger van democratie.)
#verkiezingen
#stem
#stemmen
#nederlandseverkiezingen
#verkiezingen
#stem
#stemmen
#nederlandseverkiezingen
October 29, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Stem op een democraat! (=een aanhanger van democratie.)
#verkiezingen
#stem
#stemmen
#nederlandseverkiezingen
#verkiezingen
#stem
#stemmen
#nederlandseverkiezingen
Still learning how to use watercolors. Pointers are highly appreciated.
#watercolors
#watercolours
#art
#traditionalart
#watercolors
#watercolours
#art
#traditionalart
October 29, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Still learning how to use watercolors. Pointers are highly appreciated.
#watercolors
#watercolours
#art
#traditionalart
#watercolors
#watercolours
#art
#traditionalart
Painted this in November 2024. Still accurate. Sigh.
#acrylics
#acrylicpainting
#traditionalart
#art
#politics
#uspolitics
#acrylics
#acrylicpainting
#traditionalart
#art
#politics
#uspolitics
October 29, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Painted this in November 2024. Still accurate. Sigh.
#acrylics
#acrylicpainting
#traditionalart
#art
#politics
#uspolitics
#acrylics
#acrylicpainting
#traditionalart
#art
#politics
#uspolitics
Trying out watercolor. It feels so counterintuitive when you're used to acrylics...
I would be happy to follow some watercolor artists!
#watercolors
#watercolours
#art
#dance
I would be happy to follow some watercolor artists!
#watercolors
#watercolours
#art
#dance
October 15, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Trying out watercolor. It feels so counterintuitive when you're used to acrylics...
I would be happy to follow some watercolor artists!
#watercolors
#watercolours
#art
#dance
I would be happy to follow some watercolor artists!
#watercolors
#watercolours
#art
#dance
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Krieg in Europa, Autokratien wachsen, Klimakatastrophe, Inflation, große soziale Ungerechtkeit
Worüber entscheidet EU bzw BRD:
- Soja-Schnitzel
- Verbrenner-Aus-Aus
- verfassungswidrig Bürgergeldkürzung auf 0.
Nee, ich versteh auch nicht, warum die Leute mit der Regierung so unzufrieden sind.
Worüber entscheidet EU bzw BRD:
- Soja-Schnitzel
- Verbrenner-Aus-Aus
- verfassungswidrig Bürgergeldkürzung auf 0.
Nee, ich versteh auch nicht, warum die Leute mit der Regierung so unzufrieden sind.
October 10, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Krieg in Europa, Autokratien wachsen, Klimakatastrophe, Inflation, große soziale Ungerechtkeit
Worüber entscheidet EU bzw BRD:
- Soja-Schnitzel
- Verbrenner-Aus-Aus
- verfassungswidrig Bürgergeldkürzung auf 0.
Nee, ich versteh auch nicht, warum die Leute mit der Regierung so unzufrieden sind.
Worüber entscheidet EU bzw BRD:
- Soja-Schnitzel
- Verbrenner-Aus-Aus
- verfassungswidrig Bürgergeldkürzung auf 0.
Nee, ich versteh auch nicht, warum die Leute mit der Regierung so unzufrieden sind.
October 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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WRITER /acrylic painting (for The Chronicle of Higher Education).
Creativity can be treacherous…
#writing #writer #tightrope #high-wire #book #literature #author #acrylic #editorial #painting #acrylicpainting #art #conceptual #metaphor #visualmetaphor #creativity #creative #artofbluesky
Creativity can be treacherous…
#writing #writer #tightrope #high-wire #book #literature #author #acrylic #editorial #painting #acrylicpainting #art #conceptual #metaphor #visualmetaphor #creativity #creative #artofbluesky
July 15, 2025 at 12:55 PM
WRITER /acrylic painting (for The Chronicle of Higher Education).
Creativity can be treacherous…
#writing #writer #tightrope #high-wire #book #literature #author #acrylic #editorial #painting #acrylicpainting #art #conceptual #metaphor #visualmetaphor #creativity #creative #artofbluesky
Creativity can be treacherous…
#writing #writer #tightrope #high-wire #book #literature #author #acrylic #editorial #painting #acrylicpainting #art #conceptual #metaphor #visualmetaphor #creativity #creative #artofbluesky
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
(1) Roses are red
Poems are sappy
Camus’ opinion:
Imagine him happy
Kierkegaard says
Don’t forget God
Nietszsche agreed
World needs to be awed
Satre’s thinking:
God isn’t there
Existence Precedes Essence
Find meaning elsewhere
(->2)
#absurdism
#existentialism
#humour
Poems are sappy
Camus’ opinion:
Imagine him happy
Kierkegaard says
Don’t forget God
Nietszsche agreed
World needs to be awed
Satre’s thinking:
God isn’t there
Existence Precedes Essence
Find meaning elsewhere
(->2)
#absurdism
#existentialism
#humour
October 8, 2025 at 9:26 AM
(1) Roses are red
Poems are sappy
Camus’ opinion:
Imagine him happy
Kierkegaard says
Don’t forget God
Nietszsche agreed
World needs to be awed
Satre’s thinking:
God isn’t there
Existence Precedes Essence
Find meaning elsewhere
(->2)
#absurdism
#existentialism
#humour
Poems are sappy
Camus’ opinion:
Imagine him happy
Kierkegaard says
Don’t forget God
Nietszsche agreed
World needs to be awed
Satre’s thinking:
God isn’t there
Existence Precedes Essence
Find meaning elsewhere
(->2)
#absurdism
#existentialism
#humour
I like the idea of having an explanation for the world’s chaos — and this actually sounds plausible.
October 1, 2025 at 10:40 AM
I like the idea of having an explanation for the world’s chaos — and this actually sounds plausible.
"Peace?"
Created with acrylics over a year ago. Still true. Ugh.
#acrylic
#acrylicpainting
#art
#peace
#politics
Created with acrylics over a year ago. Still true. Ugh.
#acrylic
#acrylicpainting
#art
#peace
#politics
October 1, 2025 at 8:12 AM
"Peace?"
Created with acrylics over a year ago. Still true. Ugh.
#acrylic
#acrylicpainting
#art
#peace
#politics
Created with acrylics over a year ago. Still true. Ugh.
#acrylic
#acrylicpainting
#art
#peace
#politics
