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Maygun
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Trying to be a mama like Marmee.
I like to draw and paint.
www.messybeestudio.com
I’m tired and already in bed, but I want to go paint. But I want to paint tiny paintings on tiny pieces of wood that I lost somehow. And so I’m laying in bed debating if I should go reorganize the basement, even though what I need to do is prepare for the class I’m teaching tomorrow.
November 22, 2025 at 4:13 AM
The sign I made with my BFF for the 2017 women’s march in Washington is still unfortunately relevant. #pussygrabsback
November 19, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Quiet piggy! Plus a few fruits and a witch. Sounds like a fun party.
Pen and ink, I think I digitally colored. 2017. I can’t believe Trump is still president.
#traditionalart #penandink #artist #illustration #drawing
November 19, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Sometimes I remember that I can often just fix or alter something that I don’t like. I had this wood spoon that didn’t fit in the canister it came with, so I carved it down to size. Now it fits, and it feels much nicer to hold, and it’s unique to me. Enjoy knife ASMR noises if that is your thing.
November 19, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Much of the time when people say “Jesus Christ” as an exclamatory they are not “taking the Lord’s name in vain”, as many evangelicals believe, but they’re saying the Lord’s name in the same way some would say “lord have mercy” or “God help us”.
November 18, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Faith is not just belief, another misconception I think many people have. To have perfect faith is to surrender yourself to the current of God’s love and providence, and go where it takes you, despite the seeming impossibility or recklessness of the request.
November 18, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I think that there is a really gross misunderstanding about what it means to be Christian, and it stems from a misinterpreting much of what Jesus is quoted as saying in the Gospels, and especially Paul’s epistles.
November 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
My partner is currently showing our kids Samuel Beckett’s “Not I”… yay or nay for parenting?
November 17, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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November 12, 2025 at 12:07 PM
A collection.
November 13, 2025 at 4:55 AM
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hi! 😃 i couldn't help but notice that scrolling is sapping your will to live! may i offer u a video essay in these trying times?
youtu.be/Bdj14_jdumI
be your own algorithm
YouTube video by pagemelt
youtu.be
July 6, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Wonder is why art and literature, music, acting, theoretical mathematics/sciences, and why religion exists. And it’s why LLMs exist.
November 13, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Wonder is what makes us human. People say it’s art, or writing, or the ability to plan for the future that separates us from other animals, but I think humanity started with the ability to wonder.
November 13, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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Painting Tip of the Day:
Having trouble with edges - soft vs hard, lost vs found? Try these basics first. 1) Soften edges that turn into shadow. 2) Lose edges at the peaks of highlights. 3) Soften edges anytime an edge passes behind another. 4) Soften any edges that go off the frame of reference.
February 9, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Another set that turned out pretty cute. This set I hand delivered to the buyer at a metro station in DC because it was so close to Christmas and I wasn’t sure it would arrive on time! #originalart #art #handmade #guitar #artists #acrylic #acrylicpaint #familyportrait #buylocal
November 12, 2025 at 2:18 AM
A looong time ago I used to paint custom family portrait nesting dolls. I have a few blanks left, I’m considering painting them again, if there is interest. This set probably took me 50 hours altogether. 🫠 #acrylicpainting #art #artists #handmade #family #knitting #petportraits
November 12, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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1000 times this. It's the worst when writers or illustrators or filmmakers apply that to their own works. So fucking degrading.
No other word has done more damage to the craft of writing in recent years than “content”. Even if you’re using the word “content” ironically, or as a cute little joke, don’t. When someone calls writing “content” they’re pissing on someone’s hard work & passion. “Content” is Technosatan’s henchword.
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Honestly, good. Let the premiums sky rocket. Expose the absurd greed of the insurance industry. Expose the callous disregard for human life and health by those in power. If this is what they want, let them have it. The ACA was a bandaid, not a fix, at some point it needs to be ripped off.
Oh wow. Who could've ever seen this coming?

"Speaker Johnson won't guarantee vote in House on ACA subsidies"

abcnews.go.com/Politics/liv...
Speaker Johnson won't guarantee vote in House on ACA subsidies
abcnews.go.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:53 AM
For good measure, some traditional art, a painting I made for my dad. A small copy of Christ Pantocrator. Acrylic on dollar store wooden panel. Not ideal, but worked after much sanding and many coats of gesso.
#orthodoxiconography #painting #art #acrylicpainting #religiousart
November 11, 2025 at 2:41 AM
I know this is from a year ago, but OF COURSE WE ARE against new data centers. We don’t need more data centers. We don’t need AI.

Loudon county just had a land sell for a new data center where the land sold for over 6 million PER ACRE.
If stop MPRP folks are also against new data centers I would love to know.
November 9, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Trying to attract the right type of buyers for the house a couple doors down.
November 9, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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This is the energy we will need!!
December 3, 2024 at 9:02 PM
Do we actually care about a living wages and safe working conditions? If so, why do we support the use of #undocumented workers in order to fill #labor shortages in fields that are low paying and dangerous, like farming and construction?
November 28, 2024 at 5:18 AM
November 27, 2024 at 11:00 PM