Spring, Ranunculus

 

Kind of unrelated and already (feeling like sort of) old news

But the greater key moment/feeling here is... Such stir, inside. It has been a while, has it not...? Antsy, restless, bloom

春よ、夢うつつ

 

Edit 4/30/22:

Upgraded boot disk to a 1Tb SSD, swapped in a new power source, and upgraded to liquid cooling with Ceres's help. Fun little excursion spread over two weekends, never seen Weijia this animated or talkative 😂 It was good to see Brownie and Big Eyes again, too

Good stuff to mark Anameleth's 6th birthday (birth month, rather), all in all.

Inspi

This clip (and Lana del Rey) sold the movie to me more than its actual trailers did, and ended up pissing me off because the movie proper was so mediocre compared to what this hinted it to be.

Let's get that compositing reel together now, Jing. Why's there so much melancholy?

040. Spiration

Every time I come across a great piece of literature I get so disoriented and swim in the desire to translate it into English - a process perilous with the possibility of drowning aspects that made it spectacular in the first place. I'm so conflicted even as I float upon this bubble.

Forum culture also makes me so much more aware of the author as an actual flesh-and-blood entity, rather than an empty name printed on a stiff cover. "I love this so much I'd love to stalk get to know and catch in a Pokeball the maker" is such an awe-inspiring thing to be able to do.

I want to write page-long love letter reviews. I want to draw.

033. So much to learn

Lighting, colors, anatomy.

But all I feel I can output tonight is sleep. This is bothersome.

021. 13 cheerleaders

A tad random to have Camus and Deathmask in the lead, but still EXACTLY WHAT I FUCKING NEED. Lol'd @ how the twins start at opposite ends of the crowd but steadily sneak up closer together as time progresses.

If I were awake I'd be drawing to this tonight.

Edit: 
wait a minute there's clearly only 10 of them Milo Aiolios Aiolia are not in this what in the I can't even count

004. More reference studies

Background-chan, I will get you one day.

THIS GIF

Most inspiring ever. Will post endproduct(s) once I gain the urge to edit.

Organization

A piece I dug out from Intro to Islam; specifically, from notes on Sufi poetry:


Farid al-Din Attar - 12th Century Persian mystic; composed Conference of the Birds (1177). Summary:

Birds of the world with varying backgrounds/upraising gathered in search of Simorgh, the mythical King of Birds. The journey was long and harsh without a clear destination, laden with various trials. Those who came from wealth and pleasure (bound by earthly shackles) asked themselves why they gave up their riches to look for something that may not even exist, and dropped from the flock one by one. In the end, only thirty broken and fatigued birds remained, and they found Simorgh as infinite light, with which they had merged. In the mirror, they saw that the King was themselves.

Allegorisms of Sufism:
- Joining (infusion and becoming one with) God :: moths burning in candlelight
- Ascetic practices; rejection of material world and wealth




Thought this might be relevant because I remember mentioning it to Tina, but couldn't remember all the details beyond the very bare bones. That, and because I wanted to keep this somewhere but throw out the rest of my notes from that class, haha.

Speaking of Steampunk,

FFFFFFFFFF LOVING HERMES x 10 ^ 6 RIGHT NOW. WHO KNEW HE HAD GOOD THINGS BESIDES FANCY SCARVES??









See full collection here. Yes yes it's more equestrian than steampunk, but SHHH I CAN'T HEAR YOUUU LALALALALALA LA LA LA