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x-heesy · 2 years

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Art is the light of the spirit. It enlightens the dust of the mind.

—Jia Aili 🇨🇳

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Jia Aili, a pioneering member of a new generation of Chinese artists, is best known for works embodying at once art historical knowledge and a drive to challenge painting’s existing forms and boundaries. Jia’s aim in his early work was to reflect a correspondence between the vulnerability of individuals and shifts in society as a whole. He has pursued and developed this idea through a wide-ranging practice variously incorporating abstraction, portraiture, fantastic imagery, scenes from daily life, and cultural motifs, skillfully blending past, present, and future.

Jia was born in Dandong in Northeast China in 1979. His childhood and teenage years witnessed the radical transformation of the country. He graduated from the Second Studio (New Representationalism) of the Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts in Shenyang Tiexi District in 2004, and subsequently taught there from 2005 to 2007. After the teaching engagement, Jia moved to Black Bridge Village in Beijing, and his breakout solo exhibition The Wasteland opened in the same year, launching him onto the international scene.

In 2008, the year in which Beijing hosted the Olympic Games, Jia began to work on We Are from the Century (2008–11). This epic painting demonstrates his mastery of Socialist Realist technique and deep knowledge of the old masters, including the use of layers of thin, translucent color to generate an active dialogue between light and shadow, shape and space. The looser aspects of Jia’s brushwork make reference to the talismanic imagery of ancient Chinese Taoist drawings, serving his aim of exploring self-analysis in the context of the shared human condition. In subsequent works, Jia brings a fluid naturalism to bear, depicting sites of uncanny believability and evoking atmospheres of emotional heft. Characterizing his process as fundamentally intuitive, Jia applies formal logic to the summoning of a transcendent vision.

Over the past decade, Jia has continued to work at monumental scale, expanding on the dark, theatrical look of his earlier canvases through subtler and more complex coloration and structure. The evolution of his practice can be traced through a sequence of exhibitions at venues including the Singapore Art Museum (2012); Teatrino di Palazzo Grassi, Venice (2015); Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga, Spain (2017); and Gagosian, New York (2019). Among the twenty-nine paintings featured in the last of these was the four-panel Sonatine (2019), in which hard-edge polyhedrons drift across transcendent scenes connected by themes of disintegration, reflecting the artist’s latest breakthrough as a painter. Since 2018, Jia has maintained a studio in New York.

#surreal #surrealart #surrealism #surrealismartcommunity #popsurrealism #popsurrealist #popsurreal #surrealist #surrealista #surrealistic #lowbrowart @frenchpsychiatrymuderedmycnut @badbavarian @derflaneur @darkhawk1126 #weirdart #lowbrowartist #surrealisme #surreal_art #surrealismo #surrealpainting #newcontemporary #lowbrowpopsurrealists

Soundtrack: Space Is A Place by Farai, Chris Calderwood

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kitonmitons · 9 months

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silly simbz

#the sims #the sims 4 #sims family #my art #my oc #the treys #altho they haven’t been treys for like 7 generations LMFAOOOO #this is Ricky Deaton II and his wife Aili Szimmer (my heir)

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riotzerosys · 1 month

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Hey chat, thought I'd redraw my spooky month ocs. James the (actual) vampire, who helps out at the haunted house! And also Aily, his adopted daughter. James is married to Rick, ye. :)

Also here's some close-ups.

#digital art #my art #spooky month ocs #rick spooky month #james the vampire #aily the human #:3 #thje family ever

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lillotte17 · 5 months

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Trying to figure out exactly how fancy I want to get with their clothing. Thinking Pride might need a wolf fang earring. 🤔

Also, while I've got your attention: I'm considering opening up commissions again, since we are nearing the holidays and I miss drawing people stuff. Is there any interest for that anymore?? I would appreciate some feedback!!

#Solas #Lavellan #Solavellan #dragon age #Aili Lavellan #Pride #WIP #artwork #and also #commissions #i guess lol #getting any sort of art traction around here is impossible these days #but i just figured i would ask #i do like doing it #and getting paid is nice too lol

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sleepyfey · 2 years

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In October 2021, I participated in the Once Upon a Haunted Forest art challenge hosted by moonbound.studio and kneeleyp and created the story below, originally published on my IG account between October 2021 and January 2022 (I’m... slow XD But I finished it and I’m very proud of myself!). The original prompt list, which I’ve cut and skipped to match my energy levels, can be seen in the IG posts. I’ve been meaning to put it together in one slightly edited post here since then, but only managed to get to that now (I kept telling myself I would fix some things in the illustrations first, but pfft who’s got time for that and I guess the mistakes are charming in a way).

Aili’s name was originally Ail (hence a garlic joke later in the story), but I’m currently in the process of translating it into my native Finnish, and decided that Aili suited the translation better and also resonated with me more. The story is meant to read like a picture book.

Aili and the Little Ghost

Once upon a time in the Haunted Forest there lived a young goblin girl. Her name was Aili, and she was a messenger for important goblin families. Her work took her all over the Haunted Forest, and she was no stranger to odd things that crossed her winding path. On this particular occasion, however, she was stumped: she had run into an odd shawody creature she didn't recognize, moaning in the middle of her path!

"What are you?" she asked the creature in amazement.

"I'm loo-oooooost," wailed the being.

"Hi, Loooost," Aili replied politely, although she did find it a strange name, "I'm Aili."

Her new shadowy friend hicupped. "C-can you h-help me, Aiiii-il-iii?" it asked mournfully.

"Certainly," answered Aili, who was kinder than she was wise, and often promised things before asking for more details. How do you think she ended up a courier in the Haunted Forest? A good friend who was afraid of the Forest and a tendency to say yes without thinking things through, that's how.

She was not in the wrong this time, though. It turned out that the shadowy creature was, in fact, just a little ghost covered in soot. The poor thing had been on a regular family haunting with its parents and siblings, and it had thought the hauntee's chimney the cleverest hiding place - what better way to scare a person than to peer at them from the fireplace just as they were relaxing in front of it with a good book? Alas, the little ghost had fallen asleep, and by the time it had woken up, the other ghosts had moved on to their next haunt. The ghost had tried to find its way to its family, and then to its home, and had only succeeded in getting spectacularly lost. Now it was tired and lonely and scared, and there were creepy eyes in the woods.

"Never fear," Aili told it bravely, "here, let's get that soot off, and you can climb into my bag. I'll help you find your way home. Perhaps the talking trees will know the way?"

Aili took the little ghost to the talking trees first. She introduced herself and the ghost politely, and then asked if the trees had happened to see the ghost's family traveling past.

"Why yes indeed," said the older tree (though of course they were both quite ancient in Aili's eyes) ponderously, "they went to the left."

"No, no," called a cheerful voice from the darkness, "it was to the left!"

The tree frowned. "Why, that's just what I said! To the left."

The younger tree groaned, the few remaining leaves flapping dismissively. "You mossy old stump! I heard you perfectly well the first time, all right?"

"Oh, yes, it was right!" the cheerful voice chirped again. "They went right!"

"Why, you impertinent sapling!" grumbled the older tree. "Contradicting your elders and giving them sass, and in front of messengers and ghosts, no less! Next you'll claim they spouted wings and went up!"

"Yes, up! Wings and up!"

At this, the bewildered goblin and ghost finally looked up from the quarreling trees, and saw a party of dark fae, merrymaking and giggling in the branches above them. Dark fae are, of course, much like their relatives, except much more prone to making mischief.

"Oh, you!" Aili huffed and stomped her foot at them. "You tricksy sprites! Now look at what you've done! You know how easily trees get confused, and now I won't get clear directions out of them. Look at this poor little ghost!"

The fae, still sniggering, looked and did find the little ghost peering at them curiously from Aili's messenger bag quite endearing. And although they still thought their joke had been in excellent taste, they were moved to assure Aili that the ghosts they had seen had indeed taken the leftmost turn at the nearby crossroads.

"Oh dear," said Aili in some surprise. "That will take us to the guardian..."

The road the fae had indicated led Aili and the little ghost to a small clearing, and as they approached it, they heard a soft, ethereal voice humming a lullaby, sweet and haunting at once. Aili walked bravely on, but the little ghost hid behind her back and under her hair.

The Guardian of the Haunted Forest sat comfortably in the middle of the clearing, spinning sweet dreams for the slumbering ghostly animals scattered across her arms and lap and the ground around her. She looked down at her visitors and gave them a sharp smile, and when she spoke her lullaby went on, as though she didn't need her mouth to sing it.

"Hello, little travelers," she greeted them. "What brings you to me?"

Aili bowed politely. "Good evening, Guardian! I'm Aili, and this is Looost."

"No, I'm not," piped up the little ghost, and dared to peer out over Aili's shoulder. "I'm a ghost!"

"I'm helping the ghost get back to its family," Aili explained. "Have you seen them, or do you know where they might live?" She then realized she had been quite inconsiderate, as of course ghosts could not live anywhere. "Oh, I mean. Where they might... linger?"

The Guardian hummed thoughtfully, and the ghostly squirrel curled up on her palm looked up curiously. "Ghosts linger all over the Forest. Why not stay here, with my little ghosts? I shall take good care of you, and sing you such lovely dreams." And she inclined her horned head at the ghost, now leaning over Aili's shoulder to look up at her.

Aili looked at the little ghost, and the ghost swayed for an indecisive moment before shrinking behind Aili's back again and muttering something. At Aili's questioning "Huh?" it whispered a little louder: "But I would miss my family," and the Guardian nodded, unoffended.

"Well then, I would advise you to go north. I do not know where your family is, but there's a grove north of here, and the pumpkins of the patch there might know more, for their Jack-o-lanterns often collaborate with ghosts."

Aili bowed again to thank her, and started down the northward road. The Guardian's lullaby followed them long into the darkness.

Following the Guardian's instructions, Aili and the little ghost arrived at the ancient grove north of the Guardian's clearing. It was home to one of the largest pumpkin patches in the Haunted Forest, and they bounced excitedly up to them upon seeing that they had visitors. Their carved grins twinkled at them in the looming dark, and the little ghost gave a squeak of terror and burrowed into Aili's bag. Aili, more used to the weird and fantastic things one could encounter in the Forest, simply sat down to greet them.

"Hello, friends!" she cried over their excited babbling.

"Hello, friends!" the pumpkins echoed in a chorus, piling up around Aili and the increasingly horrified ghost. A solid knock-knocking sound announced an actual scarecrow's approach: jumping on his stick, he made his way to the visitors and swayed this way and that to flap his sleeves importantly for order and silence.

"Greetings, travelers," he said ponderously. "What ails you?"

Aili blinked. "I, uh. I Ail us. That is, I'm Aili."

"How unfortunate," the scarecrow said kindly. "Have you tried carving it out?"

The little ghost very nearly swooned in horror, but Aili bravely stammered, "W-well, no! I quite like being Aili." The pumpkins muttered to each other in confusion, and Aili went on hastily. "And anyway, we're here to ask if you've seen ghosts - this little one has lost its family. Have you seen them?"

The pumpkins all started babbling and bouncing at once, and the scarecrow swayed thoughtfully. "Well, I suppose your ails are yours, and you may keep them if you wish. But ghosts? They're all working tonight: the Vampire Lords are holding a masked ball at the Manor, and have hired nearly all the ghosts in the Forest to spook up the place. It's that way." He swung around and pointed a stick at a little path leading away from the grove.

The little ghost perked up at this, and Aili got up and bowed at the scarecrow. "Safe travels!" the scarecrow called after them as they left. "And do return if you decide to get carved after all!"

Aili and the little ghost could spot the Manor of the Vampire Lords from far away, the lit windows shining in the night. Sounds of music and merriment - which for vampires meant pipe organs and threatening drawling - greeted them as they walked up to the door and knocked. The door opened, and a vampire of great dignity and even greater sense of ostentatiousness sneered down at them.

"Hello!" Aili greeted him brightly. "I'm..."

"... A goblin!" the vampire exclaimed, as though Aili had said something very rude. "I can see that!"

Aili sighed. It was a well-known fact that vampires were allergic to goblins, and this was clearly going to be a problem. "Yes. I'm here on behalf of my little friend Looost here..."

"Not Looost," the little ghost disagreed absent-mindedly. It was looking curiously at the other vampires, who had crowded in the window to stare at them.

"... Who is looking for its family. We heard you are employing a lot of ghosts tonight." Aili put on her most appealing smile. "May we please come in and see if we can find them?"

The vampire lord wrinkled his nose in distaste. "Most certainly not! I am entertaining guests of the greatest importance, and I can't have grubby goblins and lost blankets wandering about in my manor tonight! And you're not even wearing a mask, in this time and age. I'll have you know that this is a masked ball, young lady."

His guests tittered at them and turned to one another to whisper and mutter about the manners of messengers, these days, and would the Countess perhaps like another glass of Type MerlO+.

Aili and the ghost must have looked utterly dejected, because as he was closing the door, the vampire lord looked too see if his guests were listening, and quickly whispered, "Oh, don't look so glum. The Home for Peculiar Spirits is that way, and I'm sure they'll all return there when the party is over. Just follow the strange wind."

Just as the vampire had said, a strange wind picked up soon after Aili and the little ghost had started walking in the direction he had pointed out. The wind tugged at Aili's hair, and she had to grab the little ghost by the tail as it was almost swept away.

"Help!" it cried in terror.

"Don't worry!" Aili cried back, tugging on the ghost until she managed to reel it in and stuff it securely back in her bag. "I'm an experienced balloon-handler!"

They pressed on, until they arrived in the back garden of a large and rather derelict house. It had had large grounds, once, but after centuries of neglect and lack of upkeep - after all, ghosts didn't need roofs - the Haunted Forest had crept in and swallowed it whole, crowding in at gardens and driveways. The thick row of trees and the garden wall shielded them from the wind, and Aili dared to open her bag and ask the ghost if it recognized the place.

The little ghost peered out, and its ghostly glow brightened in delight. "Yes! This is my home! We made it!"

As if on cue, a ghostly head wearing a top-hat and a monocle popped through the back door and exclaimed, "There you are! We've been looking for you!" And before Aili could blink, a family of ghosts poured out through the door and floated up to them, each trying to make its own version of the daring search for the lost ghost heard over the others. The little ghost spilled out of Aili's bag and right into the family's waiting arms, barely able to contain its joy and relief.

"I'm so happy to see you!" it said. "We've had such adventures! This is my new friend, Aili."

"Pleased to meet you, Looosts!" she greeted them. The little ghost sighed, and its family looked puzzled, but no one bothered to correct her, this time.

So the little ghost was reunited with its family, who had not been at the Manor because they had only just returned from their search. And Ail and the ghost remained fast friends and had many more adventures together - but those are stories for another time.

#Aili and the little ghost #art challenge #once upon a haunted forest 2021 #my art #goblin #ghost #fairytale

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gazecreate · 1 year

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Knowledge is the root of all evil, right? Isn't that how it is? At some point, you have to stop. Right, Ailis???

#OC Art #my oc art #Ailis #Art print #He scares me but I love him #Make no mistake this is a man #Just a really feminine man

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inbetweenhours · 9 months

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Having big feelings about my fanon Empires SMP timeline and worldbuilding so I'm handing out the list of the names I use for both the season one and two emperors, as well as their parents (and siblings).

I think I was doing slow reveal with my family doodles but I was looking at them again and I miss them, so names below the cut!

Note!

Names in quotations are the "true names" of characters who deal with fae naming conventions ;]

I bolded the cc's character names just for readability :]

Have fun! I don't offer any culture/lore explanations but if u wanna ask about why things are the way they are I'll answer reblogs and asks with delight!

SEASON 1

Queen Mairieth (Ansley) and Prince Consort Druindar (Devnet) of Rivendell, parents of Prince Smajor (Scott) and Prince Xornoth (Conan)

Lady Fable G and Lord Casilo E of House Sausage of Mythland, parents of Mythical J of House Sausage (I totally fucked this up in the art and called them king/queen, that's not true lol)

Empress Angie of The Ocean Empire, mother of Princess Lizzie and Prince Jimmy

Emperor Marley and Empress Kimber of The Lost Empire, parents of Prince Joey, Prince Mickey, Princess Nickey, and Princess Tammy

Lady Kitty (Kaitlyn-Aldreda) of House Blossom, parent of Lady Katherine(-Elizabeth)

Queen Ariel of Mezalea, predecessor of King Joel

Mr LeeryDoe & Ms KeenBronze from The Grimlands, parents of FailWhip* and GeminiTay

*FailWhip is Fwhip's given name, Fwhip is a nickname he prefers.

Guardian Jillian and Aureate Moon of Gilded Helianthia, parents of Pearlescent Moon

Queen Techna Riffs and Vigil Keeper Innov Riffs of Pixandria, parents of Pixl Riffs

Shrub Berry's parents canonically have names already (Fern and Rose Berry) so I havent replaced them :]

SEASON 2

Starting off saying because of how my fanon works for empires the following Emperors won't have named parents: Joel, False, Oli, & Gem 💔

Joram M of House Sausage, King of The Gilded Mythlands & Ms Saga, servant of House Sausage; biological parents of Mythical J (Sausage) of Sanctuary

Mrs Jessie & Mr William Solidarity from Tumble Town, parents of Sheriff Jimmy Solidarity

Mrs Clink & MrThwip from The Goblands, parents of Fwhip

Mr David SaorseBright & Ms Ailis MajorHart, parents of Lord Scott SaorseMajor of Chromia & Conan SaorseMajor

Mrs Taffy & Mr Jodie from Animalia, parents of Mayor Lizzie

Mrs Bonnie & Ms Rob from Eversea, parents of Pirate Joe

Queen Christine and King Theodore Elizabeth of Glimmer Grove, parents of Princess Katherine Elizabeth

Tekh RiffSafe & Jane Lakcrash from Cogsmeade, parents of Pix LakRiffs

I also named Witch Shelby's Grandmother Willow :]

That's everyone! Thank u for indulging me if you're reading this! I have so many thoughts about Empires <33

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trainerbob23 · 5 months

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got any favorite ships? if not much of a shipping person i'd be really interested in knowing what other kinds of relationships and dynamics you're really into ^_^

Well, my favorite Kirby ships/friendships can go as follows

(Please note that I do not support proshipping and this is not a complete list of friendships and if you want to know more about who's friends .)

Kirby ships I like

Metadedede:

It shouldn't come as a surprise because I like both dedede's and Meta Knights dynamic and seeing the art based around the both of them makes me extremely happy,

Kirbfluff (platonic):

like oh my god, I seriously love the idea of fluff coming to dreamland and having such a good time with kirby and both of them seeing new heights like never before, it's such a crime that prince fluff only appeared in one game and that's it.

magoranza:

ok so this was introduced me to a good friend of mine back around 2022 on discord before I became completely active on the site, but seriously this idea is amazing to be honest of Magolor and taranza being together and just seeing the both of them feel so happy after the both taranza and Magolor had gone though (even sometimes it means little slip ups from here and there)

OC x canon:

alright let's get the elephant out of the room here. I love OC x canon and idc what anyone's tells me about it. Yeah it may be cringe, but I think that if you hc your original character is in love a pre existing character is good and it can even be a good idea for those who are starting out with shipping other characters and see where you can go from there.

Metasusie:

Ok it's a moreso of a ship I like to look at perspective and say "I think it's a cute ship". And i know it's a controversial ship, but I personally think that metasusie can be put into perspective how meta knight's and Susie's relationship have changed since the events of the original game, but many people have misinterpreted Susie as more malicious than she actually is and taken things like torture fics to be canon when there's really not that much info to go off of.

Friendships

The main four:

I really love the main four's (Kirby, bandee, King dedede and meta knight) dynamic so so much like it can be considered a found family if you will and I'm so grateful that the new Kirby games showoff this dynamic very well.

The animal friends: I'm surprised how the animal friends have not been in much Kirby games recently other than star ailies, to be frank the idea of them having a great time with Kirby and with them being different pets, Kirby like to play with them a whole lot

Gooey: gooey treats Kirby as a big brother in my hc and also who likes to think about a whole lot about popstar and the entire world around him as well.

Magolor: Magolor is extremely greatful to have Kirby as a best friend After what had happened thoughout the events of rtdl deluxe, He didn't want to ask for forgiveness at first, but he felt extremely guilty for what happened So he proves to Kirby that he can succeed and even change as a person. (even if Kirby has forgave Magolor)

Bandee: he is kirby's bestest of friends and would do anything for Kirby. After the events of super star ultra he would officially become Kirby's best friends and their relationship is so so important to me because both bandee and Kirby often are seen playing with each other or drinking apple juice or he is seen even humming the song to himself.

Marx: he may be a jester but he is good at tricks, in the manga where Marx and Kirby are friends (sorry can't remember the name) he felt extremely sad over the fact that Kirby didn't remember the playdate and even more they were/ still are best friends (well in my hc) (https://www.tumblr.com/kirby-manga-translated/725558045121363968/kirby-manpuku-pupupu-fantasy-volume-7-chapter)

Dark meta knight: I'd like to think after the events of amazing mirror and star aillies, he comes down to popstar more often to either draw with Adeline and to even improve as a person, even if it means being slightly annoyed at meta knight

Meta Knight: I personally think he is mostly Kirby's friend as well, and seeing how this was the first ever Kirby character I liked when I first played as him in smash bros. Him being shy when his mask breaks and in the anime I was inspired to make a fan-made episode script based around him losing his mask (which you guys should read by the way, https://www.tumblr.com/trainerbob23/689281680493723648/hey-everyone-i-just-wrote-a-kirby-right-back-at) this guy was the reason I even got it to this fan base in the first place and I'm really glad that happened

King dedede: originally rivals, but turned to friends and even great allies. I seriously don't know why the anime turned him into such a douchebag when in the games he has definitely changed for the better and I'm so proud of dedede for proving to himself that he can change as a person in his own character arc

I know this is not complete list of characters and that is fine. It will have taken me ages to do so. So if you guys want a complete list of all the Kirby characters. Let me know. I have so much to say about them

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little-autumn-serenade · 8 months

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There are like 5 versions of this because I can't colour and because this was supposed to be a quick drawing and then...and then I got carried away.

I just firmly believe that Aili would draw Astarion when he's not looking after she finds out he hasn't seen his reflection since before he was turned. I firmly believe she'd do it when he's busy reading a book or distracted and it would take a while before she has the courage to show him because it's kind of personal and maybe he'll think it's weird and it's Astarion who isn't the easiest to predict.

There's pages of them because she's determined to get it right and each one isn't quite right in someway in her eyes; the nose isn't sharp enough, his jaw isn't strong enough, his hair doesn't have the right dishevelled but roguish quality to it. In truth they're all pretty spot on but an artist is their worst critic.

#aili the rogue dwarf #astarion #astarion x tav #astarion x aili #bg3 spoilers #bg3 #baldurs gate 3 spoilers #baldur's gate 3 spoilers #baldurs gate 3 #baldur's gate 3 #my art

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x-heesy · 2 years

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Art is the light of the spirit. It enlightens the dust of the mind.

—Jia Aili 🇨🇳

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#surreal #surrealart #surrealism #surrealismartcommunity #popsurrealism #popsurrealist #popsurreal #surrealist #surrealista #surrealistic #lowbrowart @frenchpsychiatrymuderedmycnut @melimelo85 @mayleaveamarck @boanerges20 @badbavarian @derflaneur @darkhawk1126 #weirdart #lowbrowartist #surrealisme #surreal_art #surrealismo #surrealpainting #newcontemporary #lowbrowpopsurrealists

Soundtrack: Space Is A Place by Farai, Chris Calderwood

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