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glitteringkatie · 1 year

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Refrigerator Art

I read a lot about creativity. I see myself as a creative person, but not in a field that is traditionally seen as “creative”. But what is creativity? Creating. You create something for some reason and put it out there.

Then what is software? That’s creating code to teach a crystal with lightning how to show the internet. I digress. This isn’t a post about why software is a creative trade.

Back to reading. I’ve found a pattern of books that spark my creative interest: they focus more about sharing your work or making space in your head to make the work than anything else.

Both Show Your Work by Austin Kleon and Building a Second Brain by Tiago Forte talk about this concept of bite sized work. They call this work “stock” or “intermediate packets”, respectively. And respectively? I hate those terms.

So I’m going to make refrigerator art. Refrigerator art is bite sized, something you see when your main point isn’t to Observe Art™, and there is no pressure on quality. If a 6 year old can make art deemed worthy of the refrigerator in a day, then so can I.

I’m not sure what medium this will take—infographics, mini blog posts, water color, lil doodles, whatever. But it doesn’t matter. The sheer fact that this refrigerator art is coming from my brain means it is a cohesive body of work. I’m what ties it together!

But maybe you can expect a more deep dive into these books I’ve found creatively intriguing. But also this isn’t an assignment to me. I CAN DO WHAT I WANT.

It’s Refrigerator Art ✨

(Find all books from graphic on my list on Bookshop.org)

#creativity #refrigerator art #show your work #building a second brain #creative quest #the extended mind #big magic #bored and brilliant #austin kleon #tiago forte #annie murphy paul #elizabeth gilbert #manoush zomorodi #questlove #personal manifesto

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asleepinawell · 6 months

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Irem, the Pillared City: Futures

#obsessed with these #wanted to see them all together as a rainbow of futures #I love the art style of all the banners they're just so good #fallen london #flmp #fallen london spoilers #irem #mp #in some ways I chose the most boring one #but there's something appealing about the idea of turning into a city meant for everyone #especially in a game about cities #poetic or something idk #in order these are: nearby jewelled silvered abyssal brilliant #ruinous chilly altered dark neon #I'm missing no future but it's just black so

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findafight · 6 months

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Do you like Robin as a character or is she just a quirky lesbian to you.

#robin buckley #stranger things #hmm some of yall.... dont consider robins depth as a smart girl who has weird friendships and inserts herself into shenanigans bv shes bore #shes just a blank slate of a lesbian or something for y'all to use in shipping or whatever idk its annoying to see :(#instead of yknow the brilliant and loyal and rambling and tangent taking teenager with a weirdly close relationship with her bff #and the middleschooler/freshmen she may or may not have survived a traumatic incident with #finda's rambles #not to mention using her as some like. justification for queer male characters instead of her just existing for her own merit #fandom wank #because i suppose this is huh

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tara-the-star · 28 days

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what if it was my last straw huh nora what then

#THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE BORING??? ON WHAT EARTH #its brilliant and it will live in my head till the day i die #i need this injected into my veins #jean moreau #the sunshine court #aftg #all for the game #nora sakavic #the foxhole court #renee walker #tfc

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corrodedcoughin · 1 year

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So I know the internet is obsessed with babygirl Steve but I've been thinking about the opposite lately? About how Eddie would love how manly and strong and boyish Steve is. Especially after that scene in the Upside Down where Eddie is casually fawning over sweaty and dirty shirtless Steve ripping demobats apart with his bare hands. They're both gross teenage boys and Eddie likes it.

Eddie loves Steve's 5 o'clock shadow, dreams of feeling the scratch of it on his skin, the burn of it as Steve kisses his way down his body.

Dustin still keeps telling Steve he needs to tame his chest hair, shear it down a bit. Steve always refuses because the "ladies dig it" and Eddie can't help but agree that the boys dig it too. He definitely doesn't want to run his fingers through it, tangle his fingers in the strands and feel the warmth of Steves skin underneath.

Eddie loves Steve's strong jaw and broad shoulders. Thick thighs and muscled biceps. Every now and then Steve will wake up early for a jog and at the end, jog his way over to the trailer park. And Eddie gets to watch him with his hair pushed out of his face, unstyled and sweaty but still looking good. Shirt sticking to his torso with sweat. It's so gross but so good. They'll sit on the porch together, Steve drinking water; with Eddie next to him wrapped in a blanket, half asleep, drinking coffee, and thinking about how fucking good Steve looks.

He even likes how Steve will eat a bagel and get crumbs all over his kitchen floor, and then snap at Dustin for even /thinking/ about opening a packet of Doritos in his car because he will get crumbs in the seats. And the Beemer is his baby.

Idk I've just always liked the idea that Steve genuinely likes cars? We all saw him with the Toddfather. And his beemer!!! This stereotypical manly interest that he might have gotten into originally when he was little because it was something he thought his dad would like, but it turns out he actually genuinely likes. Steve will happily spend a Saturday morning washing and waxing his car. Vacuuming the carpet and cleaning the seats. And after all that he'll pop the hood and tinker with the engine. Checking the oil and other car things. And Eddie finds himself noticing the grease and oil under his fingernails that he couldn't quite remove.

And then there's the little things. How Steve will throw something into the rubbish bin or his laundry basket like a basketball from across the room. How he will yell at the TV when watching sports and the ref makes a stupid call. His dumb locker room talk with Robin where they talk about hot girls together, which is endearing as hell because he can see how much it means to Robin to be able to talk like a regular teen about hot celebs and pretty classmates.

Idk I'm just having fun thinking of Eddie fawning over how manly and hot he finds Steve. You just know he's talked about it to the Corroded Coffin boys and they just "can't relate but we'll take your word for it" Because they love and support Eddie in his big fat gay crush on Steve.

(Absolutely no pressure to do anything with this btw I'm just having Thoughts)

I was just reading this and nodding aggressively. I love babygirl Steve but I love the facets of Steve that means he can be both

Oh he’d absolutely take up an interest in cars because he thinks it would earn him points with his Dad. He’s awful to begin with, obviously, but he sticks with it and and the first time he fixes something or cleans it up and polishes it on his own he’s so proud of himself that he just keeps at it. Eventually it becomes an activity he can put all his attention on and just zone out of real life. He gets really competent and this only sends Eddie’s heart rate sky high. He sees Steve wiping his hands off on a dirty rag, flipping it onto his shoulder and squinting at eddie in the sun. Eddie’s brain shuts down, outright staring at Steve. Only reengages when Steve waves a hand infront of his face and laughs when Eddie reboots. Eddie makes sure to ask Steve for more car tips. Demonstrations really, Eddie is a visual learner.

The whole discussion with the chest hair? There’s a similar thing before they are together. Steve actually pulls Eddie into it, he was sitting in the back of the beemer while Steve and Dustin bickered up front. Eddie was half paying attention, half thinking about an unexpected cover corroded coffin were planning next week.

That all stopped when Steve directed a question to him ‘hey! Earth to Eddie! You got to back me up, chest hair is hot, right?’

Dustin squawks ‘no fair!! He’s supposed to be unbiased! No leading questions!’ He turns to face eddie in the back of the car ‘forget he said that. He’s only out for himself. Chest hairs a no, right?’

Steve is watching him in the mirror and Eddie very, very pointedly does not look at Steve’s chest (he does), looks up to catch Steve’s eye and immediately feels his face burning. It gets worse when Steve pipes up ‘come on munson, what’s your opinion, you’ve always got one.’ A smirk evident in his tone of voice, Steve is a big believer in his chest hair, and for good reason. Eddie has lost countless hours thinking about the noises Steve might make from tugging on that hair just right. Countless more hours contemplating if Steve pulls on the hair himself when he’s getting off. Before eddie can stumble much further down that path he pulls himself together, let’s put a high pitched ‘mhm! Yep! Sure!’

Dustin turns back to fave the front in disgust after firing a withering stare at eddie. Steve on the other hand just looks smug as he continues to drive, tapping on his steering wheel along to the music. Thinking to himself ‘harrington’s still got it baby’ and silently thanks his chest hair. He rubs his palm over his face as he thinks about what his next move to get Eddie might be but he catches eddue tracking his hand’s movement through the mirror. Head perking up at the rough scrape sound of dry skin on stubble. Oh this could be interesting.

Overall, Steve and Eddie are big fans of big boy manly Steve with thick forearms and a torso to match. There’s a lot of fun stuff Steve’s body allows him to do, especially once they are together. It’s mainly picking up Eddie and throwing him around, both of them are very big fans of that. But eddie makes sure to let Steve know just what his wide shoulders, thick muscled legs and identifying jaw line does to him. You know, just incase he’s forgotten

#momo hello!!!#as always I LOVE your ideas #I love big guy Steve and I almost made my whole answer to be #’yes you are right’ about every single point uou made.#but stopped myself because that would be a boring reply and I want to entertain #also I feel like this could all also be true for chubby Steve because I LOVE chubby Steve 😌#anyway!!! you are brilliant and wonderful and smart and intelligent and incredible #and thank you for gracing my inbox #stranger things #eddie munson #steddie #steve harrington #momo #momotonescreaming

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sparklygraves · 7 months

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fan fiction got me to finish watching The Talented Mr. Ripley.

I think I stopped around the second murder. I was just like ehhhh I can't handle this & also I miss Dickie.

I think I was also frustrated with Tom Ripley containing so much sweet gayness & also sociopathic violence. I think I just imagined my mom or someone who's still kind of homophobic seeing the movie & going "Yup. I knew it! Gayness corrupts! Poor straight Jude Law. Ugh Tom Ripley is such a deranged gay."

I think it was my fear of someone thinking that the gayness & the derangedness/wrongness of Ripley went together that upset me.

so anyway! I stopped watching the movie & didn't think I would finish.

but then I couldn't sleep so was like "Hey I'll see if there's any good Ripley fanfic."

I expected lots of Tom/Dickie, but there was practically none of that! instead it was Peter Peter Peter.... "Who the heck is Peter???" I thought.

so I went back to the movie for Peter. & shit. I love him so so so much. just like. look at him in that last scene when he still thinks he's safe.

he's in his pyjamas so sweet & cozy looking over his music scores or whatev. & he's like softly heartbroken because he just saw Tom kissing a girl. & he's calling him out on it but he's more sad than angry. he thought they had something. legit 5 min ago Tom was telling him this is the happiest he's ever been....

anyway! the ending. fuck. fuck. fuck.

Tom kills his chance at happiness. he's alone in the dark place he hides all his secrets in. that scene is the most horrible thing ever. the way Peter never even gets angry-- just confused. even as it's happening he cannot conceive that Tom is doing it on purpose.

& the way Tom is crying! oh my god.

so. what do I think of this movie?

I don't even know anymore.

part of me is like Ahh this is potentially harmful for how people see gay people.

& another part of me is like Holy shit this shows how hiding yourself/your queerness/trying not to take up space as your true self is actually slowly killing you/disappearing you/destroying your love & all that is good in you... the magic needs fresh air or it curdles...

& also this story is so weird!! queer stories shouldn't have to be all happy & shiny & good....

so. ambivalent?

& for some reason-- utterly obsessed.

#the talented mr. ripley #matt damon #jude law #patricia highsmith #ppl who have read the book-- should i read it?#i've heard interviews with the author where she says ripley has no conscience. is it as simple as that? cuz honestly that sounds kinda #boring #but patricia highsmith is brilliant so #peter smith-kingsley #tom ripley #dickie greenleaf

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valoflunar · 8 months

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If the marauders and the girls/Valkyries started a band together it would start with Marlene strumming her electric guitar whilst Peter was tapping his drumsticks together whilst Sirius played random notes on his keyboard whilst Remus was playing different chords on his bass guitar while Mary,Lily and James started to rap/sing Remus’ poem out loud

#marauders era #marauders girls #lily evans #mary mcdonald #marlene mckinnon #james potter #sirius black #remus lupin #James had the brilliant idea to sing moonys poem and he dragged Mary along with him bc she could rap and Lily just got bored so she sang to #band au #marauders #marauders band au #Mary can rap really well I just know it #the valkyries

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bumblingbabooshka · 7 months

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[TUVOKTOBER: Day 9] Ballet with the Captain.

#Tuvok #bea art tag #tuvoktober #Janeway would love doing a ballet recital if there was significant lore in the holonovel about the stakes and so forth #Tuvok does not want to do a ballet recital. He does not see how this is enjoyable.#Janeway canonically took dance lessons as a kid and Tuvok just seems like he would have too.#They were both forced to take piano (or its equivalent) and dance - and they both hated it at the time #But Tuvok stuck with lute & Janeway quit both to go on to other hobbies (she had/has a lot)#<- gets bored a bit easily and likes the excitement of a new challenge #Janeway...ok. I think she would make her romantic interest in this holonovel be:#A brilliant but sort of dismissive reporter who's an amazing writer but gets stuck doing pieces he has no passion for. And she draws his ey #bc she's so good at dancing and they have flirty banter where she shows him how dancing isn't boring or dumb and you KNOW she's putting in #scene where she like makes him dance in the rain or something. And he's graying despite only being a few years older.#The holonovel ends with him appreciating dance and writing an amazing article about the performance which she reads after #some sort of misunderstanding only to realize gasp! He really DID love her! And she opens the door but he's already there (he came to #apologize) oh Kath will you ever forgive me? of course...[kissing]#camera pans over to Tuvok who's like “=_= ...”#st voyager #st voyager fanart #also Janeway is a rose & Tuvok is an orchid

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incorrect-ikevamp-quotes · 1 year

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Dazai, smiling a little too wide at Charles: Underestimate me. That'll be fun.

#ikevamp #ikemen vampire #ikevamp dazai #ikevamp incorrect quotes #i gotta say dazai popped off in his main story route #like the way he reads charles for filth????#the way he deadass finds out about vlad after like 2 minutes of investigating #i know i joke around but he is more of a chad than most people give him credit for #honestly sometimes i think about the fact that vlad didn't go up against dazai because like #1. yes i don't think he was lying when he said he had no interest in dazai because his desire to live was low #and that basically gives vlad zero leverage because he can be like 'i'll end you' and dazai's like 'lmfao bet get in line after me'#(big mood king)#but i also think that part of it was that dazai cannot be swayed by vlad's hostility or his fabrications as to who he is #dazai is too sharp to be fooled; he was able to tell in seconds that comte bore no ill will to him and the mansion at large #and he was able to sense vlad's discordant and overbearing influence on charles in seconds too #for all that he has the flaw of overwhelming self-reproach #he has such a staggeringly clear view of others' flaws/shortcomings #which in its own way is genius--if he's that brilliant it's no wonder he's so hard on himself #he sees his own issues so acutely it weighs on him like an anvil #i didn't mean for that to become meta but tbh i am fascinated by the way he was written #will say i did also get hot under the collar when he gets cold and pissed/defensive #obsessed with his vibes lowkey #source: incorrect quote generator

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khaotunq · 1 year

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Seduction 101, according to Ayan: Step 5/?: Set clear boundaries by offering a trade.

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buckevantommy · 14 days

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ok i need some song recommendations for my spotify playlists so please tell me what songs you'd put on a tommy playlist and what songs you'd put on a bucktommy playlist ? ?

#tommy kinard #music #bucktommy #evantommy #.txt #911 abc #sidenote: am i the only one who did not like the music playing in the coffee date scene? the vibes were a little too #c-grade boring soft adult contemporary from a 00s drama. it was a real shock after the brilliant song choice for the basketball game

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crimsonite · 2 years

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