Fantastic Edo-komon kimono created by national treasure Rokutani Baiken, with an allegory pattern for "Peace" showing doves flying above people and buildings.
Edo komon is a type of kimono with itty-bitty-small patterns. Those are set on fabric using Ise-katagami (paper stencils, made waterproof with persimmon juice) and nori (paste/glue made from glutinous rice or wheat flour), and fabric is then dyed before washing the glue away.
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I designed this poster with the intention of making limited edition linocut prints* but I also wanted to make the digital version available for free download for anyone who might wish to use it for posters, signs and the like. So here that is
*which I have, and am in the process of finishing to make available with a donation match process but i haVENT figured that out yet. stalk my insta to keep up on that if you want one.
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Also from Choo Chiang Roasted Meat Noodle House (珠江烧腊面家) but this time is Roasted Chicken & Pork Rice (烧鸡烧肉饭). You see, this “roasted” chicken is in actual fact deep-fried but over here in Singapore and Malaysia, everyone just called it roasted chicken (烧鸡).
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There's something so insane to me about being able to create and recreate vintage or even ancient music, clothes, fabrics, building architecture, anything, really.
I watched this video about a lady who knit a WWII-era vest, and it was really unique, because the cable work would eat up yarn, when there were shortages of fibers. This pattern would have likely been used by people to send overseas to soldiers, and now it's being created in a time where this war has been over for generations. What were the people making this pattern thinking of? What about the people making the vest? Could they fathom a world where world wars didn't happen back to back? Could they imagine what peace felt like, or did it fade like a distant memory, a faint friend? All we have now are the remnants of their efforts, a "simple" vest that would warm the bodies of countless people the knitter would never have imagined were here on earth with them.
We're reaching across time to learn about other people - we're reaching our hands out just to grasp anything tangible. And when we've take hold of something, all we can do is say I love you I love you I love you
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one night and one more time, thanks for the memories even though they weren't so great
angel, 5.18 origin + 5.08 destiny / young fathers, picking you / buffy the vampire slayer, 5.07 fool for love / anne rice, interview with the vampire / btvs, 2.03 school hard / m.l. rio, if we were villains / btvs, 2.14 innocence / tamsyn muir, harrow the ninth / angel, 5.02 just rewards / fall out boy, last of the real ones / angel, 5.15 hole in the world / tears for fears, everybody wants to rule the world / angel, 5.22 not fade away
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When you're the new employee, and you are trying not to out yourself to your boss.
Then someone from your past shows up, and you have to play the pronoun game.
Because you definitely had a crush on that person when you were an undergrad.
That's what being an adult is like, on repeat.
I feel seen.
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Was it raining, Louis?
-- Daniel, Interview With the Vampire S1 Ep. 7
I am so glad I decided to watch IWTV, the whole show was amazing! Daniel has been my favourite since the first episode, gotta love the “I am over it all” attitude. It’s a difficult pick because every single actor shone so bright the entire time. Can’t wait for Season 2. :)
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