#Off Balance

[wordsofwisdomandsoul]

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Startled, scrabbling wildly to keep himself balanced, the officer let his sword fall as he clung desperately to the dragon's neck.

"DragonLance Chronicles: Dragons of Spring Dawning" - Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman

[livebloggingkidshows]

Heck yes! Another dance to See the Light

[poppletonink]

TRACK REVIEW: Off Balance - Carl Green In Particular

Following the quintessentially quirky Off Guard, Carl Green has released his final EP of 2023: Off Balance. With a vocal likeness to Paul Heaton, Carl proclaims messages of love, bitterness and anger; a wonderfully eclectic mix of tales. Opening with The Union Hotel, a dreamy vibe creates a feeling of far-off, protected memories. Carl professes the importance of living in the moment as events are occurring, romanticising a relationship and the world of the Union Hotel. Arguably the best track of the whole ensemble is Algorithm and Blues: a critique of social media algorithms and how we are conditioned to feel as a result of the gaze of society. The track as a whole has an electronic and distorted feel to it - as though trapped within a computer screen - just out of reach from the rest of the world. Good Job You Screamed contains fast-paced strings and sparse piano notes which create an unsettling feeling of pressure. Tension builds up throughout the track as Carl describes the anger involved during a break-up, especially with the other person lashing out and victimizing themself. The closing track, Fine Arts Student, discusses the nature of an artist parting ways with the world of art due to society's now normalised standard of what 'art' must be. It questions why we must put 'art' into boxes of good and bad allowing it to lose all sense of creativity and freedom of expression. Once again, Carl has created a beautiful collection of songs, though all with a similar, quirky style unlike his usual genre-defying creations.

[blackquillchillin]

Yes, btas, the society of shadows goons "erased their minds"

No, the censors not listening, why?

Yeah i saw the guy pop back out of the water after being hurled off the top of the statue of liberty, totally fine.

No big.

[robynsassenmyview]

The world in a hoop

"The World in a Hoop", a review of 'Off Balance' by Mlindeli Zondi and Jack Moloi at space.com until 10 March 2024.

OBSCURE axes and how to hold on tight: Mlindeli Zondi (left) and Jack Moloi in Off Balance, directed by Tebogo Machaba at space.com until 10 March 2024. Photograph copyright space.com IT’S RELATIVELY EASY to mesmerise an audience, with shiny objects and surprising gestures, but what does it take to hold them transfixed? In Off Balance, Mlindeli Zondi and Jack Moloi present a work about being…

[mar9iech]

Acceptance

Been trying to find the words Breeze in a chaotic world Put them into order Things that matter Everything true Truths that matter In thick midst of blue I'm trying to see clearer

What do you do with acceptance when life's thrown you off balance? Deep caught up in limbo with no sight of where to go

Losing grip of all around you, tell me, how do you make do when all that's left to hold on to is what's inside you?

Some grief stays for life You can only accept it and strive But I'm thinking shouldn't life be bigger Than all these tears and all these fears, Constant sadness, evident madness; Than memories of unrequited love, Feelings that linger?

… Now let's have a toast like you still have something to boast:

Here's to keeping it all to yourself To convincing yourself that it's easier than having to explain yourself and Here's to preferring to be alone, to the loneliness you choose to own

Here's to all the questions you've stopped asking, and to all the emotions you wish to stop feeling

What do you do with them when they've turned into an anthem? All the while still trying to fill the void, they are not to avoid

Tiptoeing around emptiness, Tell me, what do you do with acceptance?

©mar9iech (first posted: Dec 2018)

[hinamie]

thank u canon plant nerd megumi for my life

bonus:

[heartorbit]

figure skating set right now please. thanks

[marzipanandminutiae]

I am generally very “live and let live“ about these things on an individual basis, and the furthest thing from anti-femininity. I literally don’t own pants, nor do I ever intend to, for example. I respect that some women prefer to wear make up for whatever reason, and that deciding whether you do it for yourself or because of patriarchal beauty standards is a very case-by-case thing. Some people do the soul-searching and come out the other end with the knowledge that they ARE doing it for themselves!

But… Reading Internet discourse about whether women should have to wear make up at work is making me want to bite and tear and rend

“it makes you look more polished! It makes you look more put together! It looks like you’re taking care of yourself and taking your job seriously!“ WHY. Please explain to me WHY women look like we ~aren’t taking care of ourselves~ if we don’t slap extra goop on our faces every morning. Give me a succinct reason that makes sense and doesn’t rely on the assumption that make up is somehow a natural state of womankind

And then explain why the same thing doesn’t hold true for men

(TERFS get lost)

[chloesimaginationthings]

I don't know why, but, I kind of see your game Vanny as a disaster bisexual

VANNY IS THE QUEEN OF DISASTER..

[mangedog]

shout out to people with spatial awareness issues. wishing you a "didn't bump into any table corners or walls" day today!

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The shock threw Laurana and Tad off balance, sending them slamming against the wall.

"DragonLance Chronicles: Dragons of Winter Night" - Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman

[livebloggingkidshows]

I love seeing Ethan's character development especially in the past two seasons

[quantumshade]

can anyone explain to me at what point rose tyler was "unbelievably stupid". was it when she was inventing transdimensional travel

[curiouschild]

About to do yoga class and this dude is definitely talking about how he scored eras tickets and I know yoga should be about peace but namastep on his face