#Upswing

[allcatsconstitutethesamefamily]

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Here are collected the best lions I've encountered in my research to date.

[artisplatters]

RAMBLE ALERT

this hellhole of a week is such an ironic time to have a manic episode I think this is what it is, maybe it's just a random spike of motivation

anyway woke up at 4, scrolled tiktok for 30 mins, and then my brain says "hey I wanna clean" so I'm just like "???? okay" and put on ST. CHROMA (extended intro) on loop

now my room is almost spotless when it had been a literal garbage dump before (large piles of trash kind of literal), I brushed my teeth for the first time in a few months (gross I know), painted my nails for the first time since I think last autumn/winter (black, debating blue shimmer overcoat), and am about to go make breakfast now that the sun's coming up

this is all happened in the last 1.4 hours

I'm probably gonna crash around noon but y'know i've already done like 100x more today than I usually do in a day Maybe I should've seen this coming when I banged out 3 fully-colored pieces yesterday

nice change of pace after feeling nauseous and dead tired the last few days

[wordangle]

Soak in all the light you can.

Be you flora, feline or even man.

The day may ask from you a lot;

Find repreive in your sunspot.

[poetrythreesixfive]

Upswing

Any activity before 12 noon comes

with its own license to linger, still

on the rise, the ball arcing upwards

towards its sunshine crescendo.

-GeorgeFilip

[vulpine111]

The change in my dose of vraylar is starting to work, or maybe I am just in an upswing as far as manic-depressive crap goes. I'm sure I will feel even better after my hysterectomy is out of the way.

I have money for now. Things feel less daunting and miserable when there's at least some $$$ in my account. It goes quickly - even when I don't spend much on others.

Anyways, I got up today and made medical calls, did dishes, took out the trash, read a little, and went to the primary doctor to check in. I did all this even though I didn't use my CPAP machine last night.

Tomorrow, I have a therapy call and then I have got to get ready for an appointment with the nutritionist and PrEP specialist. I've already taken my night meds. I'm going to wind down with some iced tea, then go to bed whenever feels right.

I'll probably just read here and there if I don't fall asleep right away. I'm tempted to get some Blake's from around the corner, but I should probably make due with ramen or oatmeal. lol

I also sort of want an edible, but I need to be sharp witted for everything else happening this week. Pot makes me sluggish and more forgetful.

If I have anything to spare for something like that, maybe I'll see about some form of amanita muscaria instead. I was thinking "trickster ointment," or perhaps something I can eat. Like datura, it helps me be more vulnerable in my art.

I have many, many art ideas. I hope I get the skill to move beyond abstract and actually draw more often. I know college will change a lot but for now, I can collect Burne Hogarth's series on anatomy, etc.

I ordered his guide on figure drawing last night.

Next month, I'll get the one on hands. :)

[ivanscreator]

If you don't like me at my manic goth gentleman, you can't have me at my sparkly pixie.

[memento-mori-twilight]

The MAWS team saw how we were talking about how big and tall they made Clark and were just like

"Oh yeah?! We can build 'em bigger too!"

And then went on and made John Henry Irons LIKE THAT

[hospid0ll]

3am :(

i'm so caffeine sensitive but only when it comes to keeping me up at night... i swear i take caffeine pills and drink a celsius during the day and i'm still napping but one cup of coffee shortly before noon and now it's 4am

[scourge-sympathiser]

SCOURGE SUNDAY 024/???

[ariadne-mouse]

A seasonal offering for you: a scene from my old fic Only Lovers See The Fall, in which Caleb and Essek contemplate endings and beginnings at a Harvest Close festival in Zadash. The right kind of autumn red looks just like the Vermaloc of Rosohna and the home Essek has left behind.

My strength as an artist is in nature subjects and simplified, gestural comics, so it was fun to stretch myself a bit by attempting a full scene with people and buildings. Happy Autumn! 🍁🍂🌻

[ragsy]

[Shaking myself by the lapels] you have got to stop being harsh on your art for mistakes that you view as completely innocuous when other people do it!!! Why are you holding yourself up to a double standard like that!!! Look at this artist you look up to, they drew that leg really fucking weird, isn't that freeing? Look at this other person you respect, they can't draw anything from memory!! And this extremely famous artist? they don't know how to draw ears! And you were sitting there beating yourself up about how stiff your poses look or how out of proportion that face is. Yeesh!!!

[outer-edges]

wow i forgot how terribly alone daisy is this season. she's basically operating solo for the entirety of 5a. she's fresh off healing from the trauma of the past seasons, and BARELY so. and then she finds out she's going to be responsible for DESTROYING THE PLANET. and then she gets back home and finds out coulson is dying. her usual support system has all but completely abandoned her. and NOBODY is listening to a single word she has to say or considering her feelings. she gets strapped to a table and has SURGERY performed by one of her best friends WITHOUT any anesthetic, and she begs fitz to stop. afterwards, there's nobody to comfort her and her best friend leave her completely alone to go support the man who just violated her. homegirl literally digs up her dead mom's corpse to even have a shot at saving coulson. and she does find a way to save him. but she has to ditch that to save the world. then fitz dies. AND THEN HER DAD DIES.

[captainjonnitkessler]

I would love to know what the venn diagram of "people posting about the importance of compassion and solidarity and choosing kindness" and "people who immediately resort to telling everyone they disagree with to kill themselves" looks like

[shorterstrides-fasterpace]

Good morning!!!!!!

Up at first alarm ✔️ drank my water ✔️ ran ✔️

Coffee made ☕☕ Stretches done ✔️ protein shake drunk ✔️

Now for a shower and to kick ass at work!!

[ichthyorelationships]

an idea i invite anyone else to write about / run with lol....

the premise that The Change gets all messed up for alberto, say it's something that can happen from stress, &/or happens rarely and you just have to wait for it to resolve itself....used as some parallel to struggling through some emotional turbulence / upheaval / questioning / Realizing Things, etc etc