#architectural metaphors

[kaalbela]

Photographs from my road trip across rural Bengal.

[blackhholes]

teen wolf meme: [2/2] locations -> the hale house

I've been having dreams. Dreams, or nightmares? Nightmares... About a fire. It's this-this house, and I can hear screaming-

[liones-s]

I’ve talked about building credibility with yourself, and sometimes people will ask really great questions about that so I’m going to try to answer them. Let’s start with this one cause it got me for a minute:

“How do we not lose our credibility when there inevitably comes a time when we set a goal and don’t meet it.”

This is a really important question because this will happen for everyone. ‘Inevitable’ is the key point here, and so it’s important to build an idea of credibility that makes room for failure. The best I can offer is this - instead of thinking of credibility as a binary thing, think of it as a relationship. So it’s not about a 1 - 0 value where you either have credibility or you don’t; it’s more like a friendship where sometimes you miss something but it doesn’t alter the actual strength of the relationship. Like, if your friend accidentally forgets to text you on your birthday, you don’t stop being their friend. Maybe they text you the next day, or when they remember. They’re still just as good of a friend, and you wouldn’t hesitate to go to them when you need someone to talk to. Your credibility with yourself is much more like that - it won’t disappear because you miss a goal that you set. The relationship you build with yourself is much stronger than you think it is. Practice recognizing that a few missed goals don’t change what you’ve already made - the foundation of credibility is there, and no one (including yourself) can come back and undo the work you’ve already done. Each new success adds a new floor to the building, and missed goals don’t take away floors. That building is still standing tall and waiting for you when you’re reading to come back and build another level

[finegrainwhisperer]

Heaven and Hell

This picture was taken in Porto, Portugal. It symbolizes heaven and hell to me. A brightened world above and a mysterious, dark world below. This is a picture of the beautiful architecture of Porto and at the same time a metaphorical representation of heaven and hell.

[divinekangaroo]

A short while back, I received a beloved comment on a very old re-uploaded fic which offered a "between 'XXXX' and 'YYY' is [superlative] piece of writing, haunting me for years" so i go Hmm! I have no memory of this specific section! and look it up and

it's a description of a median strip

i mean, it's a good description of a median strip, and once i re-read it i certainly remember contemplating carefully and exactly what i was trying to convey, but it is, in actual fact, a description of a median strip

[lilacerull0]

do you ever think about the diagram of the door opening as a love confession because i am trying not to think about it and could really use some help

[itwoodbeprefect]

flashbacks to dialogue that happened less than a minute ago are annoying and a little insulting for obvious reasons, unless it's in bad buddy episode 5 [2/4] and pat is having entirely serious sepia toned flashbacks to fifty seconds ago while almost shoving a set of drumsticks he hasn't even paid for yet up his nose. then it's brilliant and world changing

[firstroseofspring]

the most romantic thing ever to be honest with you. i think statues and carvings in klingon culture run a really cool and compelling parallel and make a fantastic aid to the function/beauty of storytelling and poetry and song. there's a few examples of the importance of stone carving in the show/beta-canon, including of course worf's statue of kahless and morath, but there's also a famous historical statue of the lady lukara on qo'nos that was personally carved by kahless with a bat'leth, and the hall of heroes on qo'nos/hall of warriors on ty'gokor are full of statues that serve as a really proud reminder of their history

i think that sculpture work and carving being a big part of klingon culture really fits into the ideas that were introduced in the paq'batlh by marc okrand- according to him, in klingon music, beauty is the result of two forces opposing eachother, and the blurring of the line between the audience and the story is a natural part of klingon opera- the audience is encouraged to join in the narrative and become part of it.

i can see this being a natural result of the sculpting process- the sculptor and his material, the story he's trying to tell through the carving, the shaping and the molding- he shapes the material, and the material shapes the story, and in that way the line is blurred- the sculptor becomes part of the story he's trying to tell because he has to form it, and the opposition between the two of them- the material vs the sculptor represents this honorable challenge and this potential and this battle, because it needs to be shaped into the kind of narrative you want to tell the way you'd like it to be told. and the end result is organic in that same way, it evolves and changes as you work (or in the case of oral storytelling, as it's retold and shared), and just. i don't know if this is intentional across the whole show/franchise but i can really see the way this art form in particular might become a big part of klingon culture and history

[morethanwords229]

The Architect - morethanwords229 - Law & Order: SVU [Archive of Our Own]

He has always wanted to be an architect and she has always been looking for a home.

[guinevereslancelot]

nobody even cares abt symbolism anymore these days smh

[balteus]

sometimes i wonder if im reading to much into the political implications of fromsoft games (armored core, dark souls, elden ring) but then i remember miyazaki has an actual degree in sociology so what do i know

[quincybf]

on the dubai penthouse i know it's about the absence of metaphor etc etc but im a designer at heart and wow i hate that place. brutalist minimalism as an interior design style is so atrociously ugly. those arches.... the dramatic effect is fun for a picture but to live in... lowkey you live in a brand experience like i could turn that place into a restoration hardware showroom so quick

however controversially i do think i could make graphic lemon print wallpaper work obviously you can't do minimalism and you'd need to change all the furniture and most of the art. but being a designer is about fulfilling the client's wishes. it might look like a momentum pop-up showroom but pulling off 'not hotel lobby' is very doable i think

the structure of the place has so much potential though. interior level changes conversation pits like architecturally it's fantastic!! you just need to do something you need to use it. it could be a place someone lives. but it's not which is the point but oh my god. i would go insane so quick

i love when tv is good and has good set design

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

i watched My Neighbor Totoro for the first time, here's my chronological viewing experience:

woo-hoo! dusty old japanese house with japanese architectural details aplenty

these kids got some ENERGY my goodness

family dynamic's adorable. peak quality dad humor

kids: our house is haunted. parents: that's so cool!

hell yeah, wrinkled old lady rep. we need more friendly old women with potato faces and warts like storybook witches. the backbone of society, these ladies

Plot Summary: Small Child Bothers Local Wildlife

sacred tree sacred tree sacred tree

Introducing Totoro! nobody said this fucker's got TEETH???

Uh-Oh! Inadequate Parental Supervision Detected

(you misplaced your four year old! you're not supposed to do that)

4-year-old: i met a magic forest spirit. dad: oh shit fr?

4-year-old: *angrily hugs sister* missed u bitch

this small child has a smile like a toad. like a really really cute toad. like the cutest toad in all existence. i love her she's perfection please just let this child be happy

rice paddies are so pretty....so back breaking....rice is such a prissy crop

*my crush is stranded in a rainstorm* takethisumbrellait'syoursnowBYE *runs away in panic im so good at flirting*

Giant Chinchilla Learns To Hold Umbrella, Is Fucking Delighted By Experience

take this, it will help you on your quest! *hands u trail mix wrapped in a leaf*

LO-FI HIP HOP STUDY LIST!

crouching down to peer at dirt--A++ top notch foundational childhood experience

mom has a big ass forehead

honey! the chinchillas are performing Rituals in the backyard again

help yeah let's jack and the bean stalk this shit

huh so we're all just climbing aboard the giant chinchilla's tiddies now ok

class trip!

the pure adrenaline of Vegetable Gardening

no! the small child is crying! she is bawling her eyes out. no no no. i can't cope with this. emotionally i cannot cope 🥺🥺🥺

i've only had Mei one hour but if anything happens to her i will raze this earth and everyone on it

please someone make this small child smile again

oh no the tall child is crying too

i can't take this. my heart can't take this.

i need a drink

small child running determined to deliver magic veggies to the hospital. this kid is my hero

she is also unsupervised. so, so unsupervised

babe you are FOUR

godDAMMIT ghibli, you cannot give me watercolor sunsets while a small child is missing. u are killing me. my heart is giving out. this is me, experiencing heart failure.

Totoro to the rescue!

no wait CATBUS to the rescue!

i admit i initially thought the cat was a creep. alice in wonderland prejudiced me. i have revised my notions of smiling cats

i've decided the cat is a metaphor for the magic of a robust public transport system

MEI'S OKAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and so is mom. she's a lovely lady im sorry for what i said about her forehead. it's a noble forehead.

happy ending YES bitch!!!!!!

ok. ok ok ok. that was magical.

(as a first-time adult viewer i was worried i wouldn't be able to Access the Magic. but i could and i did and it was incredible. that was culture. that was ART. joy distilled into animated form. holy rites of childhood. i understand now. how glorious, this world we grow out of. how full of marvels. i'm going outside to smell grass and sun and get dirt under my fingernails. miraculous.)

[hbme]

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[finegrainwhisperer]

Batbuilding

[divinekangaroo]

dreams that never come true - pettiot - Peaky Blinders (TV) [Archive of Our Own]

At some point during the S6-E1 four year timeskip, a small slice of life.

Ada Thorne Presents: the Suppressed Desire Ball.

(Tommy might've preferred to be abroad, too. In the absence of drink, the thought of navigating the far-reaching territories of those taffeta skirts might get him through.)

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Tommy Shelby/Lizzie Stark, Ruby Shelby, Charles Shelby, Various Shelby Household Maids | Fluff (or the Appearance of Fluff), Fancy Dress Party, Family Dynamics, Family Bonding, Domesticity, Foreshadowing, Gendered Dynamics, Class Issues, References to Sigmund Freud, Bittersweet, 1500 Word Flash Fiction

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