#culuture

[pathbend-blog]

Creating paint pigments from wildflowers requires a few steps:

* Harvesting: Gather a large quantity of bluebonnet and Indian paintbrush flowers during their peak bloom.

* Drying: Spread the flowers out in a single layer on a clean, dry surface away from direct sunlight. Allow them to dry completely.

* Grinding: Once dry, grind the flowers into a fine powder using a mortar and pestle or spice grinder.

* Mixing: Combine the flower powder with a binder (such as gum arabic, egg yolk, or linseed oil) to create a paste.

* Testing: Apply the pigment to a test surface to check the color and consistency. Adjust the mixture if needed.

For the canvas, here are some options:

* Canvas board: A good option for beginners, as it's sturdy and less prone to warping than stretched canvas.

* Stretched linen canvas: Offers a smoother surface for finer details and is more durable than cotton canvas.

* Watercolor paper: A suitable choice for creating washes and gradients with the natural pigments.

Remember, natural pigments can be less vibrant than synthetic ones, and their color might fade over time. Experiment with different techniques and binders to achieve the desired results.

[ashesfierybree]

Yurok Miku!!!

[saltyfilmmajor]

Investing in a hotpot so that me and my family can enjoy it at home

[our-song-of-hope]

Now that we have a shard thats very similiar in technology to the source & one thats centuries ahead technologically I really hope we get a shard thats less developed & looks at the source with the same confusion & amazement the wol does Alexandria. Maybe this is just me because Im a huge ancient history nerd but thinking about a shard thats still in the early stages of the development of cities, metalwork, magic, farming ect makes me so excited. Not only would it give the devs a chance to base locations on historical civilizations which just wouldnt fit the time period of the source without heavy alteration like they did for the Athens & Roman Empire inspirations of Sharlayan & Garlemald, but could also be used to fill in the blanks of how fantasy elements like magic came into use. Come on, give us a shard with a Mesopotamia inspired city.

[thepartyishere]

petition to rewire everybody's brain to say impulsive thought instead of intrusive thought when it is not actually an intrusive thought

[ancient-reverie]

does anyone else realize that white supremacy in america has also taken white people culture away from various different white cultures there used to be and made it into one conglomerate white person thing. like I can't look back into my ancestors and find any culture at all. and I can't really say that being american is much of a culture really it's just capitalism, and surviving that capitalism

[heir-less]

slave owners were called Master. And why should they want to be called something that represents a “racist institution”?

Because "Master" in this context isn't even a title displaying a power imbalance, it's just a polite way to address a boy who's too young to be called mister. Every boy can be called master regardless of class or race.

Should we also get rid of all Master's degrees because the word "master" is just inherently racist now? Was there no headmaster at your school? Or do we understand that words have more than one meaning? This leaves aside that the offensive derivative of master is massa. Massa, it's spelled and pronounced differently for a reason, and that's where the racist context comes from: mocking the speech of enslaved Africans. Most people understand these two representations of the same word have different meanings.

Also, racist institution in quotations 🙄 Go fuck yourself, maybe the heat generated by the friction will help you develop more brain power. I'm pretty sure there's also been a slave owner or three that's been addressed as Your Majesty. Maybe we should also get rid of that title as well?

[goddess-of-my-ancestors]

Block me if you're a vegan. I'm not dealing with y'all.

[onyxspell]

I reblogged this post earlier today but I found myself thinking about it again. Unsubstantiated or not, I think there is a major point here. I have long talked to my friends and family about how we make nature work for us and not the other way around and the harm its doing us and how technology has disconnected us so much with the natural world. This past few months I have really felt that. Admittedly my own experiences aren't universal(or empirical evidence) but there's something about nature and the ways we are evolved to interact with it.

Due to mental health issues I've spent a lot of these past few months inside. I'm doing nothing and I find myself bored. And that's the worst bit. I'm incredibly bored but nothing appeals to me. The one memory that sticks out though amongst all that time though is when I went camping one weekend. I think I objectively did less that weekend then I normally did. But I wasn't bored and I didn't feel quite as bad emotionally. It was peaceful and just sat there and took in nature.

Before I withdrew from this semester I had a classmate do for our single subject research design project forest bathing and watch how it affected his anxiety levels. I dropped the semester before I could see his own results but there have been studies to show positive results from spending time in nature.

This past week I've slowly felt the boredom creep back in. Nothing has worked to stall it, my loved activities have become boring and necessary tasks have once again been put on the back burner. But,,,, it's been storming today. I love the rain and the strong winds that make the branches on trees dance. I remembered this post and decided to sit on the back porch to watch it. Nature won't fix all of my issues. It didn't then, it won't now. But maybe just maybe it'll allow me to pause, to breathe, and take in stimulus outside of those same four walls.

My random unsubstantiated hypothesis of the day: the popularity of "stim" videos, fidget toys, and other things like that is a warning sign that something's Deeply Wrong with our world.

Don't freak out. I am autistic. These things are not bad. However, can we just...take a second to notice how weird it is that there are entire social media accounts full of 10-second videos of things making crunching noises, people squishing slime in their hands, and objects clacking together, and that enjoying them is mainstream and normal?

It seems that nowadays, almost everyone exhibits sensory-seeking behavior, when just a decade ago, the idea of anyone having "sensory needs" was mostly obscure. It is a mainstream Thing to "crave" certain textures or repetitive sounds.

What's even weirder, is that it's not just that "stim" content is mainstream; the way everything on the internet is filmed seems to look more like "stim" content. TikToks frequently have a sensory-detail-oriented style that is highly unusual in older online content, honing in on the tactile, visual and auditory characteristics of whatever it's showing, whether that's an eye shadow palette or a cabin in a forest.

When an "influencer" markets their makeup brand, they film videos that almost...highlight that it's a physical substance that can be smudged and smeared around. Online models don't just wear clothes they're advertising, they run their hands over them and make the fabric swish and ripple.

I think this can be seen as a symptom of something wrong with the physical world we live in. I think that almost everyone is chronically understimulated.

Spending time alone in the forest has convinced me of this. The sensory world of a forest is not only much richer than any indoor environment, it is abundant with the sorts of sensations that people seem to "crave" chronically, and the more I've noticed and specifically focused on this, the more I've noticed that the "modern" human's surroundings are incredibly flat in what they offer to the senses.

First of all, forests are constantly permeated with a very soft wash of background noise that is now often absent in the indoor world. The sound of wind through trees has a physiological effect you can FEEL. It's always been a Thing that people are relaxed by white noise, which leads to us being put at ease by the ambient hum of air conditioning units, refrigerators and fans. But now, technology has become much more silent, and it's not at all out of place to hypothesize that environments without "ambient" white noise are detrimental to us.

Furthermore, a forest's ambience is full of rhythmic and melodic elements, whereas "indoor" sounds are often harsh, flat and irregular.

Secondly: the crunch. This is actually one of the most notably missing aspects of the indoor sensory world. Humans, when given access to crunchable things, will crunch them. And in a forest, crunchy things are everywhere. Bark, twigs and dry leaves have crisp and brittle qualities that only a few man-made objects have, and they are different with every type of plant and tree.

Most humans aren't in a lot of contact with things that are "destroyable" either, things you can toy with and tear to little bits in your hands. I think virtually everyone has restlessly torn up a scrap of paper or split a blade of grass with their thumbnail; it's a cliche. And since fidget toys in classrooms are becoming a subject of debate, I think it pays to remember that the vast majority of your ancestors learned everything they knew with a thousand "fidget toys" within arm's reach.

And there is of course mud, and clay, and dirt, and wet sand. I'm 100% serious, squishing mud and clay is vital to the human brain. Why do you think Play-Doh is such a staple elementary school toy. Why do you think mud is the universal cliche thing kids play in for fun. It's such a common "stim" category for a reason.

I could go on and on. It's insane how unstimulating most environments humans spend time in are. And this definitely contributes to ecological illiteracy, because people aren't prepared to comprehend how detailed the natural world is. There are dozens of species of fireflies in the United States, and thousands of species of moths. If you don't put herbicides on your lawn, there are likely at least 20 species of plant in a single square meter of it. I've counted at least 15 species of grass alone in my yard.

Would it be overreach to suggest that some vital perceptive abilities are just not fully developing in today's human? Like. I had to TEACH myself to be able, literally able, to perceive details of living things that were below a certain size, even though my eyes could detect those details, because I just wasn't accustomed to paying attention to things that small. I think something...happens when almost all the objects you interact with daily are human-made.

The people that think ADHD is caused by kids' brains being exposed to "too much stuff" by Electronic Devices...do not go outside, because spending a few minutes in a natural environment has more stimuli in it than a few hours of That Damn Phone.

A patch of tree bark the size of my phone's screen has more going on than my phone can display. When you start photographing lots of living organisms, you run into the strange and brain-shifting reality that your electronic device literally cannot create and store images big enough to show everything you, in real life, may notice about that organism.

[kavitakhatkar]

Culture of Hyderabad: Food, Lifestyle, and tradition

[fictive-culture]

Fictive culuture is getting excited over meeting doubles like yessss we shall be an army together

-❤️🧸 anon

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[syscultureis]

sys culuture is feeling fake all the time because you see so many people acting like did/osdd is funny "i have fictional characters in my brain" disorder when actually being a system is the most awful thing that you ever discovered about yourself

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[cluster-b-culture-is]

Quiet BPD Culuture is having a dream about ruining your life by blowing up at something stupid, and waking up so disoriented and horrified you just start crying

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[tauremornalome]

Baigneuse rose par Félix Vallotton (artiste franco-suisse)

Je constate qu'avec le tournement d'art je fais deja "assez" pour la culuture polonaise sur tumblr XD et il faut toujours que je pratique mon francais... alors pour Speak Your Language Day j'ai choisi une peinture dont je suis recemment tombée amoureuse, présentée au Musée d'Orsay a Paris. J'adore cette composition simple et tendre, et les couleurs sont encore plus belles vues en direct au musée <3

@polish-art-tournament

[micromontage]

personally i dont need help understanding anything about society and culuture and economics because i already am enlightened ⭐

[jekyllfounddead]

I can't get over how scavengers still thought dragons were "mindless beasts" after EVERY SINGLE TRIBE has it's own form of architecture... like ur telling me y'all saw a big ass castle and were like "oh yeah some dumb murderous animal built that but it's not like they have any culuture or language or whatever"... Tui. Please.