#florence jacques

[septemberlikestea]

dang girl you got the whole squad uncomfortable.

deceive inc turned 1 year old yesterday and i did a meme redraw of all the agents :o)

this is who theyre looking at. yu-mis haircut sucks so bad.

[diioonysus]

men's fashion + art

[arutai]

Florence Morin by Michael Jacques

[odettecarotte]

"What would Jacques Lacan say about my fear of topping? I wonder. Or another psychoanalyst -- I'm not picky, any vapid degradation will do."

Florence Ashley, Gender/Fucking

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[poesiecritique]

REBOTA REBOTA, Y EN TU CARA EXPLOTA, performance de Agnès Maéeus et Quim Tarrida, avec Agnés Matéus, 1h15, 2018 - et vu en 2024 au Théâtre de la Bastille, Paris.

Commençons par dire que ce spectacle, vu en 2024 a été crée il y a 6 ans, à Genève (selon le site théâtre contemporain). En septembre 2018, quelle était la place du féminisme dans nos discours, dominants et dominés ? C'était un an après, à deux semaines près, qu'Alyssa Milano propose de partager, suite à la révélation de l'affaire Weinstein, sous le hashtag #metoo, les violences sexistes et sexuelles subies par les femmes par des hommes. Cette création a aussi lieu dans un contexte espagnol où la prise en charge des violences sexistes et sexuelles aurait permis une baisse du nombre de féminicides selon les médias généralistes nationaux et internationaux. Dans un bref entretien, Agnés Mattéus conteste cette prise en charge effective quand, en 2017, le travail sur la pièce commence - tandis que certaines sociologues féministes, dont par exemple Gloria Casas Vila, critiquent davantage un effet de comptage (quel meurtre est effectivement compté comme féminicide ?), permettant de donner alors l'impression que le nombre de féminicides décroît alors qu'il n'en est rien. En 2023, certains médias généralistes soulignent une ré-augementation des chiffres espagnols de féminicides, se réalignant sur ceux de 2008, soulignant que dans la moitié de ces meurtres, les plaintes avaient été déposées contre les agresseurs, devenus meurtriers et/ou que les agresseurs étaient récidivistes, parfois déjà meurtriers. Si ce type de média souligne cette inversion, on peut donc supposer qu'il ne s'agit que de la partie emergée d'un iceberg bien fat, bien réel, bien patriarcal, et qu'en dessous grouille une bouillie dégueu mais bien organisée du féminicide - à l'instar de l'inceste, comme le montre par exemple Dorothée Dussy dans Le berceau des dominations.

Dire également que je m'interroge sur le travail de collaboration entre Quim Tarrida et Agnés Matéus. Dans le même entretien, qu'elle et il donne au théâtre de la Bastille, la langue française, que parle Agnés Matéus et que ne parle pas Quim Tarrida, donne le primat à Agnés Matteus. Mais j'avoue avoir eu ce réflexe de me demander ce qu'un homme pouvait bien avoir à faire dans la mise en scène d'une femme parlant de féminicides, dont la plus part sont commis par des hommes. Et si tous les hommes ne sont pas des meutriers, des violeurs, etc, la quasi-totalité des hommes de son âge et de sa nationalité (Quim Tarrida est né en 1967) ont été socialisés dans un monde où la masculinité était valorisée, et hiérarchiquement instaurée supérieure au genre féminin. Si l'on comprend que le travail naît d'une précédente collaboration sur les violences policières, et que ce travail précédent naît d'une rencontre lors de leurs engagements militants, malgré tout : comment s'articulent les regards, différemment socialisés, de Agnés Matteus et Quim Tarrida pour aboutir à REBOTA REBOTA, Y EN TU CARA EXPLOTA, notamment sur le corps de Agnés Mattéus ? Cela pourrait informer ma lecture, mais je n'y ai pas accès, pas directement, seulement par supposition critique (car, d'expérience, fréquenter un milieu politisé, quand il ne s'agit pas directement de cercles féministes engagés, ne permet pas une déconstruction du regard, d'un regard dominant)

Et maintenant, décrivons ce que propose Ca rebondit ça rebondit et ça t'éclate en pleine face. Cela sera moins qu'une description linéaire et exhaustive, ne m'arrêtant que sur certains tableaux et détails qui m'ont paru particulièrement signifiants. Dire peut-être cela, d'abord : REBOTA REBOTA, Y EN TU CARA EXPLOTA est une succession de tableaux au centre desquels se trouve Agnés Matéus.

L'âge. La pièce commence par Agés Matéus dansant masquée, d'un masque de clown horrifique. Ainsi, c'est son corps que l'on voit et regarde. En 2024, le corps de Agnés Matéus, serré dans son pantalon strassé or, son ventre rebondi, a peine dénudé au dessus du nombril donne l'image d'un corps butch, ou d'un corps vieilli, ne répondant plus aux standards patriarcaux d'une certaine minceur. Qu'en est-il de son corps d'il y a 7 ans ? A-t-il changé, et comment ? Vieilli pour sûr, Agnés Matéus dans le texte, et dans les possibles endroits d'improvisation le signale, insiste sur la question de l'âge. Si je suis particulièrement sensible à cette question d'âge, dans les rapports de genre, c'est qu'elle me concerne : les regards changent, le crédit à la parole dans certains contextes aussi. Qu'est ce que faire tourner une pièce pendant 6 ans ? Qu'est-ce qu'expérimenter les changements physiques ? D'autant qu'est soulignée l'énergie de Agnés Matéus, qui tient l'heure quinze que dure Ca rebondit quasi seule sur scène. Mais là aussi, des questions se posent, techniques : quelle place de repos permettent les interludes filmés ? Sont-ils là pour leur qualité intrinsèque, de séquences filmées introduisant un autre rythme à la pièce, et/ou sont-ils présents pour permettre que Agnés Matéus tienne ? Cette question peut se poser, mais pas de la même manière, en fonction de la catégorie d'âge à laquelle l'acteur.ice appartient, car les contingences et les nécessités ne sont pas les mêmes, et donc ne disent, in fine, pas les mêmes choses sur les questions posées par la pièce elle-même. Ici, les premières séquences filmées m'ont moins conduit à regarder les états de délabrements de certaines scènes urbaines qu'à penser au délabrement, en cours mais encore à venir, du corps de Agnés Matéus. Et ces figurations de ruines, par leurs lents travellings dont on sait qu'ils vont, à un moment ou à un autre, figurer une morte, ne m'ont par renvoyées en tant que tel au corps de la performeuse. C'était un autre espace, un autre temps qui se raccorde à l'âge seulement par le comptage, le listage qui vient à la fin de la pièce des femmes mortes, dont l'âge à chaque fois est indiqué. Aucun âge n'est épargné, pas davantage les petites filles que les grand-mères, les jeunes femmes ou les femmes dans la fleur de l'âge. Aucune. Alors, cette question de l'âge se pose pour moi à nouveau dans l'espace où justement d'autres âges que celui de la performeuse, son âge réel, aurait pu être figuré : dans les séquences filmées. Pas d'enfants, pas de jeunes filles, toujours des mortes anonymisées, sans visage, dont on voit qu'il peut s'agir du corps de la performeuse - dont l'âge, là, varie encore par l'absence du visage.

La chute. Après la danse, il y a ce moment que j'ai trouvé très beau, de la chute du corps de Agnés Matéus. La beauté terrifiante de la chute sous les coups. Encaisser les coups et se relever. Être cueillie par les coups. Ne pas répondre, ne pas frapper. En miroir négatif, les poings des hommes pauvres qui apprennent à frapper contre un sac de sable dans la moiteur de salles de sports, à Chicago ou ailleurs, en France, pour se maintenir dans une dignité - je pense à ce qu'en écrit, par exemple, Loïc Waquant, ou encore Jérôme Beauchez (mais moins, ici, et à regret ne les ayant pas (encore lu) aux sociologues ayant travaillé sur les femmes dans les sports de combat, comme Christine Mennesson ou encore Natacha Lapeyroux). L'apprentissage de la chute n'est pas corrélée à l'apprentissage du coup, j'y vois plutôt la réponse de deux précarités, l'une sociale, l'autre de genre, où celui féminin est économiquement, symboliquement plus précaire, vacillant. Mais que penser de la beauté de ces chutes ? Que penser de la beauté dans une telle performance ? Comment la beauté peut se conjuguer à l'horreur de ce qui est dit ? A l'extrême, on pense au texte de Rivette dénonçant l'abject du travelling dans Kapo. S'en détache malgré tout cette chute par ce que permet de percevoir sa répétition, dans ce que l'on perçoit par ce corps, et ce malgré ou grâce à la beauté, ce que permet la répétition c'est de percevoir précisément ce qui n'est pas figurer : la force qui pousse à terre Agnés Matéus, cette lumière qui la pousse, c'est insaisissable comme le patriarcat et au moins aussi éblouissant, ça fait cligner de l'oeil mais malgré tout, on continue à regarder, à accepter. C'est ce déplacement du corps qui chute, par la répétition de la chute, qui permet que l'on perçoive notre propre fascination, la fascination qu'impose la domination, biche en plein phare, notre stupéfaction, notre immobilité face aux coups que l'on sait, même si on ne les voit pas.

Le one-woman show. J'ai pris plaisir à ce one-woman show grinçant, en robe de mariée saupoudrée de paillettes d'or (interdites désormais), comme d'une femme sous cloche, dans une boule à neige, une boîte à musique dont la danseuse dit avec le sourire des insanités. Simple, drôle, jusqu'à et avec son craquement Frida Ka(h)lo. J'ai trouvé malin que les références connues se tissent progressivement avec celles inconnues - mon coup au cœur quand Bessette se fait invisibiliser, inconnue. J'ai trouvé pertinent le moment de réflexion sur l'arbre Kahlo qui cache la forêt des femmes : combien de fois avons-nous vu la vie d'une qui devient emblème de toutes, effaçant les spécificités de chacune, un féminisme non intersectionnel, encore que Kahlo pose la question du validisme, une intersection non négligeable. Agnés Matéus m'a fait penser à une Blanche Gardin, une Elodie Poux, une Florence Foresti. Ce sont des ressorts similaires : montrer ce qui est dit en le confrontant à la réalité. Analyse de l'écart du symbolique, du discursif et du réel pour en montrer l'absurde - et l'absurde faire rire, à tout coup, même si c'est déjà connu, même si c'est jaune.

Le lancer de couteaux. La mise en danger, réelle, m'a glacée. Je n'ai pas voulu, je ne voulais pas. La tension. Qu'en dire ? Que le spectacle est bien rôdé ? Que je n'ai jamais été au cirque (ou plutôt une seule fois) ? Que ce n'était pas une scène de cirque dont on sait que tout est maîtrisé, y compris le danger ? Que le danger venait là davantage de la peur de Agnés Matéus que du lanceur ? Que je l'ai imaginée à chaque fois défaillir de peur, et se précipiter sous le couteau pour le fuir ? Qu'à cet endroit quelque chose se renverse du rapport au danger ? Est-ce une métaphore du féminicide : le danger pris dans le sang-froid du meurtrier (n'en faisons pas un fou) est de bouger, et de provoquer, et de fuir seulement après ? Il faudrait disparaître à soi-même pour ne pas disparaître tout court, mourir ? Mais le danger passé, est-il possible de sortir de l'état de mort dans lequel il nous plonge (et qui se traduit, assez littéralement, par la tête de Matéus dans une brouette de terre) ? Il n'y a pas de résolution de cette question, car elle est irrésolvable. Insupportable ? Une dame au premier rang s'est levée pour sortir du théâtre, un peu avant la fin de la pièce, quand les noms des femmes tuées défilaient, trop vite pour qu'ils soient lisibles. Matéus et Tarrida ne donnent pas de réponses, ni au pourquoi ni au comment, il s'agit d'une performance de constats, fragmentés et parfois rendus sensibles.

[gringolet]

rating whether polyamory would solve famous love triangle plots

Arthur/Guinevere/Lancelot (Arthuriana): no because Mordred and Agravaine would not be let in on the mutual consent and would still try to catch Guinevere cheating

Tristan/Iseult/Mark (Tristania): absolutely not because Mark is Tristan’s uncle

Tristan/Iseult/Palomides (Tristania): absolutely yes because between Palomides and Iseult all of Tristan’s most unhelpful impulses would be balanced out

Peeta/Katniss/Gale (Hunger Games): polyamory alone cannot defeat an authoritarian dystopia

Cyrano/Roxanne/Christian (Cyrano de Bergerac): solves every problem in the first 3 acts, solves no problems in the 4th

Wesley/Buttercup/Humperdink (The Princess Bride): while Wesley would be happy living as buttercups side piece, the problem is no amount of mutual consent will fulfill prince humperdinks emotional need to be at war. so no

Orsino/Viola/Olivia (Twelfth Night): most of it yes as long as Sebastian fucks that pirate

Heathcliff/Catherine/Edgar (Wuthering Heights): Technically yes but they all have so many emotional issues that new problems would immediately arise and Catherine would still die of being stressed out by the whole thing

Mark Antony/Cleopatra/Caesar (Antony and Cleopatra): well vibes-wise they were probably all fucking in real life and clearly polyamory alone did not save the Roman Republic

Menelaos/Helen/Paris (The Iliad etc): polyamory alone CAN stop the Trojan war as long as the Greeks know Menelaos tops

Florence/The Russian/Svetlana (Chess): polyamory alone cannot stop the Cold War

The Dutchman/Sente/Erik (The Flying Dutchman): solves every interpersonal problem but would actively damn the Dutchman to wander the seas forever

Mathilde/Julien/Mme de Renal (The Red and the Black): a rare case where polyamory would make everything WORSE! Fucking two people at the same time would make poor asexual Julien even more miserable and more people would die. Mme de Renal’s guilt would be even more destructive. Mathilde would suicide bait everyone else involved.

Raoul/Christine/Erik (Phantom of the Opera): probably not but i want to say yes because its such a funny concept

Jacques/Severine/Roubaud (La Bête Humaine): no! Jacques would just sexually commit TWO murders

[the-golden-comet]

✨⛵️Story/WIP Tour Tag ⛵️✨

Oh, what a fun concept! Thank you for tagging me, @theink-stainedfolk !!

I’m not sure I can convince you about the lovely landmarks in Peter Hart , but— there’s a rope around me. Oh. We don’t have a choice in this adventure, do we?

Peter: Clever. You catch on quick~!

Ahoy, mates. Captain Hart at the helm now. I’ll be your tour guide for the voyage. Please keep your arms on the deck at all times. Do not lean on the railing; if you go overboard we’re not coming to fish you out….unless you’re Benjamin.

Benjamin: HEY!! 😡

Right, let’s get started:

✨🇬🇧Port Mayor🇬🇧✨

On your left, you will notice we are passing by Port Mayor, Great Britain. A lovely fishing port run by an absolute bastard of a person. Make sure on your stop you steal a hearty handful from the Royal’s pockets, and try their regional specialty: Port Plum Pudding. Great for the season.

🌋Isle of Talon Rock🌋

Oh, this one’s a lovely sightseeing adventure! Talon Rock is an inactive volcano in the center of thick jungle. Do watch your feet for snakes; they are quite venomous here. The igneous walls of the lava tubes are home to a variety of rich gems, but make sure you vacate before high tide if you don’t want to get your clothes wet.

✨🇬🇧Portsmouth🇬🇧✨

We arrive at another port. Excellent tailor at this location; this is where I picked out most of Benjamin’s fashion.

Benjamin: I didn’t ASK for—

—You’re welcome. If you get a chance, make sure to piss in the rose garden of the sovereign that governs this port.

✨🪨Echoing Cove🪨✨

This one looks deceptive at first glance, but a trove of valuables rests deep enough inside the many underwater cave systems. You’ll have to do a little spelunking, but if you reach deep enough the treasures are ripe for the taking~

Benjamin: Peter…why do I hear voices?

—AAAAAAAND we are getting the fuck out of here~🏴‍☠️✨

✨🇬🇧Port Florence🇬🇧✨

Aye, Florence. Another posh port with a castle loaded in riches. A very prosperous port town with a king that is all too eager to throw lavish parties and get drunk off of centuries aged wine.

Benjamin: You’re one to talk, captain…

They hold a Regal Ball every year, with a dance competition. The winners take home 50 grand. Ah, a great memory indeed~

Benji: (blushing furiously)

😏

☠️🩸Bloodwater Bay🩸☠️

….Oh shite. This place. Right, well…..some more dense jungle, a thin strip of beach, the waters are red, but don’t be too alarmed…Davey tells us that’s the iron deposits that give more of that rusty hue. There’s a tall waterfall in the center……

Benjamin: …..Peter? Peeeeeeeter?

O-Oh! Well, moving right along…don’t want to linger in this wretched bay….

✨🇮🇪Gregory’s Point🇮🇪✨

Another lovely island between the mainland and Ireland. This is a developed hotspot, turned into a small port town where all are welcome. Pirates, naval officers, merchants, the like. Between the two main countries, this place has its own governance. So, you better have a good reputation if you don’t want to be murdered in your sleep ✨

Benjamin: you say that so nonchalantly, Captain

Mmmmhm. Also home to one of the best doctors this side of the equator. So, if you get wounded, make sure it happens close to Gregory’s Point.

✨🐋Giverny Gulch🐋✨

Another island made of basalt, home to a naval shipwreck. Do watch your step for broken glass, sharp rocks, reanimated corpses—

Benjamin: —I beg your pardon?

—fish and shark carcasses….oh right. Lots of sharks. Be careful of those.

Benjamin: ….Do I hear a whale?

✨🇫🇷Lorraine🇫🇷✨

We’re arriving near France! Jacques: lead us in the singing of the French National Anthem

Jacques: Oui, oui, Capitaine~! ✨

✨🎵 Allons enfant de la patrie,

Le jour de gloire est arrivé! 🎵✨

Benjamin: 😑

✨🎵….Contre nous de la tyrannie,

L'étendard sanglant est levé

L'étendard sanglant est levé

Entendez-vous dans les campagnes

Mugir ces féroces soldats?

Ils viennent jusque dans vos bras

Égorger vos fils et vos compagnes!

Aux armes, citoyens! (Formez)

Vos bataillons!

Marchons! Oui, marchons!

Qu'un sang impur

Abreuve nos sillons! 🎵✨

🏔️Arctic Archipelago🏔️

……

Benjamin: …..Peter?

…..Let’s be off…..I wish not to be here too long.

✨🏝️The Caribbean🏝️✨

Ah, much better~! A nice, warm climate. Benji, love, remind me to acquire a bottle of Ron de Barbados 🇧🇧✨

Benjamin: Trust me, Captain; you won’t forget.

We’ve reached our final stop, but we have a whole tied-up tour group of witnesses. Mmmm…Right, I got it! Men, start hauling them over the rail—

Benjamin: —PETER!!

I’m joooooking~. Start untying them and drop ‘em off at the next port. Thank you for….“choosing”….The Golden Phoenix as your cruise. I’ve been your captain, and have a magnificent stay in Barbados. Jones knows I will~

Benjamin: P-PETER!! 😣

Leaving this open because man I had a lot of fun here ✨

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[sibelin]

I don't want people to reblog that AI art post so I'll put my addition here:

One thing that will always make me cringe with those AI imitations of middle to late 19th century art is how the intelligence will always try to match ALL the women figures with the current 21th century beauty standards. Now, of course, I wouldn't be complaining if these kind of images weren't plaguing the "classical art" or "oil painting" tags. But since they are, I will show you what 19th century painting of women really looks like. And yeah, I know, some paintings match with current beauty standards but it's still more complicated than that. "Classic" painting is not all about representing pretty ladies. Otherwise historians of art would be bored.

Okay, if it's a "classic" painting, let's go with neoclassicism which is basically a return to the classic inspirations from antiquity and a return to simplicity after years of the wild Baroque and Rococo of the 18th century. Want to see portraits of women in that time?

(Left : Detail of Portrait de madame de Verninac by Jacques-Louis David, 1979. Right : Portrait de Madame Duvaucey, 1809, Jean-Dominique Ingres).

So far, notice how these two women don't look at all like the women in those fake AI paintings. They are portraits of real women, thus real models. But even when they were painting gods, 19th century painters HAD models! Not only that, they were also inspired by antiquity, which wasn't really doing realism either, they had their own ideals like, to cite one exemple, the really straight noses you always see in greek statues. Well, that's also in neoclassical paintings! Look:

(Detail of La Mélancolie by Constance Marie Charpentier, 1801)

On the other side, you've got two strong opponents (and logical responding movements) to this return to classical culture : Romantism and Realism. Once again, look at the diversity :

(Left: Details of Les foins by Jules Bastien-Lepage, 1877. Right: Jeune orpheline au cimetière, Eugène Delacroix, 1824.)

Realism is pretty self-explanatory. The painters were going back to show normal people, farmers and workers. They weren't here to make them beautiful or to conform to beauty standards but to show the world as it is. Result was a lot of controversies, notably with Courbet and Les baigneuses, a representation of a strong woman in an unflatering pose and dirt on her feet that shook the beauty standards so dear to the academic ideals of his times. Check it out if you're interested, there's plenty of articles about it. And romanticism? Once again very diverse. Just look at pre-romantism, with Goya, who loooved representing fucked up little scenes. Or with Delacroix, here with one of his most famous portrait (Jeune orpheline au cimetière) probably because of the expression, the pose, everything that makes that girl look alive, real, unique.

But wait.... You've already seen classical paintings were the ladies looked like all the ladies nowadays, right? Maybe you've seen those very pretty pre raphaelites paintings with those women that look kinda like Florence Welch. Maybe you've seen academic art, the most palatable of 19th century style when it comes to beauty norms. And it's true, it could be similar to these prompted AI classical babes, except once again, it's not. Because once again, they had models, and models were different from paintings to paintings. And this is this systematic same face vibes that makes AI so boring. Because even when real historical art comes close to that, it is always way way way more rich and full of surprises.

(left : The North-West Passage by John Everett Millais, 1878. Middle: Detail of Contemplation by John William Godward, 1922. Right: Detail of La Naissance de Vénus by William Bouguereau, 1879)

Then, you have all these art styles that AI weirdly stays away from : those where the style and process is so strong, so much more important than the subject, that it would be hard to copy without noticing the difference. It could be impressionism, it could be symbolism or better, it could be the avant-garde artists that announces then blends into the wild, colorful and tortured art of the first half of the 20th century.

(Left: Le chemin de fer by Edouard Manet, 1973. Middle: I lock my door upon myself by Fernand Khnopff, 1891, Right: Jane Avril by Henri de Toulouse Lautrec, 1892)

Conclusion/ TLDR : If fake historical AI art becomes more realistic every day, it will never be as rich and diverse as the real deal because it will always be used to appease an algorithm for people who just want to see pretty images that catters to them and never challenge their views. When it comes to beauty norm, this could be dangerous and make people believe that these was always how women looked like. That all girls were born with removed buccal fat and symmetrical faces, even in old paintings. I don't know, it may be nothing, but it may be something. Thank you for those who read all that and I hope see many cool paintings in museums :)

Addition: This is of course a very european centric vision of art but it's what the AI will take inspiration from anyway. For the same reasons, these paintings are very white but I was also trying to avoid the icky orientalist representations that were so trendy in the 19th century. Note that there is an even better diversity in paintings when you open your eyes to non-european centric art.

(If I see a terf reblogging this, i'm blocking on sight)

[vish-the-wanderer]

CoTE opening quotes

a list of the opening quotes in classroom of the elite:

What is evil?- Whatever springs from weakness. -F W Nietzsche, The Antichrist It takes great talent and skill to conceal one's talent and skill. -La Rochefoucauld, Reflections or Sentences and Moral Maxims Man is an animal that makes bargains: no other animal does this - no dog exchanges bones with one another. -Adam Smith, An Enquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations We should not be upset that others hide the truth from us, when we hide it so often from ourselves. -La Rochefoucauld, Reflections or Sentences and Moral Maxims Hell is other people. -Jean-Paul Sartre, No Exit There are two kinds of lies; one concerns an accomplished fact, the other concerns a future duty. -Jean Jacques Rousseau, Emile or on Education Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred. -Jean de La Fontaine, Fables Abandon all hope, ye who enter here. -Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy, Inferno Man is condemned to be free. -Jean-Paul Sartre, Existentialism and Humanism Every man has in himself the most dangerous traitor of all. -Kierkegaard, Works of Love What people commonly call fate is their own stupidity. -Schopenhauer, Philosophical Writings Genius lives only one story above madness. -Schopenhauer, Parerga and Paralipomena Remember to keep a clear head in difficult times. -Horace, Odes (Carmina) There are two main human sins from which all the others derive: impatience and indolence. -Franz Kafka, The Zurau Aphorisms The greatest souls are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues. -Rene Descartes, Discourse on Method The material has to be created. -Florence Nightingale, subsidiary notes (female nursing into military hospitals in peace and war) Every failure is a step to success. -William Whewell, Lectures on the History of Moral Philosophy in England Adversity is the first path to truth. -G G Byron Don Juan To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions;  both dispense with the necessity of reflection. -H Poincare, Science and Hypothesis The wound is at her heart. -Vergil, Aeneid If you make a mistake and do not correct it, this is called a mistake. -Anonymous, Analects People, often deceived by an illusive good, desire their own ruin. -Niccolo Machiavelli, Discourses on Livy A man who cannot command himself will always be a slave. -J W V Goethe, Zahme Xenien Force without wisdom falls of its own weight. -Horace, Odes (Carmina) The worst enemy you can meet will always be yourself. -F W Nietzsche, Thus spoke Zarathustra

lmk if you'd like explanations as to how these epigraphs relate to the story

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Dices Merzbow, yo digo Justin Beiber

Dices Boredoms, yo digo Katy Perry

Dices Gerogerigegege, yo digo Skrillex

Dices Coil, yo digo Lady Gaga

Dices Throbbing Gristle, yo digo Black Eyed Peas

Dices Whitehouse, yo digo Taylor Swift

Dices Nurse With Wound, yo digo Bruno Mars

Dices Einstürzende Neubauten, yo digo Maroon 5

Dices Brainbombs, yo digo Drake

Dices Egor Letov, yo digo One Direction

Dices Death in June, yo digo LMFAO

Dices Current 93, yo digo Beyonce

Dices La Monte Young, yo digo Carly Rae Jepsen

Dices Moondog, yo digo Kelly Clarkson

Dices Lou Harrison, yo digo Coldplay

Dices Henry Cowell, yo digo PSY

Dices Luigi Russolo, yo digo Imagine Dragons

Dices Popol Vuh, yo digo Lana Del Ray

Dices Fishmans, yo digo Ellie Goulding

Dices Jean Jacques Perrey, yo digo P!nk

Dices Les Rallizes Dénudés, yo digo Owl City

Dices Rainbow Caroliner, yo digo Carrie Underwood

Dices Taj Mahal Travellers, yo digo Christina Aguilera

Dices Fushitsusha, yo digo Ariana Grande

Dices Peter Brötzmann, yo digo Rihanna

Dices John Cage, yo digo Jennifer Lopez

Dices Scott Walker, yo digo Ed Sheeran

Dices Unwound, yo digo Mumford & Sons

Dices Dead, yo digo Tyga

Dices Frank Zappa, yo digo Shakira

Dices Morton Feldman, yo digo Macklemore

Dices Captain Beefheart, yo digo Big Time Rush

Dices Pharoah Sanders, yo digo Akon

Dices Albert Ayler, yo digo Foster the People

Dices Ornette Coleman, yo digo The Weeknd

Dices Alice Coltrane, yo digo Panic! at the Disco

Dices Arnold Schoenberg, yo digo Florida Georgia Line

Dices Pierre Boulez, yo digo Big Sean

Dices György Ligeti, yo digo Gym Class Heroes

Dices Karlheinz Stockhausen, yo digo Miley Cyrus

Dices Nang Nang, yo digo The Lumineers

Dices Thinking Fellers Union Local 282, yo digo Jay-Z

Dices Nara Leão, yo digoCharlie Puth

Dices Basic Channel, yo digo Mac Miller

Dices Raymond Scott, yo digo Twenty One Pilots

Dices Delia Derbyshire, yo digo Harry Styles

Dices Daphne Oram, yo digo Charli XCX

Dices Noah Howard, yo digoBTS

Dices Terry Riley, yo digo Iggy Azalea

Dices Peter Sotos, yo digo John Legend

Dices Lula Côrtes e Zé Ramalho, yo digo OneRepublic

Dices Boyd Rice, yo digo Migos

Dices Mahmoud Ahmed, yo digo Logic

Dices Henry Flynt, yo digo Bastille

Dices Kazumoto Endo, yo digo Five Seconds of Summer

Dices David Tudor, yo digo Pentatonix

Dices Aporea, yo digo The Chainsmokers

Dices Half Japanese, yo digo Fall Out Boy

Dices Mega Banton, yo digo David Guetta

Dices Secret Chiefs 3, yo digo Greta Van Fleet

Dices Keiji Haino, yo digo Alicia Keys

Dices Ramleh, yo digo Kanye West

Dices Otomo Yoshihide, yo digo T-Pain

Dices John Zorn, yo digo Lizzo

Dices Joe Meek, yo digo WALK THE MOON

Dices Robbie Basho, yo digo Cardi B

Dices Phil Spector, yo digo EXO

Dices Faxed Head, yo digo Solange

Dices Harry Partch, yo digo Lil Nas X

Dices Wesley Willis, yo digo Disclosure

Dices Fred Frith, yo digo Sam Smith

Dices The Residents, yo digo Michael Buble

Dices Sun Ra, yo digo Paramore

Dices Sun City Girls, yo digo Linkin Park

Dices Hans Krüsi, yo digo Florence + The Machine

Dices Royal Trux, yo digo Rascal Flatts

Dices Jandek, yo digo Eminem

Dices Yat-Kha, yo digo Chance the Rapper

Dices Loren Mazzacane Connors, yo digo Mariah Carey

Dices Pärson Sound, yo digo Snoop Dogg

Dices The Dead C, yo digo Adele

Dices Comus, yo digo Shawn Mendes

Dices Cromagnon, yo digo Chris Brown

Dices Eliane Radigue, yo digo Camilla Cabello

Dices Arthur Doyle, yo digo Halsey

Dices Shizuka, yo digo The 1975

Dices The Red Krayola, yo digo Billie Eilish

Dices Henry Cow, yo digo A$AP Rocky

Dices Magma, yo digo Dua Lipa

Dices Opus Avantra, yo digo Kendrick Lamar

Dices Pan.Thy.Monium., yo digo Nicki Minaj

Dices Murmuüre, yo digo Madonna

Dices Ksiezyc, yo digo Britney Spears

Dices Gong, yo digo Post Malone

Dices Cukor Bila Smert', yo digo Jonas Brothers

Dices cLOUDDEAD, yo opino que te calles

Dices Muslimgauze, ¡¡ YO GRITO POP!!

Dices Kaoru Abe, y te parto la madre

El 92% de la juventud está escuchando Avant Garde Noise. Si eres parte de ese 8% que aun escucha música de verdad, comparte este post a tus contactos de facebook.

¡¡¡¡ No dejes que el espíritu del POP muera !!!!

[nasuverse-most-breedable-tourney]

The contenders have been chosen! A whopping 256 characters have been sent to me. Brackets will take awhile to be made but the tournament will start when I'm ready.

Achilles Agravain Altera Altera the Santa Amakusa Shirou Amor Anastasia Andromeda Anne Bonny & Mary Read Antonio Salieri Aoko Aozaki Arash Archimedes Arcueid Arjuna Arjuna Alter Artoria Artoria Alter Artoria Caster Artoria Lancer Artoria Lancer Alter Asclepius Ashiya Douman Asterios Astolfo Asvatthaman Atalanta Atalanta Alter Angra Mainyu Avicebron Baobhan Sith Barghest Bartholomew Roberts Bazett BB Bedivere Beowulf Bhima Billy the Kid Blackbeard Boudica Bradamante Britomart Byrnhild Caenis Calamity Jane Carmilla Ceil Circe Charlemagne Charlotte Corday Chen Gong Chevalier d'Eon Cleopatra Constantine XI Cu Cu (Alter) Cu (Caster) David Daybit Demon King Nobunaga Diarmuid Dioscuri Dobrynya Nikitich Dorothea Coyett Durga Duryodhana Dust of Osiris Edmond Dantes Emiya Enkidu Ereshkigal Europa Fergus mac Roich Fionn mac Cumhaill Fiore Forvedge First Hassan Florence Nightingale Francesca Prelati Francis Drake Fujimaru Ritsuka Fuma Kotaro Gareth Gawain Georgios Gilgamesh Gilgamesh Caster Goetia Goredolf Gorgon Hassan of Serenity Hassan of the Hundred Faces Hildr Hector Henry Jekyll & Hyde Hephaestion Hercules Hippolyta Huang Feihu Huyan Zhuo Ibuki Douji Iskandar Ishtar Ivan the Terrible Izumo no Okuni Jacques de Molay Jacques de Molay Foreigner Jalter Jason Jeanne d'Arc Jinako Carigiri Jing Ke Kadoc Kama Karna Kato Danzo Katsushika Hokusai Kiara Kiichi Hogen Kijyo Koyo Kintoki Kirei Kiritsugu Kirschtaria Wodime Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg Kishinami Hakuno Koyanskaya Kriemhild Kukulkan Lanling Wang Leonardo da Vinci Leysritt Locusta Luviagelita Edelfelt Mandricardo Mash Mata Hari Medea Medusa Meltryllis Mephistopheles Merlin Merlin Prototype Mikiya Kokutou Miss Crane Miyamoto Musashi Miyamoto Iori Mordred Mori Nagayoshi Moriarty (Archer) Moriarty (Ruler) Mozart Muniere Murasaki Shikibu Mysterious Heroine XX Nagkura Shinpachi Neco Arc Nero Nezha Noah Noel Aizome Night of Wallachia Nitocris Nitocris Alter Nrvnqsr Chaos Oberon Oda Kippoushi Oda Nobunaga Odysseus Okada Izo Okita Souji Ortlinde Osakabehime Ozymandias Passionlip Patxi Penthesilea Percival Perseus Phantom of the Opera Proto Arthur Ptolemy Qin Liangyu Queen Himiko Queen Medb Queen of Sheba Quetzalcoatl Quetzalcoatl Samba Raikou Rama Richard the Lionheart Riesbyfe Stridberg Rin Tohsaka Roa Robin Hood Romani Saber (Fate/Samurai Remnant) Saint Martha Saito Hajime Sakamoto Ryouma and Oryo Salome Sasaki Kojiro Scandinavia Peperoncino Scathach Scheherazade Sei Shonagon Semiramis Shakespeare Sherlock Holmes Shi Huang Di Shiki Tohno Shiki Ryougi Shirou Emiya Shuten Douji Sieg Siegfried Sigurd Sisigou Kairi Skadi Souichirou Kuzuki Spartacus Suse Ritsuka Suzuka Gozen Taiga Fujimura Taigong Wang Taira-no-Kagekiyo Takao Dayu Takasugi Shinsaku Takechi Zuizan Tamamo Cat Tamamo no Mae Tenochtitlan Theseus Thrud Tiamat Tomoe Gozen Touko Aozaki Tristan Ushiwakamaru Van Gogh Vlad III Vlov Arkhangel Vritra Watanabe-no-Tsuna Waver Xiang Yu Xuanzang Sanzang Yamanami Keisuke Yan Qing Yang Guifei Yu Mei-ren Yui Shousetsu Zenobia Zeus

[timetocrybois]

Hello music lovers! I’m in a Sonic mood (thank you Sonic Prime) and I would like to know if anyone has any Sonic like/inspired/makes you think of him type music

Under this is my current playlist I’d like to add to:

Where Evil Grows - The Poppy Family & Terry Jacks

Hey Runner! - The Arcadian Wild

Mr. Blue Sky - Electric Light Orchestra

Running In the 90's - Max Coveri

GAS GAS GAS - Manuel

Get'cha Head In the Game - High School Musical

Shut Up and Drive - Rihanna

Holding Out for a Hero - Bonnie Tyler

Don’t Stop Me Now - Queen

Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy- Queen

Flash - Queen

The Hero - Queen

Favorite Son - Green Day

Amy - Green Day

Stab you in the Heart - Green Day

Dog Days Are Over - Florence + the Machine

Kiss with a Fist - Florence + the Machine

Live & Learn - Crush 40

Knight of the Wind - Crush 40

Sonic Boom - Crush 40

His World - Crush 40

Escape From the City - Jun Senoue & Ted Poley, Tony Harnell

Super Sonic Racing - Richard Jacques

Lights, Camera, Action! - Tee Lopes

Gotta Go Fast (Sonic X Theme) - NateWantsToBattle

Fist Bump - Douglas Robb of Hoobastank

[art-that-fucks-you-up-tournament]

SET SIXTEEN - ROUND ONE - MATCH ONE

"Mermer Waiskeder: Stories of the Moving Tide" (2020-2023 - Ghost Net Collective and Erub Arts) / "The Gran Hotel Ciudad de México Art Nouveau interior" (1908 - Jacques Grüber)

MERMER WAISKEDER: STORIES OF THE MOVING TIDE: [no additional commentary] (anonymous)

THE GRAN HOTEL CIUDAD DE MÉXICO ART NOUVEAU INTERIOR: i was looking up art nouveau stained glass and this was WAY nicer than my original thought. so pretty. (@kaerran)

("Mermer Waiskeder: Stories of the Moving Tide" is an art installation created by Ghost Net Collective (Lynnette Griffiths and Marion Gaemers from the Ghost Net Collective, and Jimmy John Thaiday, Lavinia Ketchell, Florence Gutchen, Racy Oui-Pitt, Emma Gela, and Nancy Naawi from Erub Arts.) Each ray is made of an aluminum frame and salvaged fishing nets sourced from a not-for-profit that collects debris from beaches or from fish markets. It is located at Exchange Square at Barangaroo South in Sydney.

"The Gran Hotel Ciudad de México" is a hotel located in Mexico City; the stained glass windows were designed by Jacques Grüber in 1908.)

[imy2]

Cupid's got a needle. It'll find a vein. Careful, 'cause you'll bleed a little. But pretty soon romance will marinate your brain. (Lovesick - Women on the Urge of a Nervous Breakdown) 

Smoke - Pvris, Life-size dissected woman (detail) - Jacques Fabien Gautier Dagoty, Strangeness & Charm - Florence + the Machine, In My Veins - Andrew Belle, To have and to hold - Giulia Quaresima, Picking Up Pieces - Blue October, Let’s Hurt Tonight - OneRepublic 

[cosmichorrorsarestillnicerthanme]

A List Of All Of My Current Works Pt.1

Genshin Impact

Tsundere Diluc X Reader

First Meeting Rosaria X Reader

Breaking An Entering: Electric Boogaloo A Sequel To First Meeting

Triad Pt.1 (Ningguang X Beidou X Reader)

Sara Kujou X Reader

Eula, Hu Tao, Sara, Ninguang and *Spins wheel* Barbra’s reaction to an S/O who has gone loopy after taking some medicine to fight their fever randomly confessing their undying love.

Jean Gunnhildr N.S.F.W. Headcannons

Lumine, Eula, and Jean With A Reader Who Uses A Frying Pan As A Weapon

Catching Her Eye-Ningguang X Reader

Worthy Of You-Sara X Reader

Differing Types Of Art-Yoimiya X Reader

Kokomi X Injured Reader

Ningguang Brainrot

Yandere Raiden Shogun

Holiday Gift-Layla, Furina, and Kokomi X Reader

A Gift To A Friend- Kaeya, Childe, Beidou, and Furina X Reader

100 Followers Event: Ei X Reader-Sharing

Reverse 1999

Dikke X Reader

Jujutsu Kaisen

Maki, Mai, Nobara, And Miwa With Powerful Himbo S/O

Maki, Mai, Nobara, And Miwa With Powerful Himbo S/O Pt.2

Fate Grand Order alongside Fate and TYPE MOON in general

SFW And NSFW Jacques De Molay Foreigner x Reader

Morgan, Baobhan, Melusine, and Barghest With Master Reader

SFW and NSFW Anastasia Hedcannons

Gareth And Mordred Fluff Scenarios and Headcannons

Fairy Knights and Morgan with a Depressed Master Reader

Scathach, Medusa Rider, And Florence Nightingale X Reader -Angst-

Scathach, Medusa Rider, And Florence Nightingale X Reader -Hurt Comfort-

"I'm So In Love With You" Artoria Pendragon X Reader

"You're Beautiful" Medusa Rider and Gorgon X Reader

"Do you trust me?" Serenity and Shuten Douji X Reader

"You're Cute When Your Angry" Rin Tohsaka and Mordred X Reader

"I'm So In Love With You" Medusa and Gorgon X Reader

"I Want To Protect You!" Mordred and Quetzalcoatl X Reader

Bradamante X Reader

Caenis X Reader

Penthesilea X Autistic Master Reader

Poly Scathach, Nightingale x Reader

Lancer Artoria X Reader With Powers Like Alucard From Hellsing

The Knights Of The Round Finding Out About Artoria Saber, Lancer, and Alter's S/O

Medusa, Caenis, and Gorgon With An S/O They Like To Tease

Nobu with a former Master Reader who became a servant

Penthesilea and Caenis with A Reader Who Loves Their Personality

Artoria And The Child Of Mordred X Reader Being Called "Grandpa"

Nagao Kagetora x Reader

Death By Snu Snu- Shuten Douji, Mash, Raikou, Barghest, and Castoria X Reader

Ereshkigal, Quetzalcoatl, and Reader Poly Headcannons

Danganronpa

General relationship HCs for a GN! Reader paired with Mahiru and Ibuki

Playing With Their Hair Headcanons-Toko, Jack, and Mikan

Mahiru, Kaede, and Ibuki caring for an S/O with a broken leg

Celestia, Miu, and Kyoko when their S/O who's the opposite calls them cute for the first time

Himiko and Kirumi with an energetic and affectionate S/O

Himiko X Tenko X Reader

Persona

P3: Mitsuru With Someone Who Loves To Play With Her Hair

P5: Futaba and Makoto X Smart Delinquent Reader

Chie Satonaka & Orie with a reader coming out as Bi

100 Followers Event: P3: Mitsuru Kirijo-Secret

Bloodborne

Gehrman X Reader

Micolash X Reader

Impostor Iosefka x Reader

Choir X Reader

Elden Ring

Malenia NSFW Alphabet

Guilty Gear

RANDOM INCORRECT QUOTES [Guilty Gear X Reader Edition Pt.1]

RANDOM INCORRECT QUOTES [Guilty Gear X Reader Edition Pt.2]

What Dates With Them Would Be Like-Testament

Relationship Headcannons: Millia Rage and Bullet

"You're Beautiful"- Bridget X Reader

Baiken Teaches You How To Fight!

Testament NSFW Headcannons

100 Followers Event: Undercovers, Ramlethal

Stealing Their Hat-Testament x Reader

Elphelt X Dragon Install Gear Reader NSFW

Blazblue

Relationship Headcannons: Millia Rage and Bullet

Tsubaki Yayoi X Reader

Mai Natsume X Reader

Under-Night-In-Birth

Wagner With An Affectionate S/O

Hilda Relationship Headcannons

Yandere Wagner x Reader

Orie X Affectionate Reader

Chie Satonaka & Orie with a reader coming out as Bi

Incorrect Under Night In Birth X Reader Quotes

Skullgirls

Miss Fortune, Black Dahlia, and Eliza x Reader

Street Fighter

Cammy White NSFW-A Nice Hot Shower

Juri Han X Reader

Married Life With Juri Han X Chun-Li

Elena & Menat X Reader Headcannons

Rivals To Lovers With Sakura & Makoto X Reader

Laura & Karin X Reader Dating Headcannons

Elena X Reader Fluff Headcannons

Getting Caught In The Act With Cammy, Elena, & Karin

Death By Snu Snu With Chun-Li And Juri Han X Reader

Tis But A Scratch! - Juri, Cammy, and Ibuki X Reader

Decapre X Reader Incorrect Quotes

Kissing Chun-Li, Juri, and Cammy's Abs

Calling Them Sugar Mommy-Karin Kanzuki & Mitsuru Kirijo X Reader

Resident Evil

Jill Valentine X Reader

Final Fantasy

Tifa Lockart X Dragoon!Reader

Sephiroth X Reader: 100 Followers Event-Bite

Fear And Hunger & Fear And Hunger: Termina

The Freedom Of Choice-Levi X Reader (Platonic)

Marina And Abella Relationship Headcannons

Marina X Reader She Met Post Termina

[eddy25960]

Seated Figure (19th cent.). Francois Xavier Fabre (1766-1837), French. Drawing.

François-Xavier Fabre was a French painter of historical subjects. Born in Montpellier, Fabre was a pupil of Jacques-Louis David, and made his name by winning the Prix de Rome in 1787. During the French Revolution, Fabre went to live in Florence, becoming a member of the Florentine Academy, where he taught painting.