#mixed media

[blitzsicedcoffee]

Hey this is great and all for folks who are still willing for information to be up to facts. And to change their mind when presented with something that someone they like that said something is not true. None of this however is working on the people who blindly believe podcasters, who blindly believe YouTubers, who blindly believe the people on their TV like Fox (Faux) News.

They are currently incapable of doing their own research because they just won't do it. They don't want to stop listening to that person that they blindly believe. It's scary but it's true.

My husband's mother is currently incapable of doing her own research. She uses a screen reader on her phone for everything she sees and it's already inaccessible and sometimes inaccurate. She is not going to also do her own research, no matter how much my husband tells her to. She is going to believe whatever she wants to listen to. Because it's easier for her. More accessible to her. Even if it leads into conspiracies that she now believes.

Many will also just simply (not) do their own research out of wanting to confirm their own bias or will just convince themselves that where they got it from is a worthy source. To save themselves the energy.

You might think it's lazy but Americans work 40-60 hours per week. There is no time. Then add kids on top of that. This is how we got so many people voting for that reality fucking TV doofus a second time. Make the election complicated, require people to do their own research and you lose the support of the masses. If you want to inspire people, YOU have to do the research and be the one that tells it to them. And why.

It sucks. We wish everyone did their OWN research. We wish everyone didn't have to be handheld and educated into empathy. But it's reality.

I am becoming aware of the effect a lack of trust in the media has had on people, paired with a dearth of research skills.

[hel7l7]

if I keep going like this I'll lose everything

[ex0skeletal-undead]

The Thing Returns by OjisanDraws

[inutiliacapra]

god wants me to kill myself so i cant keep slaying

[garadinervi]

José María Sicilia, La locura del ver, (etching ink and embroidery on Japanese paper on wood), 2017 [Prats Nogueras Blanchard, Madrid and Barcelona. © José María Sicilia]

[itscolossal]

Celestial Forms Erupt and Tumble in Lauren Fensterstock’s Jewel-Encrusted Sculptures

[roadarchie]

Haven't put out anything because I have a big thing on the way, but for now have this abstract cover I made for an ambient album.

[rhoshilio]

MORE FISH????????????

Gouache and ink on sticky notes and watercolor paper.

[inkyami]

All my art is >80% paper unless stated otherwise. Such a pet peeve but I hate when it’s labeled as digital.

Not a single work of mine has ever been done fully on the screen.

[mystar21]

🎸💜💛💙✨

[cdpdraws]

🎉🎊🎉

[snackpony]

✿ stepping carefully through blossoms ✿

[garadinervi]

José María Sicilia, Raconte-toi, (watercolor, gouache, and embroidery on paper), 2023 [Prats Nogueras Blanchard, Madrid and Barcelona. © José María Sicilia]

[mrkiteart]

"Do you believe in Destiny?"

Arcane 2 is just SO GOOD! My goshhh

[thedinkler]

Mwahaha curly fartwork I did during the power outage

Bonus pictures of raccoons that I feed on my porch

[quiet-imps]

Painted a fox playing with bees on frabric for my mom 💛

I wanted more of the original pattern on the material to show through, but I had too much fun lol. For comparison, I put the painting on top of scraps of the original frabric.