#natural scale

[pmamtraveller]

ABBEY IN THE OAKWOOD (c.1809) by CASPAR DAVID FRIEDRICH

ABBEY IN THE OAKWOOD captures the essence of the sublime. It’s not a happy picture. Death dominates the image, the crumbling tombstones, the dark clothes, the barren trees, and the destroyed buildings. Everything is decaying or dead. But all is not lost. The references to death and ruin are self-evident and undeniable, but there are other transcendental references to think about.

The painting shows the ruins of the ABBEY against the winter sunset with the pale moon rising above the horizon. Time is explored on a HUMAN SCALE, on a NATURAL SCALE, and on an ETERNAL SCALE. The ruins of the ruined ABBEY represent the HUMAN SCALE. Architecture is a human endeavor, just as this Gothic ABBEY, time can be mean to humanity’s achievements.

The large window shows that the ABBEY once had a bright stained glass façade; a roof once covered the interior; walls once encircled the parishioners; but now, all of this is in tatters.The ABBEY also symbolizes the various stages of human history; however, the ABBEY IN THE OAKWOOD now symbolizes this mighty age as passed and decaying.

The dark sunset and the cold landscape remind us of nature's daily and seasonal cycle. Every day has a sunset; every year has a winter. The sun goes down and the seasons change like clockwork. The sunset and the winter suggest the NATURAL SCALE which is much larger and longer than our HUMAN SCALE.

The moon is high above both the HUMAN and NATURAL SCALE. And this crescent moon in the painting symbolizes the ETERNAL SCALE. It is time on a universal scale. The phases of the moon started millions of years before the seasons and humans. It is essentially ETERNAL. The moon symbolizes the third and final time scale found in this piece.

ABBEY IN THE OAKWOOD was painted by CASPAR DAVID FRIEDRICH as a medium for the exploration of the human condition. In this painting, the landscape takes on a spiritual dimension and shows us that we are only one moment in a natural and eternal time frame. There are hints of renewal and rebirth.

[spinejackel]

What are dead man walking tornadoes? :O

it’s a multi-vortex tornado. i dont remember the tribe it originates from (i think it was cherokee), but there’s a native american legend…? saying? that goes “if you see a man in a tornado, you are about to die.”

the most infamous shot of a dead man walking tornado hit jarrell, texas in 1997

it did so much damage to the town it caused the scale that tornados are measured by, the fijita scale, undergo revisions, and it made anchoring buildings in the tornado alley region pretty much mandatory. (it took the entire town off the map. only those who had taken shelter outside of the town or in underground bunkers survived.)

two more examples of dead man walking tornadoes looking like a person are a tornado from 2011 that hit cullman, alabama

and a tornado from 1975 that hit xenia, ohio

edit: it has been brought to my attention that the native american “legend” part of this post was a rumor spread by a documentary.

i have been asked to remove it, but i believe in letting my errors stand because i’m not perfect. i make mistakes

[zegalba]

close-ups of butterfly and moth wing scales

[sweeneydino]

The passionate, and reckless, guardian.

He only meets Tomoe once, yet she leaves quite an impression on him.

[drawing-kitty-ckristal]

Oh god ever since i read nyoomerr's ficlet about OctoBinghe it's been stuck in my mind and i just had to draw it!

Nyoomerr's post

[krilliondollars]

Happy Halloween (this is horrifically messy because I made the decision to draw 14 characters. under a strict time limit 👎)

[alteredstatesstuff]

[thunderous-aesthetics]

A Dungeon Meshi Falin Touden stimboard.

Sources:

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[yellydany]

Quetzal Dragon an oldie design I like a bunch 🐉🦜

[mollysunder]

I see Arcane's marketing is thrusting a lot of blue on Jinx's persona, which is fine, but also a misdirection! I argue that the use of blue on Jinx represents THE IDEA that others have of Jinx rather than representing who Jinx really is. Jinx's true color, the one she paints over those closest to her, the one that represents her is PINK. Jinx is pink!

When we see Jinx in pieces either in or out of show where blue is the predominant color in the palette it's signaling to us the audience that this the Jinx that is perceived by the world around her, which includes Piltover AND Zaun. In this essay I will---

[chickenoptyrx]

....I just wanted to draw gators :T at this point these 2 are more 'a representation of my last 2 brain cells' then they are actual characters 😅

[goldensunset]

joining the war on autism on the side of the autism etc etc

[pratchettquotes]

People were strange like that. Steal five dollars and you were a petty thief. Steal thousands of dollars and you were either a government or a hero.

Terry Pratchett, Going Postal

[austim]

Bulbasaur Evolutionary Line Stimboard Requested by an anonymous donor (thank you!!)

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🍉[Stimboards for Palestine]🍉

[perplexingly]

one thing I wish was different in BG3 is for the stakes to be lower at least for companion quests -- I guess I can understand the appeal of having god-like powers or an atomic bomb in your chest or whatnot but the higher the scale the less interested I become 😞

[uncanny-tranny]

The obsession with "natural = good" isn't truly rooted in what is "natural" but is rooted in complex politics based on what is deemed "natural" by others - those in power. The whole "natural is pure, is right, is morally just" has not historically applied to the marginalized because of our supposed proximity to the "unnatural." Our bodies, our behaviour, our lives and souls will continuously be defined as "unnatural" so long as "natural" remains seen as pure and godly, so long as "natural" is equal to power.