#ocean of sound

[ballardianmotion]

Ocean of Sound: Ambient sound and radical listening in the age of communication

David Toop

[coco6420]

PLEASEEEE you cannot convince me that Poseidon going "in all my years of living, it isn't very often that i get pissed off" isnt the same thing as your elementary teacher going "in my 20 years of teaching, i have never had a less well behaved class".

[illneverbeapassenger]

Pressure ridges, McMurdo Sound, Antarctica.

October 2024.

[famousfishathletecookie]

Шум океана…

[canisalbus]

Sobbing over Machete, who can only be seen smiling in one part of the growing up compilation, as a wee little lad.

Sobbing over the face that he was a toddler in that part, a child who had yet to be separated from his family or know the abuse of his "teacher," who only knew the joys of cute snails and holding his favorite pet chicken.

It seems like all of his issues were compounded after his family left him :(

It is what it is. Considering the cards he was dealt, he managed to play his hand pretty well, I think. I've been mulling over this a bit lately, and I'd go as far as to say that in the eyes of his contemporaries, his childhood probably wouldn't even have been unusually unhappy or unfortunate. By most metrics he was a wildly successful individual.

Historically speaking, child abandonment has been more widespread than a modern day person might initially think.

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I'd also like to believe that his parents meant well and the decision to give him up wasn't an easy one. They were going through an impossibly tight squeeze of financial and emotional hardship, and Machete, the youngest child, was constantly sick with mystery illnesses they didn't know how to deal with (anemia + weakened immunity system being the main cause for most of them). Rather than having the entire family suffer and starve, they arranged to have him be left at a monastery, hoping to give him a fighting chance to survive.

If there's a silver lining to it, it was a immense stroke of luck he ended up somewhere where he was looked after (monks were known to have better understanding and access to medicine than commoners). Moreover, he was also taught to read, a rare and priced skill at the time, which ultimately enabled him to claw his way into the upper echelons of the society. Not only did he survive, he prevailed against all odds.

Machete himself probably has mixed feelings about his childhood. He doesn't like to think about it, and (like most people) doesn't realize or admit the extent it affected him. His parents only exist on some conceptual, untouchable level to him, and I don't think he has any desire to try to find out who they were and if they're still alive. He might harbor some repressed, aimless and faceless resentment for them for deciding to wash their hands of him for a reason for another. Maybe it's the root of his inferiority complex and persistent sense of inadequacy, knowing there must've been something wrong with him for that to happen. But then again, it's hard to truly miss something or someone you don't have a personal connection to, or any memories about. In the end, he wasn't worth their time then and they're not worth his time now.

He can recall some of his time in the monastery and it was mostly a pleasantly uneventful existence, filled with strict but soothing routines and a sense of community. His mentor (father-figure, whether he likes it or not) was a cold and brutish man who disciplined him harshly. His relationship with him is tense and inflamed, but he realizes he wouldn't have gotten as far as he did without his tutelage, connections and patronage. If he hadn't sponsored his studies in Venice, he would've never crossed paths with Vasco either.

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Thanks @MBARI for the deep sea footage.

[crystallizsch]

okay hi so listen hear me out

sea snake is a bit too obvious (and too boring)

so i made him based on some kind of lionfish??? (bc something something venomous marine animal) also with a LOT of creative liberties i made with how the fish looks like

let’s also give his fins some rips and tears here and there bc what are the implications of that??? that’s for you 🫵 to decide

anyways chat i lowkey dont know what i was doing

i had no other thoughts but haha funny snake man i turn into fish

[life-on-our-planet]

Southern resident orcas, also known as the southern resident killer whales (SRKW), are an exclusively fish-eating ecotype of orcas that live in and around the Salish Sea. They differ genetically from transient orcas as well as having different dialects and diets. © Rachel Haight - Orca Network

[the-golden-vanity]

The sloop Providence, seen from the deck of the schooner Pride of Baltimore II, 10/22/2023.

Shipmates, I've just been accepted to join the crew of the Providence!

[unofficial-sean]

Jellyfish of Puget Sound

[intramoon]

She started drifting too far from how I imagined her, so I'm fixing it. Some unedited screenshots of Amelia's skin blend wip ~60% finished + tattoo wip + few face tweaks + return of her curlyish hair. ♡

[ofqueensandwitches]

Hilarious how both Hwang Inyoup and Byeon Wooseok still play high schoolers in their thirties.

Meanwhile Kwak Dongyeon and Bae Inhyuk have played grownups well in their thirties since they were only twenty.

[soundsofpleasure]

by ocean-sans-serif

I was supposed to be working, but decided to take a break and touch myself a little. I've been incredibly horny since I woke up and I've been edging until I couldn't hold on anymore. I ended up coming all over the floor in front of my desk.

[jackalopescruff]

no babe the 2 hour jungle playlist is staying on during sex

[snowangelsoul]

Music of Waves

By @snowangelsoul

[notedchampagne]

work sacrifice