#pando polls !!

[pand0monium]

seeing about a theory, please rb for bigger sample size! and if you want in the tags say if you live in a city, the country, suburbs, village, etc

[toa-character-tournament]

ROUND ONE BRACKET A

[f1-birb]

even if charlando seems to lose I NEED THAT AU IN MY LIFE

okay so charlando did not win the poll HOWEVER I have a new thing for them which I am for the moment calling

office building au

but brain is buzzing with it while also percolating the pando thoughts

[worldenough-and-time]

Thank you @spindrifters @kaleidoscopexsighs @sommerregenjuniluft for the tags!

Make a 24-hour poll with the names of your WIPs and then for whichever wins, write one sentence for every vote it gets

I’m just gonna do my WIPS Wolfstar random ideas but I’ll put Pando on their too for my TRC moots

If you are looking for more context, I probably don’t have any for you. I have not written anything for these except TTTB and Pando, BUT I have daydreamed extensively about them while procrastinating writing.

Also I might not have them to write the winner for a few weeks cause I’ll be traveling but maybe I will do a microfic when I’m back stateside 😘

[human-sweater-vest]

an exercise in reasons to exist:

friends who write you love notes and prose, fairy lights, collaborative spotify playlists, promises of shared apartments because rent is too high and wages are too low, over the garden wall watch parties each fall, writing music-both good and objectively bad, memes that make you laugh unexpectedly, moths on windows, dried roses in vases, set lists from concerts, relearning to love reading, seeing people’s comments in google docs of scripts, queer fiction podcasts, leaves changing color, history focused youtube channels, dogs, cats, teaching people how to play games, cribbage, putting stickers on things even though it makes you anxious, photography, playing live photos back months after they’re taken and hearing laughter, indie music, bookstores, chamomile tea, live theatre, the soundtrack to 36 questions- the podcast musical, twitter polls crowning the best shade of pink, the best avatar ship (zukka), the #1 tumblr sexyman, and more, crab rave, candles, decorative sewing scissors, the sparkle emoji, the moon, the sun, discord servers with strange names and even stranger channels, deer, embroidery, lesbians, binders, people who use your pronouns, sharing headphones with friends on busses, going for walks, dandelions, vintage teacups, the trumpet, getting dressed up incredibly fancy to go to the store, discovering a new favorite book, bald eagles, tchotchkes, music boxes, hugs, holding hands, kisses on knuckles, bonking your head against someone like a cat, lavender, having flowers you associate with people, calling fictional middle aged men “babygirl”, internet fandoms, writing meta, tumblr mutuals, fanfic, running jokes, kissing the homies goodnight, blorbos, office hours with your favorite professor, crows, ravens, raven boys (of the raven cycle), literary analysis, conversations at three am about god, ghosts, and the pando tree, the world’s largest organisms: a forest and a fungus, fly agarics poking out of the ground, instagram meme accounts, receiving playlists as gifts, being sent songs because they reminded someone of you, family photo albums, notes in the back of yearbooks, journals, buying journals you’ll never fill because they’re pretty, painting nails on floors, favorite songs, seeing pride flags in public, animated tv shows, poetry, mechanical pencils, meditation, willow trees, one day being able to see fireflies, lists of things that are good and worth staying around for

please add on if you’d like <3

[charleneamini]

BOLIVIAN PAPER DOLLS/COLORING SHEETS

**Due to COVID-19, I am giving these coloring sheets/paper dolls for FREE to download. You can also email me if you want a copy (charleneckels@gmail.com).

BOLIVIAN PAPER DOLL SERIES:Free to download for personal use. ©  

This paper doll represents the department of Santa Cruz

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Santa Cruz de la Sierra is the 14th fastest growing metropolis in the world, and home to more than 3 million people in a country with a population of 11 million. The city of Santa Cruz has become the nation’s economic powerhouse and one of South America’s most successful and sustainable towns.

Santa Cruz Doll

Santa Cruz Color

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The Afro-Bolivian community reside in the Yungas region of Bolivia. “𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐚” and “𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐨” is a term used by people of Bolivian nationality with African roots.⁣ It is apparent in the dances and music what an impact and contribution they have given to Bolivia as a whole.

YUNGAS DOLL

YUNGAS DOLL COLOR

Cochabamba, Bolivia

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Inhabited for over a thousand years, the department of Cochabamba is one of Bolivia’s most understated regions. Cochabamba has beautiful year-round weather, stunning nature reserves, and ancient archaeological sites. It is also known as the gastronomical capital, and heart of Bolivia.

COCHABAMBA DOLL DOWNLOAD

COCHABAMBA COLOR DOLL DOWNLOAD

Chuquisaca, Bolivia

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Chuquisaca is located in the south of Bolivia. The region is rich in culture and history. Sucre (the capital of Chuquisaca) is Bolivias' first capital. Known as the city of four names (Charcas, La Plata, Chuquisaca, and Sucre) in 1991 UNESCO designated it a world heritage site to protect its many pristine and historical significance. ⁣

CHUQUISACA DOLL 

CHUQUISACA DOLL COLOR

Tarija, Bolivia

Tarija lies to the south of Bolivia and borders Argentina and Paraguay. It is known as Bolivias premier grape growing region, with a mediterranean climate, it is the ideal location for wine production. Its got small town charm and a laid-back atmosphere. It is known as “The Capital of Smiles”.

TARIJA DOLL DOWNLOAD

TARIJA DOLL DOWNLOAD COLOR

Pando, Bolivia

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Pando: The most northern part of Bolivia is covered with lush forests, biodiversity, and with abundant flora and fauna that characterize this Amazonian region. It is situated between Peru and Brazil, whose history makes it the youngest department to Bolivia. It was founded officially at the beginning of the 20th century from what was left of the Acre Territory, lost to Brazil as a result of the Acre War (1903). At the end of the Acre war, Bolivia was left with less than 10% of its original territory.

PANDO DOLL DOWNLOAD  

PANDO COLOR DOWNLOAD

Oruro, Bolivia

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Oruro attracts numerous tourists to its “Carnaval de Oruro”, considered one of the great folkloric events in South America for its masked “Diablada”.  In 2001 it was named apart of Bolivias Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.  

ORURO DOLL DOWNLOAD

!NEW! ORURO DOLL COLOR DOWNLOAD

La Paz, Bolivia

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LA PAZ : Situated on the Altiplano at the western border of Bolivia is the department of La Paz, a spectacular area enveloped by a wide variety of landscapes and attractions. Home to the mighty mountains, sub tropical valleys, and ancient architectural sights.

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About the paper doll: La Paz is home to the iconic Cholita. The dress of the Cholita originates centuries ago during the period of Spanish colonization. In an effort to assimilate their new subjects into Spanish culture they required the native inhabitants to dress in peasant attire common to Spain at the time. The natives have since adopted this wardrobe, reclaiming and taking the narrative away from what it once was, they have now made the pollera(skirt) and bowler hat distinctively Andean.

Dance Caporales: I took a poll, and the dance that won for the department of La Paz was Caporales. Caporales were created and presented to the public for the first time in 1969 by the Estrada Pacheco brothers, who were inspired in the character of the 'Caporal' this is the overseer of slaves and was usually mixed race, wore boots and held a whip, a dance that belongs to the region of the Yungas Bolivia. Although Yungas is a part of the La Paz Department and because of their significant contribution I will be adding a Yungas paper doll with the help of @karinanogales @africanbolivianwomen.

Music:Los Kjarkas (Saya Caporal)

LA PAZ DOLL DOWLOAD

!NEW! LA PAZ DOLL COLOR DOWNLOAD

Potosí, Bolivia

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Tucked away in the southwest of Bolivia is the department of Potosí. Regarded for its captivating history, ancient sights, stunning scenery, Potosí’s most sought after attraction is Salar de Uyuni; the largest salt flat in the world.

Music: Waritas De Bolivia

POTOSÍ DOLL DOWNLOAD HERE

Beni, Bolivia

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Beni is located to the northeast of Bolivia, in the tropical lowlands. It borders Brazil and is home to a record-breaking number of animal and plant species. One of the wettest regions in Bolivia, Beni is almost completely covered in pampas and jungle. Along with its stunning flora and fauna, Beni is also a great place to learn about the many indigenous cultures that inhabit the region.

BENI DOLL DOWNLOAD HERE

Download Bilingual Coloring Sheets here:

Saya AfroBoliviana

Tipoy Sheet

Kusillo Sheet

China Supay Sheet

[444names]

hobbies + emotions BUT similar to "bilbo"

Ading Adner Afting Agice Aging Agity Aics Aief Ailisc Aing Airs Alding Aling Allety Alorse Amarts Aming Amming Ammism Amping Ance Ancess Anch Ancing Ancity Andess Anes Aness Aning Anism Ante Aphy Aright Arking Armety Arspe Arts Assing Aston Ation Autere Auton Awell Awing Bacing Badism Baling Ball Bation Beage Beago Beery Bilis Bilt Bing Bingon Birse Bleery Boares Boart Boary Bodef Boort Brosc Buise Calf Canise Card Cary Catill Cating Ching Chvolf Cling Coft Coing Colart Colf Coll Colles Colley Comy Cony Corell Coross Cort Coss Cost Couphy Coute Cred Crent Cress Croarm Croast Croll Cron Crones Crypt Cult Curts Cycley Cycoll Dandow Dang Daning Dant Dard Darity Dart Debary Delar Delint Dell Delt Deng Deon Deping Derner Dery Dess Dight Ding Dingef Dion Disc Discur Dism Disoll Divent Dower Drafti Drappy Ecting Elay Elry Embass Ement Emess Emet Emon Eness Entern Enting Ention Equete Euphy Eury Exaste Exathy Excia Excing Exhi Exhing Fang Fanity Fant Faston Fasult Fate Fation Feepre Fery Feth Fics Fing Fism Fispe Fite Fity Flogy Fooder Fooke Fooker Foom Fort Foss Fruse Gamety Garde Glad Glarts Gler Glest Gling Glity Goll Gong Gonge Grunt Guing Gung Gunspe Gunt Guss Gusy Haph Happy Hation Helass Henes Hent Hines Hiness Hing Hoch Hock Hockey Hority Horts Hoss Humilt Huming Hung Hunt Huntme Hurby Hures Icking Icling Ingo Ining Inling Ireds Ires Irria Ishite Jigern Jight Jogy Joll Jong Joving Jubt Judogy Judowe Jugby Juming Jumpy Karts Kating Kation Kaying King Knes Kning Knity Lading Lard Larm Larmy Larts Latint Layang Leass Lecomy Liall Ling Loarad Loga Logy Loning Louton Loving Lucing Lunsm Lunt Macing Making Maleag Mall Mards Mati Mating Maying Mening Ment Menvy Miling Ming Morong Morts Mount Mouphy Moust Nego Nesion Nespoi Ness Nowing Ophy Ordge Orking Orring Orts Pacing Paing Pando Pash Pating Pering Phing Ping Pingon Plecs Poing Poking Poll Polley Polove Poly Porag Port Ports Poting Potong Pred Predo Pring Puting Ques Quill Raging Rating Reag Realon Redow Reds Rego Reldi Relry Rese Resion Ress Rete Revull Rewing Roarm Roing Rolf Ross Runes Sading Sadis Saing Sancy Saning Saphy Sating Sation Satort Scgo Scoi Scolo Scomy Screst Scubt Scull Scur Sebadi Sent Serige Shelia Shing Shkey Shom Shomy Shoss Siling Sion Skarts Skeer Sket Skety Sking Slity Snes Soaph Sockey Soft Soll Splon Sques Staing Stass Sting Stion Ston Stres String Sult Surfis Surry Suss Swing Swirs Taing Tair Tairry Taless Tall Teriet Thing Thlogy Toning Torice Toring Torts Tourry Trath Treass Trell Tria Trient Tross Unhort Unning Unsilt Unting Untion Uress Urfing Vacars Vating Viness Ving Wating Wation Werapt Whami Whing Woomy Woraft Woring Wormy Wort Worts Wria Wrics Wrism Yogy Zeaser Zemary Zess

[dawnajaynes32]

“Design for Good” Pioneer John Bielenberg

John Bielenberg: Creative Inspiration and Ideas

I first met John Bielenberg, one of the contemporary pioneers of the “design for good” movement at a conference several years ago. I was immediately struck by his presentation on the importance of thinking wrong in order to generate ideas worth building. In this interview, we discuss his work, the Pando tree in Utah, and gravity.

Tell us a bit about yourself.

I think I was meant to be an artist, but I became a designer and then a mentor. Maybe I’ll return to art eventually.

In 1978, I was expelled, actually told to “shape up or ship out”, from the communication design program at Rochester Institute of Technology for rebelling against the prevailing International Style. I finished college with a fine art degree from Binghamton University in New York. In hindsight, that schizophrenic education turned out to shape my design approach and career. The foundation of thinking wrong was established.

After graduation, I drove my Renault LeCar from New York to San Francisco, where I got a job at an ad agency in Palo Alto that had mostly high-tech clients, way before high-tech was cool. Much more like The Office than Mad Men. After a year, I moved to San Francisco and started at a small, naive graphic design studio. By accident I became a partner and later took over. I think of this part of my career like climbing a ladder and I was intensely focused on each rung… graduate college, get a job, do good work, win awards, get my name on the door, make money.  After 10 years, I wasn’t quite at the top but I had climbed high enough to see the top, and I started to question the profession of graphic design. I felt like the majority of my time was spent greasing the cogs of capitalism.

So, in the mid 1990’s I invented a fake corporation called Virtual Telemetrix and produced a series of projects that satirized the role of design in corporate America. We produced 2 annual reports, a catalog of fake products, a corporate video, brand materials and proposed a casino in Las Vegas. The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art acquired a number of those projects and produced an exhibition in 2000.

Also in 2000, I had the opportunity to see the legendary architect Samuel Mockbee speak about his Rural Studio program at CCA where I was on the adjunct faculty. I thought “why isn’t there something like this for other design disciplines?” This led me to start an experimental program called Project M in 2003. The M is in honor of Mockbee who sadly passed away shortly after I met him.

After 10 years of thinking wrong with students at Project M, my business partners and I developed a 6 part thinking wrong methodology and formed a company to help large companies and organizations solve their biggest challenges.

Most recently, I founded the Think Wrong Institute at the University of Kansas to try and imbed this kind of disruptive design thinking into a large academic institution.

  You’ve been a central figure in the Design for Good movement – what inspired you to focus on impact as a designer?

The inspiration goes back to my dissatisfaction with practice of design for capitalism. I needed to shift the focus to something that felt much more meaningful. I also love lighting that same fire in young people starting their careers.

We share a love for workshops. What’s the most interesting idea that’s come out of one of your “Think Wrong” sessions?

That’s hard to say but we recently ran a Think Wrong Blitz with a group of design sophomores at KU where the challenge was to get young people to vote in the next election. One of the ideas, which I thought was brilliant, was a dating app called Swingr. You would answer a series of prompts like “How do you feel about a woman right to choose?” and swipe right or left. The app would then match you up to someone physically appealing but with the opposite views and your first date would be at the voting poll.

Why should we think wrong?

I believe that we live in an unprecedented time in human history. Big challenges like climate change, population growth, species extinction, and technologies like artificial intelligence are looming. Thinking right or business as usual won’t be sufficient to go from the way things are to the way things should be.

What do you like to do when you’re not jumping around the country facilitating workshop sessions?

I’m a big fan of cycling, cross country skiing, and have been a runner since the 1970’s. I also have a couple awesome kids, 2 motorcycles and a van that is converted for road trips with the love of my life. I generally prefer the outdoors to cities but she loves both equally.

What is something you’re working on right now that you’re psyched about?

By far the most important thing I’m working on is helping an organization called Pando Populus that is driving us to shift to a more ecological civilization. It’s named after the largest, and possibly oldest, organism on earth, a 106 acre aspen grove in Utah.

What’s something you wish you knew when you were 20 that you know now?

The status quo is like gravity.

Thanks again, John, for your insights into “design for good”! It’s time for more of us to start thinking wrong.

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[pandoa]

tumblr, my dearest love, why do you continue to taunt me so? the effervescence in the beauty of your dear tumblr polls is a delicacy i wish to obtain, yet you still refuse me of such blessings. i sit and watch as you grace other beautiful users of their polls, and while i do celebrate along with their joyfulness, each new thriving soul is a curse to my own. must you make me stand and watch as the very happiness i can never have be spread among the friends of this site? must we both continue in this tragic cycle of giving and taking? i'm afraid my heart will not take it any longer, tumblr dear.

for your love, for your polls, i am willing to become whatever you wish for. i yearn for you. i dream for you. my mind is filled with continuous thoughts of the possibilities you and i could be together. in this back-and-forth relationship of toxicity, i am completely and utterly under your control.

tumblr, my star, will you bless me as well?