#the blue print

[adimouze]

Lando saying simply lovely, Checo saying fuck them they all wanna be THEM so bad

[ninapisces]

Megan Fox at the 2008 MTV Movie Awards 💖

[random-xpressions]

The Blue Print!

How often do you get troubled with these questions - what's my purpose on earth? Why am I here? What am I supposed to do? What's the greater design? What's my role in this grand play of destinies?

If you're reading further to find out answers here, then I'm sorry, you'll never find those answers written anywhere, neither in any of the ancient manuscripts nor proposed by any of the modern day philosophers or saintly masters. For the simple reason that each individual comes with a blue print that can only be discovered by that particular individual and not anyone else. So if you're seeking to travel the entire lengths and breadths of the earth trying to find answers to the above questions, you'll only encounter failure or possibly taken for a ride by phonies & fake gurus.

However, there's one formula that I personally have adapted and though I may not be able to vouch for it to be the touchstone of success in finding those answers, to some extent this methodology aids me in getting from nowhere to somewhere. So what exactly it is?

Let's begin from the end! You see, people depart from this world in so many different ways. Some die while people literally curse them, thanking that they've left this earth. While some others depart this earth while leaving everyone else weeping for such a sad loss, as though something truly priceless & precious has been snatched away from them, an irreparable loss.

Now that's where we need to really begin our assessment. When YOU wave goodbye from this physical abode - what's the legacy you wish to leave behind? What's the permanent contribution you wish to leave in the pages of history even after decades and centuries? Where do you find your calling in leaving this earth a better place than the one in which you're right now?

Go to the finest of details - do you see yourself in a deathbed relaxing, with enough of monetary inheritance behind for your near ones, waiting eagerly for your demise to squander them once you're gone? Or is your existence more than a cheap goal of wealth accumulation that doesn't add a thing to the betterment of actual quality of life on earth?

You must begin from the end by clearly visualizing how you want to leave this world. Once that is fixed, then trust me, your every single effort right now, knowingly and unknowingly, consciously and subconsciously will be steered to that end.

Now you'll definitely find a large arena missing in between. A wide gap of oceans and deserts from where you are today to where you will eventually reach in the end. That's how it will always be. The blue print doesn't necessarily mean that you'll have the entire road map of your future. It only shows where the finishing line is and the only route to reach there is by guiding your heart to what's most demanding at the moment.

Like beautifully said, just enough light to know where I've to keep my next step. That's all that we need right now. We know our goal and the direction. Now all that we need is just enough light to place our feet. It can't be a manhole. It can't be a ditch. It can't be something sharp and thorny. It has to be a safe place that'll carry us forward and further. That's all that you need - enough insight to see what you need to do next, the most immediate and pressing call as demanded by time and the situation.

And when you start taking one step at a time, following the directives of your heart, you'll eventually be guided to that magnum opus ending which you had earlier visualised as though every atom in this universe is beautifully and amazingly guiding you to reach there.

So coming back to those questions - bother not much about them. Just see how you will wish to bid farewell to earth and to its people and where do you wish to be seen in the pages of this grand history of events.

Begin from the end and act on what's immediate - you'll do good!

Random Xpressions

[mimimar]

the woman who holds the moon

prints available here. my cover for this month's issue of baffling magazine.

[ghw-archive]

Vibrant silk brocade dress, c. 1850. © Philadelphia Museum of Art

[classic-art-favourites]

Senzoku Pond by Hasui Kawase, 1928.

[delicourse]

Snake Year

[blessedscavengers]

nature held me close and seemed to find no fault with me

terfs fuck off

made in 2023

[janasojka]

Blue night stories

[fashionsfromhistory]

Day Dress

c.1855

England

This type of widely protruding skirt that appeared around the middle of the 19th century came to be known later under the name of the "crinoline style." As can be seen with this dress, large design motifs proved immensely effective on these voluminous skirts. The border pattern here is wood-block printed and repeats every 20.6 cm. Compared to small-scale designs, large patterns require a solid technique to avoid misalignment of the print colors. Considering that this mixed fabric of silk and wool is a material hard to print on, this dress with its bright and cheerful colors is a particularly fine example on how much cloth printing techniques had evolved.

The Kyoto Costume Institute

[ninapisces]

halle berry at the 2000 mtv movie awards 💕

[lestrange-or-xuxu]

䰕⠀⠀⠀⎯🎱 .⠀⠀★⠀⠀𝒩ℯ𑜆𝑒𝓻ꭑ𝖎𝓃𝑑⠀⠀⠀♱𝆬⠀⠀̣˓ ꯭ ❫

[nothatsmi]

I don't know what I miss more, having free time to draw or these fellas

The raven cycle!!!!

Oh I love these guys. Everything about these books, I want to draw them soooo much more (I probably will)!!

Guys I'm back-

It has been a nightmare lately this is the only thing I managed to draw in weeks? Finals and uni stuff that's taking all of my time and energy, slowly turning me into a cafeinated slug (worst part is caffeine doesn't even have an effect on me? I only drink coffee for the TASTE can you imagine). Anyway the rush won't be over until end of January but hopefully I'll be able to ignore the stress and draw anyway :)

[rennebright]

Cowgirl by MCBOX「ハコ」 [Twitter/X] ※Illustration shared with permission from the artist. If you like this artwork please support the artist by visiting the source.

[fraycreations]

uhh...he's right behind me, isn't he?

(tried to pull this joke in cosplay with @ingo-ingoing-ingone at ALA as they were handing out missing posters, but nobody really got it dfhsgdhs)

[rittzart]

you can get copies of this riso print for yourself here :^)