#the purpose of art

[sensationalsegue]

"We are human and we ache for meaning, we ache for a transcendence that reminds us that we are not in isolation, that we are in communion with each other and with the world ... At this moment, I need the novel and film and poetry the most, when it reminds me - hope against hope - that there is also beauty."

Christos Tsiolkas, quoted by Anna Goldsworthy in The Monthly, Dec 24 - Jan 25 Summer Reading Edition.

[beautifulbookishdisaster]

"Art is where what we survive survives."

John Green, The Anthropocene Reviewed (Kaveh Akbar's The Palace)

[dreamy-conceit]

The purpose of art is not the release of a momentary ejection of adrenaline but rather the gradual, lifelong construction of a state of wonder and serenity.

— Glenn Gould

[mr-president]

johto pokemon vs pokemon from new york

bonus: that phenomenon where japanese tourists visit paris and have a breakdown bc of how shit it is

[jerich0two]

A begrudging Happy Valentine's to you all! Stay safe out there, my fellow aromantics ...

[ochiody]

really quick comic based on this post by @fangirling-phoenix

[spiritual-turg]

She's literally SO gorgeous!!!!

OG by Joetastic!!!

[sabertoothwalrus]

don't ask him about that it's private

[druid-for-hire]

[image id: a four-page comic. it is titled "immortality” after the poem by clare harner (more popularly known as “do not stand at my grave and weep”). the first page shows paleontologists digging up fossils at a dig. it reads, “do not stand at my grave and weep. i am not there. i do not sleep.” page two features several prehistoric creatures living in the wild. not featured but notable, each have modern descendants: horses, cetaceans, horsetail plants, and crocodilians. it reads, “i am a thousand winds that blow. i am the diamond glints on snow. i am the sunlight on ripened grain. i am the gentle autumn rain.” the third page shows archaeopteryx in the treetops and the skies, then a modern museum-goer reading the placard on a fossil display. it reads, “when you awaken in the morning’s hush, i am the swift uplifting rush, of quiet birds in circled flight. i am the soft stars that shine at night. do not stand at my grave and cry.” the fourth page shows a chicken in a field. it reads, “i am not there. i did not die” / end id]

a comic i made in about 15 hours for my school’s comic anthology. the theme was “evolution”

[ionomycin]

your last light

[magdaamm]

Here's some Hero's Purpose watercolor doodles.

[paintweaver-art]

- 💚❤️💙 -

This started off as a test because I wanted to figure out how I could paint stormlight and stained glass for another piece for them…

I spent so much time on it by now, it feels like a waste not to post it.

[citrispace]

Let's go together!

[eliounora]

the running sands recall the time when love was lord of all

[fudgecake-charlie]

ten is not a good age to have an identity crisis, can you guys play tag or something instead

[ozumii-fucking-wizard]

Oh, my foolish wizard...lean your weight on me.