Sadak In Search Of The Waters Of Oblivion (1812) By John Martin, Oil On Canvas

i look in the mirror, i lose my mind a little, i cry on public transport, i walk through a fluorescent supermarket, i have slow and confusing dreams at night. you know how it is

"If I had to define a major depression in a single sentence, I would describe it as a "genetic/neurochemical disorder requiring a strong environmental trigger whose characteristic manifestation is an inability to appreciate sunsets."

Robert M. Sapolsky, Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers

Constantly torn between reading smart things and dumb things

I feel like community is objectively the best show to ever exist

Like even if it wasn’t my favourite I still think it should be considered the best show out there like they just went the extra mile in so many things

First of all humour wise it’s a kind of funny that will always be funny like it’s not reliant on reference humour in the way so many shows nowadays are, and also it’s the little things they do that make it an overall more entertaining experience like its just laced in so effortlessly while still moving the story along because they aren’t trying to hard

Second of cinematically like directing styles and that it’s amazing I don’t know much about filming and that but I feel it’s aesthetically shot and also so clever with the high concept episodes and how they do all of that like I feel the boat scene in beginners pottery is really brilliant and often overlooked like they fitted this really cool shot into what was really an unassuming episode

Thirdly the soundtrack is unparalleled they used music in such a good and clever way like in epidemiology for comedy purposes or to explore characters like Jeff being a hardcore Dave Matthews fan and also Ludwig Göransson composed so many Greta peices that really fitted with the vibe of the show but even individually were amazing

They also had such nuanced and developed relationships that all worked and were realistic and showed the dynamics so well in such a way you understood why they were all friends in such a way that even most other character driven shows don’t do like it showed such a range of different types of relationships and you saw how they all affected each other

Fifth the actual characters were so unique like you know how people say there are like 8 types of sitcom characters well none of the community characters fit into that like really they are so original in a way that hadn’t been done and hasn’t been replicated all of them are separately funny even the background characters like Leonard and Garrett are entertaining and you somehow feel as if you know them even if they haven’t had like loads of screen time and development

The characters all have good arcs it’s unrealistic for all of the characters to not grow at all during a show and yet many tv shows don’t give their characters growth and development in the way community does the ones that most standout to me are Jeff and Troy

It done all of this amazing work on such a small budget like I watched the dvd commentary and they had basically nothing compared to most shows but they did so much with what they did it’s astounding how they managed that

Anyway this was basically just a really long rant about how much I love community but I truly do believe they are unparalleled in what they did like I don’t think it can ever be replicated because overall it is just such an astounding piece of television and I think it should be appreciated more

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Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente

On the subject of Manipur, there is a reference to the state as far back as the Mahabharata.  Chitrangada is a princess of Manipur who marries Arjuna. In most accounts she is a warrior princess, probably from a matrilineal society, who does not accompany Arjuna back to Indraprastha after his years of exile.

Representations of Chitrangada in art: 1. By Pobsant Roockarangsarith (X); 2) Ramendranath Chakravorty’s 1941 woodcut of Chitrangada and Arjuna and 3) Avik Chakraborty’s Royal Ladies of Mahabharata: Chitrangada.

“If you want to awaken all of humanity, then awaken all of yourself. If you want to eliminate the suffering in the world, then eliminate all that is dark and negative in yourself. Truly, the greatest gift you have to give is that of your own self-transformation.”

— Lao Tzu