That Is Such A Good Idea! I Like It!

Let's treat everyone equally.

I swear to god, Hillywood gets me every time. I’ve been screaming about Jensen and Jared for an hour!!

IF YOU DON’T FEEL BLESSED BY THESE PICTURES THEN PLEASE UNFOLLOW ME

So somebody on my Facebook posted this. And I’ve seen sooooo many memes like it. Images of a canvas with nothing but a slash cut into it, or a giant blurry square of color, or a black circle on a white canvas. There are always hundreds of comments about how anyone could do that and it isn’t really art, or stories of the time someone dropped a glove on the floor of a museum and people started discussing the meaning of the piece, assuming it was an abstract found-objects type of sculpture.

The painting on the left is a bay or lake or harbor with mountains in the background and some people going about their day in the foreground. It’s very pretty and it is skillfully painted. It’s a nice piece of art. It’s also just a landscape. I don’t recognize a signature style, the subject matter is far too common to narrow it down. I have no idea who painted that image.

The painting on the right I recognized immediately. When I was studying abstraction and non-representational art, I didn’t study this painter in depth, but I remember the day we learned about him and specifically about this series of paintings. His name was Ad Reinhart, and this is one painting from a series he called the ultimate paintings. (Not ultimate as in the best, but ultimate as in last.)

The day that my art history teacher showed us Ad Reinhart’s paintings, one guy in the class scoffed and made a comment that it was a scam, that Reinhart had slapped some black paint on the canvas and pretentious people who wanted to look smart gave him money for it. My teacher shut him down immediately. She told him that this is not a canvas that someone just painted black. It isn’t easy to tell from this photo, but there are groups of color, usually squares of very very very dark blue or red or green or brown. They are so dark that, if you saw them on their own, you would call each of them black. But when they are side by side their differences are apparent. Initially you stare at the piece thinking that THAT corner of the canvas is TRUE black. Then you begin to wonder if it is a deep green that only appears black because the area next to it is a deep, deep red. Or perhaps the “blue” is the true black and that red is actually brown. Or perhaps the blue is violet and the color next to it is the true black. The piece challenges the viewer’s perception. By the time you move on to the next painting, you’re left to wonder if maybe there have been other instances in which you believe something to be true but your perception is warped by some outside factor. And then you wonder if ANY of the colors were truly black. How can anything be cut and dry, black and white, when even black itself isn’t as absolute as you thought it was?

People need to understand that not all art is about portraying a realistic image, and that technical skills (like the ability to paint a scene that looks as though it may have been photographed) are not the only kind of artistic skills. Some art is meant to be pretty or look like something. Other art is meant to carry a message or an idea, to provoke thought.

Reinhart’s art is utterly genius.

“But anyone could have done that! It doesn’t take any special skill! I could have done that!”

Ok. Maybe you could have. But you didn’t.

Give abstract art some respect. It’s more important than you realize.

Marvel Studios SDCC Announcements

BLACK WIDOW - May 1, 2020 

Scarlett Johansson, David Harbour, Florence Pugh, O-T Fagbenle, and Rachel Weisz. Directed by Cate Shortland.

THE FALCON & THE WINTER SOLDIER - Fall 2020

An original series with Anthony Mackie, Sebastian Stan and Daniel Brühl.

ETERNALS - November 6, 2020 

Angelina Jolie, Richard Madden, Kumail Nanjiani, Lauren Ridloff, Brian Tyree Henry, Salma Hayek, Lia McHugh and Don Lee. Directed by Chloé Zhao.

SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS - February 12, 2021 

Simu Liu, Awkwafina, and Tony Leung, directed by Destin Daniel Cretton.

WANDAVISION - Spring 2021 

An original series with Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany and Teyonah Parris.

LOKI - Spring 2021 

An original series with Tom Hiddleston.

DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS - May 7, 2021 

Benedict Cumberbatch and Elizabeth Olsen. Scott Derrickson returns as director. This will be the MCU’s first scary movie!

WHAT IF…? - Summer 2021 

The first animated series in the MCU, with Jeffrey Wright as the voice of The Watcher and many actors from across the MCU reprising their roles as voice talent.

HAWKEYE - Fall 2021 

An original series that will also introduce Kate Bishop.

THOR: LOVE & THUNDER - November 5, 2021 

Chris Hemsworth, Tessa Thompson and Natalie Portman. Taika Waititi returns as director.

BLADE - TBA

Mahershala Ali will be Blade.

ALSO CONFIRMED: 

Captain Marvel 2, Black Panther 2, Guardians of the Galaxy 3, Fantastic Four and Mutants in development!

**the entire fandom dies inside**

the current situation of the marvel fandom and russo brothers about infinity war:

Me peacing out to one of the alternate timelines where everyone is alive and happy

Some witchy tips .°•☆`

🦇 Blue crystals encourage communication and deepen bonds. Sodalite is particularly good for this.

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🦇 Placing a bamboo plant in your house is said to help your relationship to stand the test of time. It encourages grace throughout change.

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🦇 Try burying a moonstone crystal in soil to help balance your work and home life more efficiently. It helps to ensure that work related issues are left at the office.

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🦇 Scattering basil leaves or having a basil plant at your workplace attracts money and success.

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🦇 Having pictures of rabbits somewhere in your room is said to bring peace and harmony, dissolve any tension and prevent an argument.

~ Vivian 🌙

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Credits to the original photographer

The Complete Beginner’s Guide to Supernatural:

1.  This is Dean.  

He hunts monsters.

He’s completely straight. 

And always extremely manly.

And also very dominant. 

2.  This is Sam.

He’s Dean’s brother/monster hunting partner.  They’re both very mature together.

He’s completely normal.  Never soulless or possessed or anything.

No emotional scarring or psychological trauma going on here.  Nope.

3.  This is Castiel.  

He’s an angel of the lord. 

As such, he’s obviously very intimidating.  

Very mighty.  

All fear this terrifying, fell creature. 

4.  There is absolutely no homoerotic sexual tension in Supernatural. 

5.  Its villains are mostly demons and other unholy creatures, so of course, no one likes them.

Except for this guy.  Everyone LOVES him.  

6.  Its fans are very calm, sane, rational people who are completely accepting of opinions that differ from their own. 

7.  And of course, you will absolutely be able to maintain your sanity after watching it!

You will NOT be plunged into an existential depression over the well-being of fictional characters. 

And when you’ve run out of episodes to watch, you’ll totally be able to return to reality, no questions asked!