what is it that they say? a young man asks the sage why there are no longer dragons. the old man says “dragons are the same. something happened to your eyes”
a young man asks the sage why there are no longer dragons. the old man says “they’re long enough.”
the world is running out of glassblowers and yet you want to become a fucking doctor
One of the most jarring moments of my university education was in a physics class when I was given a device that measures gravity and was told “this cost the university sixteen thousand dollars, but the only glass blower in the world who could make the glass springs inside it died so it’s literally irreplaceable. If you drop it those springs will shatter. Go fuck around with it for a day and take some measurements”
In the UK there’s a thing called the endangered crafts list which I highly recommend if you fancy discovering some crafts you never even knew existed. Scientific and optical instrument making is considered ‘critically endangered’ and glassworking (scientific glassware) is just considered endangered, which is for 'crafts with a shrinking market share, an ageing demographic or crafts with a declining number of practitioners.’ There’s some other crafts in that category which are easier to teach yourself or go to classes on that list, like lithography, marbling or block printing on fabric, so it might be worth considering those if you’re looking for something to try.
when i was 18 i used to go to plant parenthood for my testosterone with my mom and the protesters outside would yell at me like i was there helping my mom get an abortion
imagining we both walk in but then my mom leaves alone
“? No” is such a foundational linguistic construction to my psyche. a hieroglyph. it should be a standard emoji
Fountains Cottage, North Yorkshire, England
Okay, enough of “what are the best/worst books you’ve read”, I want to know what your favourite comfort books to reread are. What are the books you turn to and turn to again because they scratch a particular itch and make you feel a particular kind of joy? No justification required, no “I know it’s bad but” or “I know the plot is stupid but”, just the ones that you keep coming back to because they make you happy?
they’re saying spending 2 hours in the word doc changing words slightly to be more specific and evocative and moving endless commas around is one of the most noble and respected things that you can do
food discourse: what’s something you hated eating as a child but enjoy now? conversely, what do you dislike eating or drinking as an adult which you enjoyed as a child
I MISS QUARTZ babygirl the elden ring madness will pass and I WILL come back to you……