New Dark Ink Pen Illustrations Depict Animals And Nature In Magical Lore
Italy-based illustrator Alfred Basha draws small black ink pen scenes that narrate scenes of animals and nature as a magical entity. His poetic illustrations are brought to life with the expert use of the humble ink pen. He uses the crude tool to draw enchanting scenes which depict delicate branches forming the silhouette of animals, plants growing from the anatomy of foxes and deer, and landscapes encased within wild beasts.
So basically this is the pettiest argument in art that I have ever seen and I love it.
So, Anish Kapoor is a famous artist who got the rights to use Vantablack. The blackest black in the whole world. And he’s the only one who can use it. He refuses to share the rights and flaunts it off.
So, artist Stuart Semple from the UK forbade Kapoor from using the world’s pinkest pink (just named Pink) which he created, in retaliation to Kapoor getting sole rights to the Vantablack. It got to the point where Semple’s website made you actually confirm that you are not Anish Kapoor when buying the pigment for the pink paint.
Eventually, Kapoor posts a picture on his Instagram of his middle finger covered in the bright pink pigment with the little pot of Pink next to his hand. Semple got pissed the hell off. Now, Kapoor is banned from using the world’s glitteriest glitter as well by Semple,
Sometime later, Stuart Semple posted a video of his fingers in a peace sign covered in Vantablack. He somehow got his hands on it. Also, due to recent perfection by Semple out of spite for Kapoor, he perfected the pigments for the world’s yellowest yellow and the world’s greenest green, both of which are- you guessed it- forbidden to be bought and used by Anish Kapoor.
This artist feud has no end in sight and is so petty. I live for it.
By copyrighting his property as an artwork, he has prevented oil companies from drilling on it.
Peter Von Tiesenhausen has developed artworks all over his property in northern Alberta. There’s a boat woven from sticks that is gradually being reclaimed by the land; there is a fence that he adds to each year of his life, and there are many “watching” trees, with eyes scored into their bark.
Oil interests pester him continually about drilling on his land. His repeated rebuffing of their advances lead them to move toward arbitration. They made it very clear that he only owned the top 6 inches of soil, and they had rights to anything underneath. He then, off the top of his head, threatened them that he would sue damages if they disturbed his 6 inches, for the entire property is an artwork. Any disturbance would compromise the work, and he would sue.
Immediately after that meeting, he called a lawyer (who is also an art collector) and asked if his intuitive threat would actually hold legally. The lawyer visited, saw the scope of the work on the property, and wrote a document protecting the artwork.
The oil companies have kept their distance ever since.
This is but one example of Peter’s ability to negotiate quickly on his feet, and to find solutions that defy expectations.
I feel like this is really important.
“You only own the top six inches.” I own every inch from dust to Hell’s breath. Fight me.
Sometimes when I hear other people talking about feminism I can’t help but think that they’ve got it all wrong. Feminism is about equality, that’s true, that’s what we can all agree on. If people still think, feminists want women to have power over men, for them to be the superior gender, then they haven’t understood the concept and idea behind feminism. It is about equality and balance. Women and men should be treated equally, no gender should be above the other.
Now that’s not what I want to talk about. There are many feminists, especially the ones working on movies that just put a false idea into people’s heads that is so completely the opposite of what feminism should actually be about. Let’s talk about this basic “feminist” statement:
She’s the man
What does this statement tell you?
It is seen as something positive and admirable. The woman who acts like a man, she’s someone worthy of respect and admiration. The only way a woman can truly earn respect and power is, well, when she is not a woman. When she is a man. That is not feminism. That is pure sexism. This statement claims that “feminine” traits have no worth and value. They are useless and should be erased from humanity. Traditional feminine traits are for example sensitivity, empathy and kindness. But these traits are not appreciated by society, sensitive people are seen as weak and whiny and are not taken seriously. But they fail to realise that humanity only survived because we were willing to understand and sympathise with each other. So because women are generally more sensitive, they try to repress these qualities about them because the one’s with the most influence and power (who are most often men) tell us these characteristics are worthless. That forces women to fight every single “feminine” trait they possess and focus on their “masculine” traits since these are admirable and respected. But does that make women equal to men? When they act like men, when they adapt to men’s standards and internalize that misogynistic thinking? How often have I heard “strong” women talking so poorly about women who are in tune with their femininity, who are nurturing and like needle work and the colour pink. Do these women think they are better? Why? Because they act like men? Because they have internalized the patriarchy we are (still to this day!) living in? How often do I see actresses talking so proudly about the “strong” female characters they’re playing, the ones that basically just kick ass and kill people and have no emotional depth. They are proud because society put that idea into our head that those traits, the ones that make us offensive, egocentric and ruthless, are desirable.
You know what feminism is about? It’s not about “Women can be as strong as Men” but “Women are as strong as Men because they are Women” because feminine traits are as important and useful and valuable as masculine traits. And that is what we should achieve. That society finally realises the importance and value of femininity and appreciates these traits in all of us, women and men. That’s real equality and balance. If we balance the core, the heart of the problem. And that is the lack of appreciation for femininity. We have to start showing the beautiful, valuable and desirable sides of femininity, not just its flaws. And then we can say yes, men and women are truly equal because the traits in women, that were the real cause for inequality, are finally acknowledged and appreciated. I will wait till the day comes when a female character is seen as strong and valuable because she is understanding and sensitive and empathetic and in tune with her feminine side. That will be the day where the feminine and the masculine on the scales are on the same level, where equality is created.
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