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havinganormalone · 1 year
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Wood Engraving Wednesday
SARAH VAN NIEKERK
English artist Sarah Van Niekerk (1934 - 2018) was an award-winning Illustrator and wood engraver, a member of the Society of Wood Engravers (SWE), and the Society's chair, 1995-1998. This print, Rams, was printed from the original block in 2020 Vision: Nineteen Wood Engravers, One Collector, and the Artists Who Inspired Them, printed in 2020 by Patrick Randle’s Nomad Letterpress at the Whittington Press in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, in an edition of 340 copies for the 100th anniversary of the Society of Wood Engravers. Unfortunately, Van Niekerk died during the planning of the book and her daughter Jess wrote the text for mother's entry and helped select the block to be printed.
Sarah Van Niekerk attended the Central School of Arts and Crafts (1951-1954) where she studied with wood engraver and sculptor Gertrude Hermes who greatly influenced her work. She continued her education at the Slade School (1955-1956) and much later taught wood engraving at the Royal Academy of Art (1976-1986) and the City and Guilds Art School (1979-1998), and for many years was a tutor at West Dean College. Besides being a member of SWE, she was also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers and a Royal West of England Academician.
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changing-my-username · 4 months
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Imagine when they start teaching about Covid in history in school.
"Hey dad, what happened during the Coronavirus pandemic?"
"I can't remember, son. I don't have 2020 vision."
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stoovrs · 3 months
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artist girl from 2020 visionary. still very fond of this design :)
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mighty-meerkat · 2 months
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Currently in UK politics, the guy from the 'I don't have 2020 vision' meme just wasted our government on our most watched current affairs show
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siffalyss · 9 months
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I found myself lost the the abyss, then I opened my eyes then I could see
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dreamanduality · 1 year
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Astrology heading into 2025/6, post 2020…
Change doesn't have a light switch, but if it did it would be when the air signs come together. Part of this does include Neptune moving into Aries, fire, and air can be an explosive combo.
All of my astrological musings of transitional delineations of the past several years have been on the premise of what we are seeing now into a 2025 shift. A visible, mundane transition.
Before we begin, I want to share something that I have kept around for quite a while. It was printed in an issue of Adbuster at the very beginning of the Occupy Movement, by Darren Fleet the editor and chief. Jupiter will be meeting up with Uranus in the second half of 2023—their last conjunction was 13 years ago, during the Occupy Movement.
Your mom tells you a story before you go to bed and you believe it
She tells you that you can be anything you want when you grow up. She says that you are a unique and valuable individual and that you are to never forget it. She says that you are very lucky and the world is your oyster. And she is right. You live in an exceptional time. You will travel greater distances in a single day than most people only a century ago traveled their entire lives. You will have food choices that English kings and Ottoman princes couldn’t have imagined. You will casually flood your system to the point of illness with sugar, once the currency of the world and the prize of empires. You will live longer than any generations before. Your wardrobe will contain cloth from what was once beyond the reach of the greatest civilizations. Broken bones won't render you a cripple. If you were born a girl you can become a boy. If you were born a boy you can become a girl. You can break Tradition without death. You can upgrade your biology and change your organs. You can assume any identity you wish. Her words comfort you into a wonderful sleep. She is careful not to explain that this oyster isn't for all children of the world or that such good fortune is making the Earth sick. 
That would ruin the story.
Broaching in January 2020 the fractures in the imperialist structure was noticeable to many for the first time. This is when Saturn met up with Pluto in Capricorn, by March co-present with Jupiter, Mars, & the South Node (Mars having a notable recognition in Aspects to Saturn & Uranus) articulating the dismantling of unstable systems.
The fact is that we are still dealing with c-19 while our global social systems are not there to support us. Most no longer masking and convinced by the media portrayal that we must go back to normal—that capitalism doesn't have an expiration date because you can be a Corp King too. Just 3 years ago the world became accessible for a time and we looked to disabled folks for how to survive—now having pushed this community back into the shadows, but it won't be soon forgotten.
We witnessed changes in communication/how social media can radicalize the thought of a Generation (majorly Pluto in Virgo & Libra) and a new breed of propaganda through the lens of Rahu & Ketu in Gemini & Sagittarius. Stirring the pot of fear-mongering in online spaces, coupled with Neptune holding space for spiritual escapism.
Something that I find absolutely fascinating is how one planet will manifest something only for another to come in and say “excuse me?!” And when the issuer makes it back around, hahaha…
With the Outer Slow Bois, I find the movements and influence they had when they were unseen clever, as they are out of bodily sight, holding their own tone—in themes…that the other planets have personal influence to and in.
It’s uncommon for the transpersonal planets to all move into new signs so close together—which issues an un-potting effect. If you keep house plants then you know sometimes the plant has to be removed from the pot to check the health of the roots because it's not growing right, and in this case, there is root rot. Globally there are places that are on the mend and will heal faster than others economically, some taking longer based on History and Astrological impact.
Pluto in Aquarius
Pluto will visit Aquarius come the end of March (23rd) 2023, for about 3 weeks, and then in the classic planetary process when a planet wants to check the scenery, heading back to Capricorn to clean up before moving out.
I have been holding off on writing about Pluto in Aquarius. We have seen a lot of talk on Pluto returns these last years, correlations to historical milestones of modern empires falling et al…and whereas I love talking about economic theory vs universal ethics, many folks seem to forget that its a theory or they presume that it must be political—just because something can be doesn't mean that it also can't be other things.
Pluto is small but mighty. Transformation and reclamation take time, as well as manipulation.
Pluto takes small things, even the microscopic, and makes them noticeable.
Because of Pop psychology, I think that folks automatically beeline to this ideal of manipulation, so let's take a moment to frame this out: Manipulus, means “handful” leading meaning to hold a skillful manner—we manipulate a pencil when using it. Manipulation is not consensual, but do Planets ever ask for consent? Manipulation can be artful, but it can also be insidious. When we try to project human emotions onto a planet, everything should be deemed unfair.
In order to be mighty empowerment is needed, and in order to manipulate there must be distortion. The mode itself is magnetic destruction with a positive and negative force to transform, incites evolution, and generalized regeneration.
While Pluto has been in Capricorn we have seen a heightened theme in deconstructing systems and thought in the way of Tradition—which leads me to assume that the Blackstone Group has an astrologer and knew that investing in Ancestry was an excellent move for them—with other events on the historical horizon.
With Pluto things are forever changed, and not a cycle we get to repeat or witness in our lived experiences, further emphasizing that this is social and cultural in astrological delineation. With our assimilated and forgotten histories, there is no lived experience or accurate depictions to bring to the table.
Through the framework of Aquarius, we see Society itself, since Capricorn is Social Structure and Aquarius asks what is beyond that garden wall in a humanistic tone. It’s the role of the Mad Scientist, the Radical Visionary, still ruled by Saturn but having the desire to innovate the wheel. So of course it is safe to say that we may see reinvention in technology as we know it—possibly even in the line of Back to the Future II, jk, well we could hope.
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…though probably not because Aquarius is about reformation and community effort. There of course will be further power struggles and amplified progressiveness waving through commonality. The uptick of Greenwashing and Green or soft propaganda is something I am very curious about, though I don’t attribute this to Pluto particularly. It will reach a higher recognition in this era. We are already seeing the redefining of intellectual property and cryptocurrency ‘rights’ and this will continue. There will be a resurgence of peer-to-peer information, remember lime wire or Napster?
There is no objectivity in the land of Aquarius, and the “Age” of it sang by the cosplaying Pluto in Leo's generation can't be further from the truth.
Since, I have been writing on Frankenstein (the upcoming Saturn in Pisces transit), the passing of St Albertas Magnus in 1280—he inspired Mary Shelley who was born with Pluto in Aquarius, having reported that he built an android & discovered the philosophers stone. According to his followers, his body did not deteriorate.
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I suppose it is time for a reminder that everything is always a reaction to something.
Back on point, shall we? Aquarian energy is about equitable change…or at least the attempt at such. With Saturn leaving and Pluto stepping in it’s like we have long work ahead—but it's the work’—(Im thinking in the context of the 7 generation teaching)
Notable points in History: The undercurrent of trends is interesting. Unfortunately, the way that we write about these histories is through a very particular perspective and depending on where you are in the world this will look different… but revolution & imperialism are a common theme throughout this entire post:
The Iceni Revolt (also mentioned below), the Edict of Milan & the Council of Nicaea confirmed the orthodox Christian doctrine throwing out a bunch of stuff, the start of the Carolingian renaissance, the astrolabe gained recognition and use, the moveable print was invented in China, permanency of the catholic & eastern orthodox churches, block printing, the invention of eyeglasses, codification of English common law and Britain parliament gained the ‘right’ of taxation, the imperial measuring system, Henry VIII was able to marry Anne Boleyn (this DUDE is all over the place), Protestant Reformation, The Inquisition was established, the heliocentric theory, Machiavelli’s The Prince, Nostradamus’s predictions where worked on, the transatlantic slave trade began, Spain invaded the Incan’s destroying everything.
Margin Notes: The ‘crisis’ of the 17th century was influenced by the secession from Pluto in Libra but really noted itself in The Affair of Postcards—We must keep burning the nonbelievers, you see. Aiming for the first colonies of “religious freedom”. Napoleon was elected the Capt. of the French Army, The Observer was first published in 1791, and the dawn of the Scientific Revolution brought about nothing ever being or looking the same again.
In the Age of Enlightenment (Uranus in Gemini, mentioned below), Cathrine the Great had settled into her throne encouraging these ideals. The US Constitution and Bill of Rights, the French Revolution, the Cult of Reason, complexity, and embellishment in art and music loosened.
Knowledge of Self will be required to proceed as the issues continue to surface; we will need this, Pluto is like a magnet pulling out the unseen. The thoughts of future generations are already a part of our dialogue, in order to make this happen we need to build community. In the wave of technology, this will continue to advance, keep in mind time waits for no one. And the last thing we should be doing? It continues fighting over resources.
Simply, in the ways of borders and technology by the end of Pluto in Aquarius the world will be unrecognizable.
Neptune in Aries
Our sneak peek of this motion will be in Mar 2025 for 5 months, with the ushering of passage on Jan 26, 2026.
Mmm, coming out of Pisces, I have talked a lot about this over the years because of the Modern Magical Movement in correlation to the Victorian Spiritual Movement. There were also so many things that were birthed, appropriated, and dissolved in this time—but need not forget the motions further back. Being discovered during this time, ironically so, but something curious is the homogenous keywords of Pisces & Neptune.
The induction of escapism is apparent, with the motion picture being invented…and street lights opening the night—to dissolve the dark. Those are rightly ruled by Neptune along with water itself and the sign drawing the boundaries. Setting aside the idealistic notions that root themselves in religion is something I suppose should be done—but what do I know? In turn, the distillation toward redemption can get out of hand creating paranoia and psychosis. Something that can be brought through impossible hyper-idealism is seeing what might land—hoping it could.
Neptune in Pisces brought animistic fog over a placid lake or the mist in the forest that makes you high in fantastical tales—to be consumed by the kind folk or the forest itself. In Aries, it will be more confined or rather condensed in the disorientation & Dissolve of structural facilities.
The land of hope where you don’t see any danger or you might be escaping to not see it. We add spiritual attributions to this space. You know that episode of The Magicians, about the Lunatic’s that live on the Moon—I actually kept thinking to myself…might that be more Neptunian in Nature? And really, breaking the Moon is Neptune in Aries getting carried away, hahaha…
Adding the Role of headstrong, impulsive Aries to the Time Warping Celestial Body creates something juxtaposed with assumption.
Neptune’s purpose is confusion and I’m confusing myself while writing this. Forgetting my train of thought and having to grab for straws. Will we talk ourselves into an idealistic war, forgetting the lines being drawn or the outcomes of charging into uncertainty? We probably won't wake up from the lasting effects of this Piscean dream until years into Aries. Aries is the Pioneer over the Discoverer (since nothing is really discovered but found) willing to fight for Independence in a sense but this is through the individualist’s lens. Some say for fairness and fervid, but fairness is subjective because fair for whom? Impulsivity can be violent.
On the best of days, Aries is Guts from Berserk:
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We have seen the dissolution of many things that were not suited for basic human rights through this discourse. We clutch to Utopian Idealism in truth, but even in the coining of such there was an undercurrent, so what must be considered when throwing this term around loosely (I do it too)—do words not have Nativities? In Utopia, slavery is required and atheism is not tolerated, so… From this, there was deconstruction and adaptations were made by Marx in Das Kapital published in 1867. Critical thinking requires us to look at the arcs of such things that we pronounce loosely. We would never consider Utopia, Utopian today—and this is idealistic deconstruction in action.
So could we premise this in a fantastical connection? If Neptune in Pisces is the Movie theatre, being enveloped in a story not your own, then Neptune in Aries is after the credits when you walk out into the blinding light of reality. Depending on the movie that alone takes a certain level of courage. Or after a night out when the hangover or comedown sets in Neptune in Aries is what you stack to cope with the night before—things that help your head or things that make you fast. One to make you Smaller and one to make you Larger, my dear. It's the action of bringing utilitarianism to Pioneer throughout the day.
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Alice in Wonderland was published in 1865, 4 years into Neptune in Aries…noting it takes a while to wake up and share the dream.
One major, mundane consideration is the water crisis—I think this is where we will see aggressive fronts (not that we haven't already, iykyk). Unfortunately, this is one of the things that we must choose sides on. Support water protectors, water is life. Speaking of water and crisis…the Mars Rulership taking action particularly over bodies of water…like fast-moving rivers, or drawing boundaries or drawing borders with such. In this case for a large-scale conflict to begin or end specifically there are additional attributes needed.
Notable points in History; Neptune in Pisces historically has coincided with war some of which happen to include Pluto in Aquarius & Uranus in Gemini and some that do not:
The Peloponnesian War, Democritus’s atomic theory was developed, Iceni revolt against the Romans, the Jewish uprising in Palestine, Christianity spreading followed by 320ish years later (both Neptune in Aries) becoming the imperial religion of Rome, the destruction of Sarapeum, THE CRUSADES, Genghis Khan began the conquest of Eurasia, the Hundred Years War, the Catholic Church divided, the Bible was translated to English, the Peasant Revolt, I already mentioned Utopia but this coincides with Henry VIII and him deciding from the hand of Anne Boleyn that it was his divine place to be closer to god than the pope and the Roman Inquisition was established, finally the Civil War, Homestead Act, Civil Rights Act, Abolition, the KKK was formed, the Swiss Red Cross.
Plainly dynamite was invented, along with antiseptic which you know already existed…but the Medicine of Neptune in Pisces was ‘cool’ right?
Neptune in Aries brought the dream of color to photographs and the impressionist movement.
You know I really hate modern history—well, what I consider modern. It puts my head in a tale spin of, “have humans always been this horrible to one other?”…sure there are beautiful things like love but monolithic points in our modern historical doctrines only use love as a mask to hide greed.
The thoughts and dreams of Neptune in Pisces find action in Neptune in Aries.
We are really getting slapped with it…but those who proceeded survived and so will we. It’s all about the experience and not the purpose right?
Uranus in Gemini
Let’s get into it.
Our first taste will be July 2025 for 4 months and officially April 26, 2026.
Uranus is electrifying change and principle revolutions, they're not slow or sudden but shock. The desire for freedom—I think because of Uranus being Revolutionary in ways of an accident. I know I know we like to say ‘unpredictability’. Spontaneity isn't always calculated—I say this because Uranus brings the element of predictable surprise. The brilliance of innovation creates stimulating excitement. While Uranus has been in Taurus we have seen the nature of basic needs or the issues highlighted; housing, food, water, and rights to life itself. Uranus disrupts how we socially view value. As we are still in the thick of it in this sign we will see expansion and possible bust of these themes when Jupiter meets up in 2024. Fixed Taurean simplicity is not comfortable for Uranus making the transition into Gemini a noticeable swift-footed difference.
The expectation of sensation is a rapid change in how we think and move in the world. Communication is the focus, so if you are someone who speaks on the inequities of basic human rights don’t lose hope—you are just a little early to the conversation; after all, when Uranus was in Gemini the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was made. The duality of Gemini will be ignited in addressing polarized positions, loudly.
When Uranus is in this sign a common factor is petty civil arguments and revolting parties. Many of these historically involve territorial division, technological and scientific advancement, and the infrastructure of trade and travel. Taking the weaknesses shown during Taurus apart and analyzing them for change in how we think & speak on them.
There will be breakthroughs in technology, at a more rapid rate may be even more widespread than we see currently—but as seen through history it will be in the ways of communication and transportation. Communication not only being how we speak but how technology ‘speaks’; ie phones, algorithms, AI, AR, VR, Deep Fakes et al… What does this mean for the age of information? And who owns the right to regulate such? Reframing our ideas around Piracy, which we will probably have seen an uptick of with Saturn in Pisces.
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I collect Deepfake accounts like Pokemon on TikTok, Keanu Reeves being one.
With transportation I would like to see more social infrastructure, someone who can't drive can only hope. But Gemini is localization, so this could mean delivery with a drone instead of trucks and that sort of thing.
This coincides with a larger trend of the Jupiter Saturn Air sign cycle, so we won't be seeing grounding in any attempts of globalization—think city-states and new economic thought in the potential of dialectic materialism. It's the time of figuring things out because there will be no stability, and progression will happen quickly.
The below isn't all war, but for whatever reason, the urgency of war pushes for innovation. Much of what is to come is already happening, and I can't say enough these things aren't like a light switch.
During Uranus in Gemini 1941-1949, World War II had already begun with the US joining as soon as Uranus moved in Gemini briefly, attacking Peal Harbor and when heading back into Gemini for the Battle of Midday—with the Cold War on its heals.
Honestly, we can't talk about any astrology today without looking at Russia and the Soviet Union—or the fall of—the points are so on point. During this time we saw great strides in the invention of computer technology, becoming programable and used for general purposes. Project Manhattan found success in the nuclear chain reaction, and 2 atom bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Notable points in History; again some that overlap with the former:
Socrates, both taught through dialogue to the people and executed for teaching people. Athens defeated Sparta in this same breath. Gutenberg’s printing press, The Learned Ignorance was published, the Scientific Revolution, the telescope was invented by both Lipperhey and Galileo who announced his discoveries in Sidereus Nuncius, Astronomia Nova was published, Harriot first observed Sunspots, the first regularly occurring Newspaper, the King James Bible was published. Isaac Newton stepped in as the influencing course with the movement of Neptune into Aries during the Scientific Revolution. The wave theory of light was published, the theorem for differential calculus, differential equations, probability + statistics, and John Locke was at his peak. The American Revolution as well as independence from Britain. Great classics were written; Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Dickens…much of Darwin. The first recording of sound, Au Clair de la lune, and the first telephone. Colossus and the Space Age began. The Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered and Gandhi demanded independence from Britain.
Pluto in Aquarius, there what a transition between the Age of Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution.
So many civil wars…
Uranus was discovered and the same day a comet was first photographed.
It's the combination of these energies that make the soup of Revolution.
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I think that it's funny, when I was young we really wanted to burn it all down, and now we're here and tired. With the best possible outcome, we could see free decentralized energy post a potential solar flare and weather crisis…not the mention how we’ll have to get it. Education reforms, social media will look foreign (not that it already doesn't, but it will be unpredictably different), and wars are very likely—both Civil & World unless we get it together—but as it appears we just like to do the same over and over again. If we can embrace understanding how we think and move we can create what we need for quality of life.
We, myself included, have a tendency to fixate on the yucky parts, as if bracing for impact. And we know this doesn't have to be the case—look at all the cool shit that happened in the schools of thought!
There will be new and evolved ideals, if we navigate in our means and love our neighbors Saturn may just approve.
In-Joy
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Just had to remove a staple from my finger I’m crying so hard right now😔
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mercurialmemoirs · 2 years
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I've been living the same year for the past 3 years, and it's driving me insane.
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Wood Engraving Wednesday
HOWARD PHIPPS
This wood engraving of Eggardon Hill in Dorset, England by British artist Howard Phipps (b. 1954) was produced in 2019 for the publication 2020 Vision: Nineteen Wood Engravers, One Collector, and the Artists Who Inspired Them, printed in 2020 by Patrick Randle’s Nomad Letterpress at the Whittington Press in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, in an edition of 340 copies for the 100th anniversary of the Society of Wood Engravers. In the book, Phipps identifies Edgar Degas, John Nash, and Eric Ravilious as strong influences. Phipps himself started off as a painter in the 1970s, making only occasional prints. His development as an engraver coincided with the revival of the Society of Wood Engravers in the 1980s. About this print, he writes:
I was interested in the ancient signs of humanity apparent in this landscape, and I like to use light to reveal the underlying sculpture of the striking hill forms, where chalk trackways draw the eye into or around deep combes.
Phipps was born in Colwyn Bay, North Wales and was raised in Cheltenham, England. He studied Fine Art at Gloucestershire College of Art in the early 1970s and taught in Plymouth for a while before settling in Salisbury in 1980. He was elected Royal West of England Academy (RWA) Academician in 1979 and a member of the Society of Wood Engravers in 1985.
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calltoamentor · 17 days
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Changing Your Life in Times of Plague
Daily writing promptHow have you adapted to the changes brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic?View all responses I started this journey amidst a simultaneous global pandemic and personal crisis of identity. I was at a crossroads of who had been, who I was at the time, and who I wanted to become. Unable to choose a path for myself, I spent the first month or so pacing in a circle at the fork…
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stoovrs · 4 months
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2020 visionary: january and now
now we can start the new year for real
FULL SERIES ARCHIVE
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princeofcyberpunk · 3 months
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listen the opening chords still send me into a 'this is so overplayed and sounds gross' rage but i cannot deny how iconic mirrors is dude
definitely NOT the best track on the album and far from it at that but ive been looping it all day
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3projh · 5 months
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* fireside chat
#fireside #firesidechat .*. #party in #sherwoodforest .*. #thenvsnow https://youtu.be/C7Mgwc231N8 😎 for those who share the day 📻 inspired by: #2020vision 😎 #bandlab #mashup #typebeat #classicrock #drumkit #pumpedupbass #dnb #drumnbass #djmicrowave5kw
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bbqhooligan · 1 year
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is it just me or was that "2020 Vision" thing really so bizarre. like yeah, nonsensical tumblr/gen z humor throws lots of shit on the wall to see what sticks but we were all laughing about how we didnt know what would happen in 2020 and then it did. yeah?
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