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Anyways, The Spiderwick Chronicles was 100% responsible for me being as into fantasy as I am today, and trying to mimic the art of Tony DiTerlizzi was 1000% responsible for my art style, so this is a Tony DiTerlizzi appreciation post.

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“Don’t allow someone to treat you poorly just because you love them.”

— Unknown

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It is true that you cannot force people to change for the better. But that does not mean you cannot or should not ask them. The pursuit of Nondomination is not the pursuit of inaction. You can always make a request. You can always offer to help others grow, as an act of mutual aid and as a service. You just have to listen for when they say “no”, or when they say “not from you”. But don’t let the possibility of rejection keep you from requesting that the world be better, that the people around you learn and grow and improve.

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Princess Mononoke (1997) My Neighbir Totoro (1988) The Secret World of Arrietty (2010)

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Not to sound like a fuckin hippie but please for the love of god start noticing and appreciating the natural world around you. You don’t have to go hike the entire Appalachian trail or anything and I get that not everyone has access to the outdoors for various reasons, but just fucking … look around you when you’re outside. Notice the sky and the sun and the birds and creatures. Start caring about them. I’m begging you.

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“Sometimes, the strongest people in the morning are the people who cried all night.”

— Book of prosperity

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“I hope that one day someone will make flowers grow in even the saddest parts of you.”

— vacants

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Mary Oliver, from “Hum Hum”, A Thousand Mornings

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thank god or the universe or whatever for cycles and seasons though like yeah life right now is unbearable. but every two years the olympics come around again, and every december i have christmas and every year there is an autumn where leaves change and fall and the air is crisp. every year has a halloween, and a national pie day, and my cat's birthday, and national star wars day, and the arbitrary date in february when my family watches the princess bride together, and every fall i watch over the garden wall. next year i'll see my second total solar eclipse. there will be new tomatoes next summer and fresh applesauce the season after that. the sun will come back even when march seems like it will never end. don't go yet. it will be your day off soon. the olympics are next year. it'll be someone's birthday soon. everything changes and everything will come back around again, if you stick around to let it.

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it gets better. you find better. you experience better. in due time you will become better. better is all you will attract.