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To add onto this a little bit, three years should be the maximum duration of a loan according to the guidelines of UK professional museum bodies like the Collections Trust. It's possible to agree a loan for a longer period, but it would be counter to recommendations and against the norm. I would imagine the BM went with 2x 3 year loans so there wouldn't be any grounds to refuse it on that basis.

Non-national museums (so, those not directly funded by and ultimately owned by the government) wouldn't be under the same restrictions. They'd need to do due diligence about determining the right place for something to go, and to get the board of trustees etc. to sign off, but it would be more possible. Being a national museum is kind of a double-edged sword: your existence and funding are more secure, but you have less autonomy to make decisions.

The reason for the cap on loan lengths is to avoid a common situation from the past wherein objects were loaned 'indefinitely' and often forgotten or abandoned. For example, the museum where I used to volunteer had a painting loaned indefinitely by a member of the public from many decades earlier. When she died, her inheritor didn't want it and refused to collect it. The museum did not particularly want to keep the painting, but were unable to dispose of it because they did not have legal title to it. (TBH it seems like there have been people who just use museums as convenient free storage facilities for stuff they don't want or have room for.) But since storage space and conservator time are also at a premium, leaving things with museums without ever re-confirming a loan or accepting return means museums are less able to accept other objects that might better reflect their collecting priorities.

So, while I totally agree that a 'loan' rather than outright repatriation feels like a cop-out, in these circumstances, it's a solid step.

The United Kingdom has returned 32 gold and silver treasures stolen from the Asante Kingdom more than 150 years ago in what is today’s Ghana on a six-year loan, Ghanaian negotiators have said. The artefacts, comprising 15 items from the British Museum and 17 from the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), were looted from the court of the Asante king during the turbulent 19th-century clashes between the British and the Asante people. Ghanaian authorities have for years tried to reclaim gold treasures looted by British soldiers from the Asante kingdom, which is also known as Ashanti.

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#museums #museum work #repatriation #british museum #repatriation of asante objects #hopefully it will lead to something more permanent in the future #ghana art #asante artifacts

[laurelindebear]

Marvin would like everyone to know that he has feetsies

#bear #bears #brown bear #marvin #hello marvin! #what lovely feetsies you have! #I hope you are having fun <3 #it's high queue-n

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#art #rock collecting #rock art #scotland #collage #this is fab! #it's high queue-n

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#polls #names #fandom names #possibly yes / suspect they are #long time ago at a job agency or temp agency I met a woman called Lorien #pronounced like 'Lauren' but spelled like the Middle-earth realm #I suppose I could have also mentioned an old acquaintance who loves superman and named their son Kaleb #their last name starts with an L so he becomes Kal L

[laurelindebear]

When people look at abstract art and go "uh I could make that"

Fuck, I wish you would!

I wish you would let this inspire you. I wish that seeing a piece of abstract art would move you to self expression.

I wish you would go to the craft store, buy a cheap canvas and some cheap paint and let yourself play with color and form just to see if you can.

I wish that there were more amateur painters, trying their hand at geometric abstraction and color field painting. That would be so fucking cool.

"I could make that" should be a joyous revelation, not a snarky dismissal.

You could make that? Holy shit. please. Please make that.

Jack Bush

Kenneth Noland

Piet Mondraine

Pat Lipsky

Joan Mitchell

Helen Frankenthaler

Kikuo Saito

Marilyn Kirsch

Mark Rothko

Adolph Gottlieb

#art #abstract art #painting #yes absolutely #I would also say that good abstract art is harder to make than it might look #line color and design are all a balance #I did design and color for my required fine art courses for my degree at uni and I learned a lot #but I'm still very not good #you look at eg a Bridget Riley and it's easy to say 'it's just lines!' #but the width and height of each line and the order of the colors makes a huge difference to the overall impression & movement of the piece #representational and abstract art both have value and beauty and both take skill #it's high queue-n

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every damn day!

#movies #the mummy #evelyn carnahan-o'connell #rick o'connell #art #AAAAAAAAH these are so adorable!! 😍 #Evy standing on the stepstool to yell at Rick ❤❤ #it's high queue-n

[laurelindebear]

I wonder how much of the 'Mary Sue' thing is born of insecurity. I am always afraid of my characters being Mary Sues because I am deeply insecure and have a really baked-in fear of being unlikeable, cringey, annoying, burdensome...of existing, really, in a way which others can perceive negatively. Perfection is the path to love and acceptance and worth (for me; I can and do love others even while acknowledging their faults. Or at least I think I love them as far as I understand love, which is possibly not far.) (I am aware this is hugely fucked up, almost as much as my parentheses usage.)

But when I roleplay or create characters, my biggest power fantasy is 'kinda like me, but better in every way'. I want to be good, I want to be courageous and noble and heroic and strong in all the ways I am not in real life. I've had some chaotic-neutral type characters in RP, but even there they have often trended towards goodness and altruism over time, or at least have a solid moral code.

I've never made it through an 'evil' playthrough of a game. It's not fun, I don't want to do it. Maybe that means I'm not, deep down, inherently cruel and harmful. Maybe it just reminds me too much of the darkness I know is there that I have to try to keep locked down. I suspect it's the latter.

If I want to put a character in a world to, on some level, act out an imaginary scenario for myself, I do feel pressure to make them 'special' in some ways. Partly this is so they'll be interesting, but partly it's so they'll be worthy and good enough to 'earn' their place somehow. Because even in my own fantasies, I am not and could never be brave enough, clever enough, interesting enough, and certainly not beautiful enough to be worthy of renown, of adventure, of great deeds, of love, of power, of desire. So it has to be someone else that's relatable enough, but far, far better than me. How realistic can they be, if I'm real, and I'm not enough?

Given all that, it would hardly be surprising if I ended up with Mary Sues. No lesser figure could carry that much weight.

#personal #writing #rp #mary sues #characters #insecurity #have a feeling this might be like one of those 'wait NT people just x / don't do y??' things a bit #like other people can just imagine themselves as the hero in a movie or having sex with someone they fancy? #I mean hell I gravitate towards supporting characters and comic relief #because I know I can't be the Chosen One or the Love Interest but I could maybe be some plucky character without a name #or the one who's there to make sarcastic jokes #I think maybe I used to dream bigger but I grew out of it I guess #when I realised how small I truly am

[laurelindebear]

You know what is just mind boggling? Neurotypical people exist. Like there are people who can just DO things and not have depression, anxiety (in every form ever), RSD, sensory overloads, and not get overwhelmed. Like there are people who can work for eight hours every day and still do things after. People who can make phone calls with no struggle. Who aren't constantly bombarded by a cacophony of thoughts both good and bad when they do things. Who have anxiety but it isn't crippling. who can spend hours, WEEKS with people and not get tired or fear that everyone there hates you. People who have no idea what Depression or intense trauma feel like. People who hear instructions and do it right first go. People who can follow a conversation without zoning out, or having to mask.

Like. Do neurotypical people actually exist?

Because I can't even imagine what it would be like to be neurotypical. Or mentally healthy. Both sound alien and foren. But like. Obviously they exist because neurodivergent people wouldn't struggle so much if not for how the world was structured for Neurotypical people but I don't know if I've ever met a neurotypical.

idk. food for thought I guess.

#mental health #mental illness #neurodiversity #oh yeah I feel this #I ask Mr Bear stuff like this all the time #like 'you really don't have a little voice in your head telling you how stupid you are all the time?' #'you really never feel like you can't eat even though you're hungry?' #'you really don't worry/think/overthink about xyz'? #if I ever was like that I don't remember anymore #it's high queue-n

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This is Charles. He wants to go on a journey around tumblr. could you show him around?

#random #reblog games #charles #charles the hedgehog #hedgehog #hello there charles #don't be afraid of the bears on my blog they are all friendly #it's high queue-n

[laurelindebear]

I love you trans people.

I love you intersex people.

I love you ace people.

I love you aromantic people.

I love you gender fluid people.

I love you non-binary people.

I love you lesbians.

I love you gays.

I love you bisexuals.

I love every single one of you queer people on here.

(Except TERFs since you don’t believe in my human rights.)

#lgbtq+ #pride #queer #rainbow umbrella #🌈 #it's high queue-n

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our harper most high🍂🌱🗡

twitter

#games #gaming #bg3 #jaheira #art #ah this is beautiful #I love her sm <3 #it's high queue-n

[laurelindebear]

Life in Pictures Askbox Game

Show me your…

Favorite mug

Favorite T-shirt

Favorite piece of jewelry

Favorite piece of artwork on your wall

Favorite book from your shelf

Prettiest book from you shelf

Favorite knickknack on your shelf

Silliest knickknack on your shelf

Favorite notebook

Favorite pen

Favorite plushie

Favorite nature/scenic shot from your camera roll

Favorite animal

Pet/the pet you’d like to have

Favorite flower

Favorite painting

Favorite color

Favorite meal

Favorite dessert

Favorite candy

Favorite drink

Favorite city

Favorite historical figure

Favorite movie

Favorite fairytale

#asks #ask games #life in pictures #memes #sure why not

[laurelindebear]

Thanks for the tag! I would say my comfort films are (in no real order):

Wall-E

Galaxy Quest

The Mummy

The Mummy Returns

Mulan (the animated one)

Aladdin (the animated one)

Ever After

Clueless

Kung Fu Panda

Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (don't judge me, the dinos are cute)

Tagging: @accidentallylita, @picklebrinedgoblinmind, @nnobodoodles, @goingonanadventuremaybe

Comfort Films Tag

I was tagged by the lovely @talesofsorrowandofruin!

This game exposes my odd range of tastes, but here are 10 of my comfort films, in no particular order:

The Man from U.N.C.L.E (2015)

Tangled

Any Pixie Hollow/Tinkerbell movie

Top Gun: Maverick

Northangar Abbey

Pride & Prejudice (1995)

Breakfast at Tiffany's

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses

La La Land

No pressure tags: @catkin-morgs-kookaburralover, @clove-pinks, @the-old-fashioned-girl, and @frivolousmacaron

#movies #comfort films #tag games #it's high queue-n

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Found the pics ages ago but forgot to add tags etc and queue the post. Idk if a whole tumblr post counts as a quote but honestly, this all works.

First real person, character, quote and outfit when you open Pinterest are your vibe!

Thanks for the tag @redwidow616, I love pinterest games!

No pressure tagging @aintinacage, @ryder616, @accidental-spice and @no-morning-glories!

#pinterest games #reblog games #pinterest vibes #it's high queue-n

[laurelindebear]

good morning. here's a cute lil puppy to start your day off right

#bears #bear #brown bear #bear cub #baby bear #look at this PRECIOUS BABY #doin a blep #those tiny-but-big paws with little clawses #the floofy ears #the overall fuzziness #I love them <3 #it's high queue-n

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1, 12, 22, 24, 27 (if this is a I-dont-want-people-knowing-my-irl-name breach, skip it :D), 29 🧡

So many! I will try to keep it brief. So:

what are 3 things you’d say shaped you into who you are?

Depression/anxiety. Sucks to say, but I was diagnosed already as a child and it has impacted my whole life. I wonder often who I'd be without them, but I'll never really know.

Becoming an atheist. Going from one particular very devout religious worldview to the constant figuring-it-out and reconsidering I do now has been...a whole process. I think I'm a better person for it though.

College/university, both what I studied and where I studied. I didn't feel ready to make any of the decisions I was making, but they happened. What would be different if I'd not lived at home for undergrad, or not gone to the UK for postgrad? What if I'd gone to a different school and double-majored French and Arabic instead of French and Art History? (Mr Bear reckons in another universe I work for the CIA. Not sure about that, but I did think about working for the UN a lot.) Would I have got a job straight out of college, or would I not have survived? Would I have stayed in the US? (Probably.) Would I have gotten married? Lots of Sliding Doors moments (and a disappointing lack of John Hannah in any of them.)

12. what’s some good advice you want to share?

Adults (or most of us, I think) are making it up as we go along. Getting older does mean you know more than you did when you were young simply because you've had more experiences. But adults are not experts and confidently breezing through life with all the answers like I thought when I was a kid. It's much more like, 'I'm supposed to do X? Am I qualified for that? There's really nobody who...welp ok then. Guess I'm figuring this out.' So if you feel like that when you're younger or when you're older, you're not doing something wrong - that's just life.

22. say 3 things about someone you love

He's absurdly loyal

I know him so well I can often 'read his mind'

I love when he gets excited about something in a really pure, childlike way. ❤

24. what’s one thing you’re proud of yourself for?

Related to #1, for reevaluating my worldview and challenging and reconstructing my value system and ethical framework. It hasn't been fun, but I think it's worthwhile.

27. any nicknames?

Not gonna spill IRL/birth name ones 🤫 but [name]bear, or The Bear mostly these days!

29. what do you do when you’re sad?

Sleep, mostly! Listen to sad songs on repeat, lie in bed and cry, doomscroll...but lots of sleep.

Thanks for the asks! I hope this was interesting!

#asks #accidentallylita #things to know about me

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me having a new idea for a relatively short fic:

#writing #writer things #writer timescales #yup #this all tracks #I am not fast or consistent #it's high queue-n