#Low Leaf

[asianamsmakingmusic]

Grab your headphones, turn up your speakers, and press play! Today we share with you 𝘉𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦, a compilation of original songs, sounds, and meditations created by Asian American women and non-binary artists and musicians. Arriving amidst a period of collective trauma and heightened xenophobic violence, 𝘉𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 offers listeners a refuge for contemplation, grief, and growth.

“During the pandemic period, so many people gravitated to meditation and mindfulness practices, which are often rooted in Asian traditions such as qigong and ayurveda. 𝘉𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 sheds much-needed light on how these are not merely trends, but instead come from rich cultural histories. By deepening this understanding, we can find healing for ourselves and our society.” – Adriel Luis, APAC’s curator of digital and emerging practice

𝘉𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 demonstrates how Asian Americans have played a critical role in America’s notion of mindfulness and healing arts. Commissioned at the beginning of the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown, APAC spent almost three years collaborating with these musicians, artists, and cultural practitioners to vividly capture how an intensely challenging moment could lead to personal discovery and collective healing. 𝘉𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦, which received critical support from the @Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative, adds complexity to the greater landscape of meditation and healing arts tools by centering perspectives that have long been marginalized.

𝘉𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 is available as an album across digital music streaming platforms including Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, YouTube Music, Pandora, and Amazon Music. Throughout 2023, APAC will unveil additional ways for the public to interact with 𝘉𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦. Click the link in our bio to listen and learn more!

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𝙛𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙘 𝙗𝙮: Low Leaf MILCK Arushi Jain Ana Roxane Mayx Chong the Nomad Hollis Erika Shimizu JusMoni Kwonyin Our Daughter

𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙗𝙮: Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya

#meditation#mindfulness#qigong#ayurveda#asianamerican

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#adriel luis #𝘉𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 #2023 #Low Leaf #MILCK #Ana Roxane #Erika Shimizu #Arushi Jain #mindfulness #healing arts #Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center #smithsonianapa #Kwonyin #Our Daughter

[hetalianboot]

#animal crossing #acnl #animal crossing new leaf #low poly #png #food #video game food #low poly food #3d model #furniture

[ris8lifestyle]

Low Leaf ti cura l'anima con l'elettronica, l'arpa e il soul

#LowLeaf all'arpa, al piano, al microfono e alla drum machine è come scoprire l'amore per la prima volta ad ogni brano. #RIS8 #ris8lifestyle #magazine #milano #music #spotify #playlist

Low Leaf è una tipologia di artista che sicuramente manca nella tua playlist. Spesso hai bisogno di tutto l’estro del mondo per non cadere nella monotonia della giornata. Lei è perfetta per questo scopo anche se è un’artista di nicchia. In Europa non ha ancora raggiunto un grande pubblico pop ma i veri appassionati di musica la amano alla follia.  Low Leaf ha lo spirito di una foglia bassa. Lei…

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#low leaf #music #musica #palylist

[sneepsnorp3d]

awwww YEAH it's nudibranch time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#low poly animals #low poly art #sticker club #sea bunny #leaf sheep #nudibranch

[marblerose-rue]

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it's this way! / squirrelpaw and leafpaw

#my art #do not copy trace or steal #squirrelflight #leafpool #warriors #warrior cats #wc #waca #wc art #IM SORRY THIS TOOK A WHILE sufferer of the stardew valley fixation and college u_u #IM GETTING MORE COMFORTABLE RENDERING which is cool but im still testing the limits of what works and what doesnt so . #REGARDLESS I AM SUPER DUPER STINKIN HAPPY WITH HOW THIS TURNED OUT #you are not immune to me constantly drawing leaf and squilf #i belieeeve theres one more coming and then ill be back to regular schedule #and that will mean either silly little/medium to low effort things or radio silence #did i tell yall i have an exam next week for algebra and i have no clue whats going on. its cobwebs in my brain #but other than that classes are going very well and i am enjoying second semester very much. i got to look at daphnia thru a microscope #today which is super fun :-) microbiology is so cool #one day ill plan my posts better since its midnight but i have a feeling yall are gonna eat this up #WHICH SPEAKING OF you guys have been so kind to me :'-) i read all of the nice things yall leave in the notes and it makes me so happy #i always get so nervous before i post and idk why #tomorrow i will put this up on my redbubble if i remember . i would do it now but it takes a while and i gotta get up #at six to study for a quiz at 8 </3 crying sobbing #anyway if the erins want to sponsor me my email is m- * sound of metal chair wham * #thats a joke unless they want to ANJHKFDGB

[joodles98]

professor bloo

#mine #pokemon #blue oak #pokemon leaf #pokemon blue #my friends n i joke about getting a hang in there kitty poster for our work #morale been low. yk #pokemon green

[bonefall]

Ooh, another based "Shellheart gets too much hype in canon" truther? Is it because he actually does shockingly little to stop or protest Rainflower's treatment of Crookedstar as a kit, or something else?

It's a few things honestly, all of them bug me just enough to make me pretty steadfast in feeling like Shellheart is overrated;

Crooked's renaming feels so preventable. Really, Dad Shellheart? You have no say in this? You can't protest this??

You too Hailstar, what the fuck. Leaders are theocratic dictators 90% of the time but TODAY you feel like just letting this woman involve your entire Clan in her emotional abuse?

So it feels like lip service, "Omg Rainflower's being so awful! Don't worry though us powerful men can still be likeable because we don't like this :( too bad our all-powerful hands are tied."

Shellheart wasn't very involved with his children BEFORE denouncing Rainflower, so he does this whole big show of it and theeeeen..... nothing changes.

I'm reminded of how deadbeat fathers will sometimes blow into town with a whirlwind of big talk about doing something big for their neglected family, only to be gone again before Christmas.

Or, worse, the idea that Shellheart ONLY stopped being official mates with Rainflower because he's deputy, and it would look awful if he did nothing at all in the face of such an unpopular situation. Washing his hands of it.

And listen. I know people will staunchly refuse to acknowledge that these aren't real people, they are WRITING CHOICES. But please. I'm begging everyone to stick with me for a goddamn second

Ask yourself these critical thinking questions:

Why have the writers chosen for the mother to be solely responsible for Crookedstar's childhood abuse, whilst portraying Shellheart's solitary big public denouncement as the pinnacle of fatherhood? As he's barely involved in his children's lives?

Do they functionally portray Shellheart as a father who helps his son through maternal neglect? Or are the scenes quite rare? If yes, then what did the author spend their time on instead?

Consider the narrative of Crookedstar's other main antagonist, Mapleshade. Does Mapleshade's backstory have any similarities to Rainflower? Consider the choice to give Crookedstar two cruel maternal figures who act on malice towards him as paternal figure Shellheart goes unexamined.

Is this a pattern that we have seen before? Are fathers typically held to a different standard in Warrior Cats?

I feel strongly that the answer is an obvious yes. So Shellheart, and all the praise and cooing he gets, bothers me immensely.

#and it's extremely common #Gray Wankposting again but he's an awful parent to everyone except Pebble. For like 3 scenes #and not even considered a Real Dad by those children #but he's incredibly popular and it frustrates me #Bramble too. Bramble gets lauded as an Amazing Dad when even before the reveal he was just better than crow #which is a low ass bar #He was still flattered into ALLOWING ASH TO THRASH HIS SON... #meanwhile poor squilf and leaf do absolutely nothing wrong besides try to not let the kittens grow up with halfclan stigma #and get treated like the antichrist for it #bone babble #warrior cats analysis

[fromtheseventhhell]

"You stupid," she told him, "you scared the baby," but Jon and Robb just laughed and laughed, and pretty soon Bran and Arya were laughing too. (Arya IV, AGOT)

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You be quiet, stupid," the girl said, tossing her own branch aside. "It's just water. Do you want Old Nan to hear and run tell Father?" (Bran III, ADWD)

Arya and Lyanna even having similar speaking mannerisms is so adorable 🥹

#arya stark #lyanna stark #asoiaf #a song of ice and fire #Bran was already confused because she looked so much like Arya and she even talked like her on top of that 😭 #this + him mistaking Leaf for Arya he misses his /little/ sister soooo much George please let them reunite soon #they're so cute ughh they would've had the best relationship if Lyanna had lived #getting concussed from how hard George is hitting us over the head with their similarities #Arya calling everything and everyone stupid...she's really just a baby under everything oh 😭 #low-key need her to hang onto that habit cause George writes her mature enough already

[lifygreens]

#golden sun #the lost age #seriously fuck the mayor of alhafra #leaf's low effort memes

[l48yr1nth]

just you don't have any art ideas

could draw the pokepasta fallen leaf? not forcing ya

ive actually never read her crepy pastar story... i knowed her but like you know. anyway.

#my friend i know you aren't forcing me #if i didnt want to do ur s i would just say no lol #and yeah im low on ideas and i also just like looking at other peoples blorbos #labyart #labyanswering #my art #pokemon #pokepasta #fallen leaf #fallen leaf pokepasta

[morethansalad]

Vegan Low Country Broil

#vegan #lunch #gullah geechee #american cuisine #southern cuisine #low country broil #potato #corn #vegan sausage #hearts of palm #green beans #red onion #mustard seeds #coriander #allspice #old bay seasoning #paprika #cayenne #bay leaf #vegan butter

[londonknights]

rolling him up like a newspaper and carrying him under my arm like a businessman in the 60s

#toronto maple leafs #max domi #now i’m gonna be abnormal about this bitch too #i am not immune to cockiness #this is low quality bcus i ripped it from the leafs ig #sorry not really sorry

[hetalianboot]

#animal crossing #acnl #animal crossing new leaf #low poly #png #food #video game food #low poly food #3d model #furniture

[ganondoodle]

Hello! I hope you are doing well. I have been following your concepts on [cursed bird app] for a while now and find your stance on the totk rewrite intruiging. Since twitter ofc is never a good place to elaborate on anything lmao, I figured I would ask on here after finding out about your tumblr.

You are welcome to take as much time as you need for this, but I was very curious to hear more about why you feel totk 'fails as a sequel' in terms of writing. I can agree that the whole zonai thing did come out of left field a little, and I never did like the whole "zelda is once again separated from you for 90% of the game," bit (bc c'mon Nintendo again? Really??) but I was curious about what else you found dissatisfaction in and sought to redo

If your plan though is to do so gradually as you go with the new rewrite concepts you piece together and post, that is fine too. I just get more curious about your opinion bc you always seem to have a *lot* you want to say outside of just tag ramblings xD

Thank you for your time, ik this is a rather long ask, but your view is very vast and different, and I wish to understand the development of it more as I find it on my timeline

Thank you for this ask!

i have talked alot about the things i dislike about totk, all my general talking (not just about totk tho) is tagged with "ganondoodles talks" and all my longer rants should be tagged with "ganondoodles rants" (tho that tag is new idk if i remembered to put it everywhere) so i think it might be easier if you searched for these on my blog bc thats were all my ramblings go and, with no ill intent, have talked about it so much already i kinda dont want to spend hours writing out something that just ends up repeating myself really

somethign i can say that the main thing on why it fails as a sequel to me is .. bc its not .. a sequel really, it reuses map and models but doesnt elaborate on anything from botw (the zonau were barely even a thing in botw and now in totk their stuff looks way different and they have been here all along actually(tm) ) the shiekah stuff is basically erased despite it having been so build into the world of botw (and you could have just .. explored them more bc theres lots of cool stuff to do with them still), characters act weirdly off, stuff that was seemingly build up and was a perfect slide into a sequel either gets ignored or just straight up erased, themes dont match up at all and more

it just feels like they tested the glue mechanic for 3 years and everything else was an afterthought, i felt empty at the end, in a bad way, it felt like the game was actively mocking me for caring so much about botw at times and totk actively hurts botw too imo (with some reveals etc)

they should have just called it an alternative dimension thing like majora and half my complaints could be dismissed, but its not so im super frustrated bc i love botw a ton

if there are more specific questions you are free to ask about it again of course! this is not meant to sound dismissive but me typing out stuff can take a long time and im behind on so much work already qnq

also all development both visual and writing concepts for my rewrite are tagged with "ganondoodles rewrites totk" so you can find everything with that too :D

#ganondoodles answers #ganondoodles talks #i am ... very frustrated about alot of stuff both nitpicky and huge problems #so i could spent hours talking about just one thing if it bothers me enough #but do note that all of this is coming from a place of love #i love this franchise #and i was so let down despite my low expecations out of fear of being let down #and yet here i am #and do note that when im passioantely talking about sth i both misstype and sound agressive at times #but im as dangerous as a limp salad leaf lol

[couthbbg]

and now Sammy doesn’t even get his head boop / kiss line I’m so sick rn

#the fucking highs and lows of leafs hockey are going to kill me #leafs lb

[leaf4e]

giant owl butterfly

#took a break from the fallout stuff #i rlly need to figure out how to animate on blockbench #leaf's posts #leaf's art #leaf's models #mineblr #minecraft #giant owl butterfly #entemology #buterfly #moths #bugs #bugblr #lepidoptera #blockbench #3d art #3d model #3d modeling #art #low poly