#clove pinks

[theroadtofairyland]

Joy

Watercolor and Glitter on Black Paper

2021, 22"x 30"

Red Dianthus

#art #nature #flowers #floral #painting #watercolor #minimalism #artists on tumblr #minimal #red #glitter #dianthus #clove pinks #botany #garden #plants #artwork #artblr #artist #plant

[the-golden-vanity]

I was tagged by @clove-pinks to make myself in this Picrew and post the last song I've listened to. Thanks, Shaun! You're the best.

I'd like to tag @even-in-arcadia, @bloomrebounds, @georges-chambers, @brimstone-cowboy, and @thebaffledcaptain– only if they'd like to do this, of course. And if anyone I didn't mention would like to do this, consider yourselves tagged!

#incredibly on brand song choice #you got your boat story #you got your cannibalism #you got your social commentary #tag game #picrew #clove pinks #the wake of the medusa #the pogues #sea songs #Spotify

[kaxenart]

A commission of Frank Mildmay with Bisexual Lighting for @clove-pinks

#frank mildmay #clove pinks

[acrossthewavesoftime]

I was tagged by @clove-pinks in the five drinks to get to know me tag game, so here are mine:

Earl Grey with milk. I don't drink coffee, and only one specific brand of tea, preferably from one of my two favourite mugs. One of them has a design reminiscent of medieval insular ribbon or knot ornamentation (think something in the vein of this), and the other bears a design by the immensely talented @ludevika, featuring Biche, the (historically not quite entirely) white whippet. The mug has a bit of a novelty feature in that Biche will only show her adorable face when hot liquid is poured into the cup-- she can only be summoned with a good cuppa, and I can emphatise with that. ;-)

Water. Sounds basic, but I prefer drinking water most of the time.

Orangina. My favourite lemonade. To me, it tastes like summer sunshine and sea salt (figuratively speaking; it's obviously an orange-flavoured drink), looks like wild hollyhocks between centuries-old graves in the cemetries of Romanesque churches and sounds like La Cabane du Pêcheur by Francis Cabrel. It's a bottled reminder of my childhood summers in western France.

A glass of dry white wine. This is for special occasions, and while I hardly qualify as a thorough connaisseuse, I know which grape varieties I prefer.

Hot chocolate. A winter-time favourite.

Tagging @pentecostwaite, @benjhawkins, @werewolfetone, @professorlehnsherr-almashy and @defensivelee in case you want to play!

#thanks for the tag! #tag game #clove pinks #r rambles #beverages

[goldnnavy]

End of the year asks 20 and 21?

20. What’s something you learned this year?

That I'm a good person (or so I've been told). My own self-image had been changed this year - I've learned that I'm not a villain, just a man trying to be good.

21. What’s something new about your place of residence (room, home, or general location) now vs the start of the year?

I moved to a single dorm room this year, and having my own space has been absolutely amazing. I've never had this much freedom to be myself, have people over, and live. It's fantastic.

Thank you @clove-pinks for the ask ☺️

#clove pinks #ask game #thank you so much

[clove-pinks]

I haven't touched this outdoor pot since last year (if not the year before), but somehow, a clove pink self-seeded and came up.

#filled with determination! #I haven't watered it either which makes this even more impressive #flowers #clove pinks #pinks #dianthus

[seealandraw]

presenting Abraham Van Helsing's descendant, Abby Van Helsing! Everything she owns is bedazzled and she's a professional gay cowboy and vampire negotiator!

#abraham van helsing #dracula #dracula daily #dooble #vampire oc #i gotta make a tag for cloves and cadavers... i'll tag everything eventually #also lol this is the first colored art i've made in a while and it's eye searing pink

[grommyart]

'Clove, In Between Realms' | Valorant Fan Art

I've always had a wee bit of anxiety about making Riot Fan-Art [largely because I admire their work], so this was my attempt at essentially telling myself to stop worrying and just try something for once lol Clove is an adorable enby character and plays really interestingly in Valorant, so I decided to give them a bit of love in the form of a fan art :)

Let me know what you think! <3

#art #artwork #digital painting #painting #artists on tumblr #drawing #anime art #sketch #digital illustration #nonbinary #enby #valorant #valorant fanart #valorant clove #valorant art #clove valorant #clove #my art #small artist #digital art #artist on tumblr #art tag #pink #cute #fan art #fandom #riot #riot games #trans artist #queer artist

[nordleuchten]

As a historian, do you ever think that you feel too much empathy for the subjects of your research? How do you keep a critical distance?

That is an interesting question, thank you for the ask! :-)

First of all, I am not a historian. I have no training in any shape or form in that field. I have my background in bio-science and a few months ago started adding some archeology courses for the sake of archaeogenetics and that is about it. I would never presume to call myself a historian and have no authority in that regard.

That aside, I know the question very well and often ask myself if I keep enough distance. Bceuase as far as I am concerned, empathy per se is not the problem. Fundamental human feelings like loss, grief, joy and hope are so universal that we can easily connect with the husband writing about the death of his wife or the mother writing about the birth of her first grand-child. The problem arises when we like them so much that we do not any longer hold them accountable because we do not want them to do, say or believe certain things.

The first thing to consider is that things are never black and white, never just good and evil. There is always more nuance and, in these cases, the human factor to consider. If a person you are researching is very clearly in one of these absolute categories, there is probably something missing. Reading other peoples analyses and opinions can also help getting new perspectives. I do not always agree with certain points, but it is refreshing to see how two people can very differently evaluate the same event/person/character trait. It also helps me, very generally speaking, to question my own worldview from time to time.

The last thing that I try to do as much as I can is sticking to the data that I have. If there is (reliable) evidence that a person did or said something, the this is most likely true – regardless of me liking it, regardless of people back then liking it. There are some things that are terrible and there are no “buts” and no excuses. You simply have to accept it or search for a new hobby.

I do not think that people (past and present) should be put on a pedestal. Not only is this very problematic from the point of scientific research and critical distance – but it also kills half the fun to be honest.

So yeah, that is my main approach, and I am always curious how other people do it and what I can learn from their approach. I hope you have/had a lovely day!

#ask me anything #really anything :-) #clove-pinks #history #research #i am so happy you went through with your little experiment :-)

[kaxen]

@clove-pinks replied to your post “”:

FOR REAL I am wondering what it is the French specifically think is "blond" hair. Théophile Gautier described Gavarni as, "un beau jeune homme orné d'une abondante chevelure blonde aux boucles frisées et touffues." (???)

Yeah that baffles me. Like IDK if it's skewed by black and white drawings but it's like.... Gavarni seems pretty dark haired.

I also desire to study the person who picked "none of these men are blond" and the person who picked "all of these men are blond"

I'm gonna have to make another blond poll.

I need to figure out where the line is like that study on if zebra finches can tell orange from red.

#clove-pinks #I have no idea why this is my bugbear #THIS IS WHY I DRAW #LANGUAGE IS SO STUPID AND IMPRECISE #of course then there are optical illusions #pah

[theroadtofairyland]

Joy

Watercolor and Glitter on Black Paper

2021, 22"x 30"

Red Dianthus

#art #nature #flowers #plants #summer #watercolor #painting #minimalism #floral #artists on tumblr #red #glitter #dianthus #clove pinks #red dianthus #artwork #original art #fine art

[the-golden-vanity]

What have you read lately that has really altered your brain chemistry, as the kids say?

Oooff. Lord. Good question, Shaun. I've been reading a lot more in the last year than I had for the previous five or so combined.

That said, the most recent one that I would say "altered my brain chemistry" was The Left Hand of Darkness, in April of last year. It was recommended by my friend @artcorevelay, probably due to the perilous polar journey, but more importantly, due to the gender of it all. World-building-heavy science fiction isn't usually my thing, but the book is just full of banger lines and emotional gut-punches, and I keep finding myself thinking about it at the most and least likely of times.

That said, I probably did some pretty intense psychic damage to myself reading The Left Hand Of Darkness and watching The Terror for the first time within 3-5 business months of each other. Like... you mean I can be Seen and Known and Loved For Who I Am, I just need to go on an 800-mile perilous journey and probably die in order for it to happen? Cool, when can we start?

Thank you so much for the ask! Please feel free to send me messages whenever.

#ask #clove pinks #thank you so much! #the left hand of darkness #the terror #polar exploration #kind of

[littleastrobleme]

Has your museum done any clothing conservation work? Of the historic garments and textiles you have handled, which one is your personal fave?

Thank you for the ask, yay!! This is gonna be long-winded because I'd like to give a good answer to a good ask!

I work at a new(ish) job at a university where I mostly do research, but when I was at the museum (a small decorative arts museum in a sort of historic/museum district in my hometown), how to properly store and conserve the garments in our collection was one of the most pressing questions we discussed. The frustrating thing about garment/textile storage and conservation is that it requires

A. Space and

B. Big moneys

Neither of which the small museum had. Amazingly, for having been in closets on shelves or in cardboard boxes in a basement for decades, most of the garments (which were predominantly mid-late 19th century dresses that had been bought in the 50s or 60s) were in great shape! However, the few that had been munched on by mousies had really been munched on, so those guys would need a lot of help before going on display. The museum has some mid-19th century quilts and coverlets that are in great shape, so those dudes are safe for display and are much-admired.

The museum is currently undertaking a massive refurbishment project, as it is housed in a late-19th century residence that has never had proper repairs, so all of the gowns and a few orphaned bodices are currently wrapped in archival tissue and squirreled away in historic furniture throughout the museum. We had an artist-in-residence who wanted to hang the dresses from the ceiling (I threw a polite FIT) and our director wanted her tween daughter to model the dresses (I threw a slightly politer FIT), but such as it is, how to best conserve and display the garments is still a matter of ongoing discussion.

In response to your second query...

It is so hard to say which garments were my favorite! Since I've spent several years now in the icy trenches of Franklin Expedition research for my thesis, garments from the 1840s-50s were really neat to handle because they were created in my time period of study and made me feel connected to that era.

(The information attached to this dress, meanwhile, stated that it was worn by a teenage girl and was made around 1802, so it was probably still at least mildly in style when Erebus and Terror were built!)

But my very favorite was an 1880s winter walking dress. The 1880s is my favorite decade of 19th century fashion, so it was really delightful to see how lightweight and cozy a velvet dress from that era actually was.

(There seem to be some vaguely 18th-century inspirations in the trims!)

Hopefully in the future, once they get the repairs squared away, the museum will be able to dedicate more space to proper garment storage (probably flat in big archival boxes, supported with tissue, kept away from any erstwhile mice!) and hopefully display some of the garments that are in good shape. They are so beautiful and enchanting and they deserve to be seen!

Thanks so much for the ask!

#asks #i could talk about historical garments all day! #clove-pinks

[acrossthewavesoftime]

Song rec: Cruel, as performed by Kate Rusby (hoping the YouTube link goes through)

https://youtu.be/3z4x1YrsM5w

couldn’t listen all the way through | not my thing | it’s okay | kinda catchy | ok i really like this | downloading immediately | already in my library

Thank you for this lovely recommendation, my friend! I don't know why I didn't know this song yet, but I now know I definitively needed to know it, thank you! Thematically catering to my interests, tragic, and viscerally moving. Thank you!

#ask #ask reply #clove pinks #music

[goldnnavy]

Spooky szn asks Fantasy and Poltergeist

Fantasy -  What’s your favorite mythical character?

Spooky-wise, its The Headless Horseman. I ate that story up as a child to the point where I was both excited and terrified to drive by the exit to Sleepy Hollow on the highway.

Poltergeist - Do you believe in ghosts?

Yes. Have I ever gotten the chance to see one? No, sadly. :( But my dorm is supposedly haunted so who knows what will happen!

#clove pinks #thank you my friend! #ask game #spooky asks

[handfuloftime]

I know you've read a lot of personal narratives from people involved in the Ross Antarctic Expedition. Are there any passages you can recall that either made you laugh out loud or yell "No you fool!!" at a long-deceased man?

This is such a fun question, thank you!

Maybe less "No you fool!!" and more "Get some sleep you fool!!" but this passage from Ross's narrative stuck out to me recently:

Soon after 6 A. M., when within half a mile of this chain of bergs, the weather came so thick, with heavy snow, and the wind failing us, Lieutenant Bird, whom I had left in charge of the conduct of the ship, being myself unable to remain on deck any longer from excessive fatigue, very judiciously recommended that we should stand off again until more favourable weather for our purpose should arrive.

Not strictly a narrative, but a while ago I had the opportunity to read some of the letters sent to Joseph Dalton Hooker in the archives of the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew, including some notes that people sent back and forth between the ships while they were in the Antarctic. J.E. Davis's notes, in particular, were full of banter, and this passage (dated December 1842) always makes me laugh:

You make some vile unladylike allusions in your note about my writing badly and wanting stops &c together with a base insinuation about a vulgar pipe and taking a draw at it - Because you have been to a Sunday School it is no reason you should upbraid me and bring me into a vile comparison with your truly disgusting-and-ever-to-be-despised self - I own I do not write well and do not disguise my ignorance under the guise of fashion like yourself Oh! the ingratitude of the world after teaching you every accomplishment and trying (against your nature) to make you a gentleman to turn like a snake or a vile "surpint" and bite with pisoned [sic] fangs the breast that nourished and brought you to life Oh! it is too much Gas.

And though I've posted about them before, I have to mention John Robertson's description of Ross and Crozier landing on Franklin Island, and Hooker grousing about how St. Helena is a Napoleonic tourist trap, both of which are comedy gold.

#asks #clove-pinks #i really need a separate tag for the antarctic expedition don't i