#flouncing

[inkskinned]

the thing about art is that it was always supposed to be about us, about the human-ness of us, the impossible and beautiful reality that we (for centuries) have stood still, transfixed by music. that we can close our eyes and cry about the same book passage; the events of which aren't real and never happened. theatre in shakespeare's time was as real as it is now; we all laugh at the same cue (pursued by bear), separated hundreds of years apart.

three years ago my housemates were jamming outdoors, just messing around with their instruments, mostly just making noise. our neighbors - shy, cautious, a little sheepish - sat down and started playing. i don't really know how it happened; i was somehow in charge of dancing, barefoot and laughing - but i looked up, and our yard was full of people. kids stacked on the shoulders of parents. old couples holding hands. someone had brought sidewalk chalk; our front walk became a riot of color. someone ran in with a flute and played the most astounding solo i've ever heard in my life, upright and wiggling, skipping as she did so. she only paused because the violin player was kicking his heels up and she was laughing too hard to continue.

two weeks ago my friend and i met in the basement of her apartment complex so she could work out a piece of choreography. we have a language barrier - i'm not as good at ASL as i'd like to be (i'm still learning!) so we communicate mostly through the notes app and this strange secret language of dancers - we have the same movement vocabulary. the two of us cracking jokes at each other, giggling. there were kids in the basement too, who had been playing soccer until we took up the far corner of the room. one by one they made their slow way over like feral cats - they laid down, belly-flat against the floor, just watching. my friend and i were not in tutus - we were in slouchy shirts and leggings and socks. nothing fancy. but when i asked the kids would you like to dance too? they were immediately on their feet and spinning. i love when people dance with abandon, the wild and leggy fervor of childhood. i think it is gorgeous.

their adults showed up eventually, and a few of them said hey, let's not bother the nice ladies. but they weren't bothering us, they were just having fun - so. a few of the adults started dancing awkwardly along, and then most of the adults. someone brought down a better sound system. someone opened a watermelon and started handing out slices. it was 8 PM on a tuesday and nothing about that day was particularly special; we might as well party.

one time i hosted a free "paint along party" and about 20 adults worked quietly while i taught them how to paint nessie. one time i taught community dance classes and so many people showed up we had to move the whole thing outside. we used chairs and coatracks to balance. one time i showed up to a random band playing in a random location, and the whole thing got packed so quickly we had to open every door and window in the place.

i don't think i can tell you how much people want to be making art and engaging with art. they want to, desperately. so many people would be stunning artists, but they are lied to and told from a very young age that art only matters if it is planned, purposeful, beautiful. that if you have an idea, you need to be able to express it perfectly. this is not true. you don't get only 1 chance to communicate. you can spend a lifetime trying to display exactly 1 thing you can never quite language. you can just express the "!!??!!!"-ing-ness of being alive; that is something none of us really have a full grasp on creating. and even when we can't make what we want - god, it feels fucking good to try. and even just enjoying other artists - art inherently rewards the act of participating.

i wasn't raised wealthy. whenever i make a post about art, someone inevitably says something along the lines of well some of us aren't that lucky. i am not lucky; i am dedicated. i have a chronic condition, my hands are constantly in pain. i am not neurotypical, nor was i raised safe. i worked 5-7 jobs while some of these memories happened. i chose art because it mattered to me more than anything on this fucking planet - i would work 80 hours a week just so i could afford to write in 3 of them.

and i am still telling you - if you are called to make art, you are called to the part of you that is human. you do not have to be good at it. you do not have to have enormous amounts of privilege. you can just... give yourself permission. you can just say i'm going to make something now and then - go out and make it. raquel it won't be good though that is okay, i don't make good things every time either. besides. who decides what good even is?

you weren't called to make something because you wanted it to be good, you were called to make something because it is a basic instinct. you were taught to judge its worth and over-value perfection. you are doing something impossible. a god's ability: from nothing springs creation.

a few months ago i found a piece of sidewalk chalk and started drawing. within an hour i had somehow collected a small classroom of young children. their adults often brought their own chalk. i looked up and about fifteen families had joined me from around the block. we drew scrangly unicorns and messed up flowers and one girl asked me to draw charizard. i am not good at drawing. i basically drew an orb with wings. you would have thought i drew her the mona lisa. she dragged her mother over and pointed and said look! look what she drew for me and, in the moment, i admit i flinched (sorry, i don't -). but the mother just grinned at me. he's beautiful. and then she sat down and started drawing.

someone took a picture of it. it was in the local newspaper. the summary underneath said joyful and spontaneous artwork from local artists springs up in public gallery. in the picture, a little girl covered in chalk dust has her head thrown back, delighted. laughing.

#writeblr #warm up #this is longer than i wanted i really considered removing that part about myself and what i went thru #but i think it really fucking bothers me that EVERY time i talk about being an artist #ppl assume i just like. had the skill and ability to drop everything and pay for grad school. #like sir i grew up poor. my house wasn't a safe space. i gave up a FREE RIDE TO LAW SCHOOL. for THIS. bc i chose it. #was it fucking hard? was i choosing the hard thing?? yes. #but we need to stop seeing artists as lazy layabouts that can ''afford'' to just ''sit around and create'' #when MANY - if not MOST - of us are NOT like that. we have to work our fucking ASSES off. hard work. long and hard work #part of valuing artists is recognizing the amount we sacrifice to make our art. bc it doesn't just #like HAPPEN to us. also btw it rarely has anything to do with true talent. #speaking as someone with a chronic condition i hate when ppl are like u have it easy. like actively as i'm writing this my hands r #ACTIVELY hurting me. i haven't been posting bc my left hand was curled in a claw for the last week #this isn't fucking luck. after a certain point it's not even TALENT. it's dedication & sacrifice. #''u get to flounce around and do nothing with ur life'' is a narrative that is a direct result of capitalism #imagine if we said that about literally any other profession. #''oh so u give up 10 yrs of ur life to be a doctor? u sacrifice having a social life and u get SUPER in debt? #u need to work countless hours and it will often be thankless? well i wish i was that lucky'' #we should be applying that logic to landlords ONLY #''oh ur mom and dad gave u the money to buy a house? and all u did was paint it white and rent it? huh.''

[pluviatrix]

bald playthrough so far.

#baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #astarion #shadowheart #um. #karlach #mj art #this and astarion being like “wuh-oh look out! trap!” and then proceeding to flounce over and FPK us into little bits

[kirstydreaming]

Anastasia Novik

#kirstydreaming #Anastasia Novik #feminine fashion #pale blue dress #layer dress #swiss dots #flounced sleeve #feminine inspiration #Shein

[naughtydogg]

he’s so funny i’m not sorry.

#what a brat 👉🏻👈🏻 #credit to twitter for this lovely video #anyways he’s so damn cute. the ‘🤨 did peter davison tear up my scarf??’ #the ‘flounce out of the room’ shut up he’s so dramatic <3<3<3 #tom baker #keep uploading stuff from this con plsssss

[heavenly-angell]

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#me flouncing around in this #screaminggg #pink #pink aesthetic #coquette #coquette aesthetic #fashion

[frnkiebby]

it’s fine this is fine okay yeah cool~🎃

#THEY WAY HE JUST FLOUNCES OFF #after being a gross little shit #i love him #the most gorgeous #fuck #he’s so pretty and i’m so tired and so so so far gone on him #frank and his spit kink #frnkiebby #frank iero #mcr #frnkiero #mcrmy #frnkie #mcr5 #my chemical romance #my chem #ilhsm

[stedesparasol]

taika kept the morning-after robe 🫠

#me flouncing around the real world with my sex robe and kraken ring

[jaskierx]

are you interested in posting about stede bonnet? of course you are. it’s quick it’s easy and it’s free

just follow this handy mnemonic: STEDE!

S - stop ✋

T - think 🤔 about

E - every word you’re using to describe him and

D - don’t 🚫 use any words that you wouldn’t also use to describe a similar cringefail posh guy who ran off to be a pirate who just happens to be more masc

E - everybody will appreciate it 😎

#especially me who is tired of seeing people talking about stede ‘flouncing about’ and being a ‘ponce’ #ofmd #fandom critical #stede bonnet #lyse.jpg

[ghostlyarchaeologist]

"I suppose one obvious answer is that he didn't want to be further associated with who his father really was-a war criminal."

Forever S01E14 Hitler on the Half Shell.

#forever abc #henry morgan #abe morgan #ioan gruffudd #judd hirsch #'would you just butch up' followed by what can only be described as a flounce #don't listen to him henry i love you just the way you are! #ghostly'sgifs

[lesbiangracehanson]

tfw ur girlfriend is presumptuous af but ur down too bad to care much anymore :// 

#olivia watches voyager #j7 #seven of nine #kathryn janeway #star trek voyager #chakotay's face after seven just went 'i thought she might' + flounced off ashdbskf #AND janeway's face when seven ordered her to assist her #the fact that she simply has given up with reminding seven of how rank works + just resorts to sarcastic under her breath kind of comments #looooool #i will be posting about a billion more screenshots from this episode tomorrow cos it was toooo good. sorry <3

[chic-a-gigot]

La Mode illustrée, no. 8, 21 février 1886, Paris. Robe en lèze de dentelle crème (devant). Ville de Paris / Bibliothèque Forney  

La jupe, faite en satin crème, est garnie d'un volant ayant 10 centimètres de largeur; on la recouvre au-dessus de ce volant avec un volant en lèze de dentelle crème et des morceaux de garniture plissés en même lèze de dentelle. Le corsage, en lèze de dentelle, plissé devant et derrière, est garni de dentelle cousue en spirales. Une dentelle semblable entoure le bord inférieur des manches ainsi que les basques par derrière et recouvre le col droit fait en ruban'ottoman rouge. Des nœuds et des pans en ruban ottoman ayant 8 et do centimètres de largeur garnissent la robe d'après les indications du dessin.

The skirt, made of cream satin, is trimmed with a flounce 10 centimeters wide; it is covered above this flounce with a flounce in cream lèze lace and pieces of pleated trim in the same lèze lace. The bodice, in lèze lace, pleated in front and behind, is trimmed with lace sewn in spirals. A similar lace surrounds the lower edge of the sleeves as well as the tails behind and covers the straight collar made of red ottoman ribbon. Bows and panels of Ottoman ribbon 8 and 10 centimeters wide garnish the dress as indicated in the drawing.

#La Mode illustrée #19th century #1800s #1880s #1886 #periodical #fashion #fashion plate #retouch #description #Forney #dress #dentelle #lèze #bustle #ribbon #bow #flounce

[kirstydreaming]

Anastasia Novik

#Anastasia Novik #frill trim blouse #pink blouse #sheer top #flounce sleeve #beautiful model #pretty outfit #feminine inspiration #Shein #kirstydreaming

[gogmstuff]

1908 (November) Les Modes - Le Thé Chinbara by Gabriel Nicolet. From gallica.bnf.fr 1438X1896.

#1908 dress #1900sdress #Belle Époque dress #Edwardian dress #house dress #flounces #wrap #Gabriel Nicolet

[wear-this-for-me-sweetie]

SUGAR AND SPICE and all that's nice are heaped upon our beautiful bouffant. These flounces are there to give you a wonderful whirl and the top layering has all the ribbons and lace needed to send you into the prettiest flutter. Look, too, at that delicate lace edging at the hem - sweet if it shows when you're dancing!

#flounces #sugar and spice #vintage fashion #pretty skirts

[safeplacesnupin]

My take on that famous Snape quote.

Tell me the man isn't dramatic. I love him so.

#severus snape #snape #dramatic #fan art #snape fanart #snape fan art #harry potter fan art #my art #severus #flounce #prosnape #pro snape #pro-snape #snapedom #strike a pose #snape quotes #BOTTLE fame #BREW GLORY #and #even #put a #STOPPER #in DEATH

[doizy]

Made some real progress on my Youmu cosplay after months of procrastinating on it!

I was originally planning to wear it with a white button down shirt I already own but I seem to have lost it, and I ended up really loving the look of the sleeves of the blouse I used for fitting so I will probably make one in a similar style.

The ghost pattern is just very simple chain stitch embroidery, but it ended up looking really nice!

#Cosplay #sewing #embroidery #touhou #konpaku youmu #youmu konpaku #touhou cosplay #touhou project #i actually made the flounced petticoat for this like ten month ago i think? #the skirtand waist coat are made put of a lovely blend of linen and rayon it's such a pretty fabric!