#human excellence

[therealmackenson10]

Glad to have made it to #Atlanta for the little sisters #graduation. The commencement speaker not only graduated 13 years ago, but she came and gave back; by making sure each graduate left with a paid LLC and a business in their name. That’s how you change a culture, the youth will one day be the ones leading the next generation. “Education is the great engine of personal development. It is through education that the daughter of a peasant can become a doctor, that a son of a mineworker can become the head of the mine, that a child of farm workers can become the president of a country”- Nelson Mandela #ClarkAtlantaUniversity #HumanExcellence #KnowLedgeIsPower #Alumni

#graduation #clark atlanta university #HBCU #unversity #class of 2022 #LLC #business #human excellence #black excellence #college degree #college #Nelson mendela #quotes #Haitian #Haiti #knowledge #knowledge is power #alumni #Atlanta #Georgia

[juliaridulaina]

El lotus de gel⚜The Ice Lotus⚜El lotus de hielo⚜

⚜La natura em meravella, em fa connectar amb allò millor que hi ha en mi. Em recorda que estic, estem, connectats subtilment a tot perquè estem fets de tots el elements del que tot està fet. El Lotus de gel, és la màxima expressió de la puresa i ha de ser el símbol de la nova humanitat. Si vull pertànyer a l’excel·lència humana, haig de ser conscient de que ho puc assolir. ⚜ Nature amazes me, it…

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#determinació per avançar #determinación para avanzar #determination to move forward #El lotus de gel⚜ #El lotus de hielo⚜ #human excellence #l&039;excel·lència humana #la excelencia humana #La natura em meravella #La naturaleza me maravilla #Nature amazes me #pensaments en despertar #Pensamientos al despertar #The Ice Lotus⚜ #thoughts when waking up

[notumbusbumbus]

A Brief Musing on Excellence

Notty Bumbo, 2023

I love when I read something someone has created that shows me their aim, who they have evolved to in this instant. It makes me feel welcomed once again into the broader human genius, where I want excellence to be in everything humans do. To be clear, and honest and insightful, to generate the world from imaginations and joys and sorrows alike. To hold back nothing in the use of one’s mind. To be unafraid to speak truth even at risk of one’s existence.

I am always reminded of the great poem by Rilke – The Man Watching – where the protagonist, Jacob, is faced with wrestling an angel, knowing already he will fail. Yet he commits fully despite that knowledge, as “whoever was beaten by this angel, (who often simply declined to fight), went away proud and strengthened and great from that harsh hand, and kneaded him as if to change his shape…” (Bly’s translation)

I have always read this poem as a challenge to existence, an acknowledgement of our weakness and our determination, to seize this being we wake up inside each day. We all will die, but we go on. The Universe lives before and after our presence. But while here, we struggle, create, change. Hopefully, we evolve enough to make our time here a bit longer.

It seems as well that we see such individuals when times are most precarious, when the nightly news becomes vile and bewildering. How could our better natures have allowed this chaos to have gone so far? I then am forced to consider how so much of all human cultures has never been about the future, has become trapped in compounded illusions in reality itself. A type of excellence at once perverse and corrosive, where we are so captured by phantoms of thought we cannot – dare not - think of confronting our falsified and broken natures.

Still, the urge toward evolution is embedded in our every cell, not merely for our physical body, but the spiritual and mental journey we take through time. For individuals who have stepped through the portals of curiosity and intellect, there is no going back to those ancient illusions. There is only excitement, delight, and yes, urgency. Such beings realize our time may be shorter than imagined, our passage through this existence, in this vast and astonishing Universe, likely brief.

Therefore they create, they learn, they keep pushing to understand. They make clear to the totality of humanity there is another choice besides giving up, going mad, make worse decisions as a species. A choice that pursues solutions across all parts of human endeavor, whether emotional, intellectual, spiritual, or societal. Whether we as a species makes this shift – to acknowledge and work to confront our own demise – will be the ultimate test of this premise. There will be no sidelines from which the fearful can watch at a safe distance of such an effort.

And this is why I celebrate those people, old and young, who seek answers to our existential dilemma, one where we, working together as we have unabated since our emergence from the water, swamped in illusion, run so blithely toward our extinction. We need all who seek excellence, who work to refine their vision and understanding, to tip the scales of chance toward the voices that choose to live. To demonstrate the elevation of the potential inside our very design program. To give voice to the future, one that includes us all.

#philosophy #mortality #human excellence #choices #evolution

[tesserariuss]

the man, the ship

#human excellence #still serving his 16 year sentence

[iceycloversart]

poor frost

#mortal kombat #mortal kombat x #kuai liang #hanzo hasashi #tomas vrbada #bi han #noob saibot #mk frost #noobsmoke #kuaizo #subscorp #bitomas #mkx #also this is noob saibot and smoke but theyre both humans #i know theres been two new games but im still stuck on mkx forever and ever and ever #except i am stealing kuai from 11 and bi han from 1 i really like their designs. they look excellent #can someone give frost a flaming hot girlfriend #that is all thank you good bye

[marzipanandminutiae]

Dolls are just. so friend-shaped

#dolls #humanity really went 'let's make tiny fake people to love' and then we DID #very excellent of us

[bottombaron]

you know, i can handle a little bit of fun "Nandor is dumb" talk, but i have a net-zero tolerance for any implication that Nandor is not educated.

Nandor would have been incredibly educated in his lifetime.

even (or especially) as a soldier in the Islamic World. being a soldier was more like getting sent to boarding school that's also a military camp. they weren't just concerned with creating loyal fodder for war. they were building the next government officials, generals, accountants, advisors, etc. it was important that young men knew how to read, write, speak multiple languages, learn philosophy...sometimes even studying art and music was mandatory.

if he was nobility (and its most likely he was), take all that shit and multiply it exponentially. Nandor would have been reading Plato at the same age most people are still potty training. he would have been specifically groomed in such a way to not be just a brilliant strategist and warrior, but also diplomate and ambassador of literally the center of scientific and cultural excellence of the age.

so like yeah, he can be a big dummy sometimes, sure. but that bitch is probably more educated than any of us will ever be.

#wwdits #nandor the relentless #Nandor #what we do in the shadows #i think its obvious by how much Nandor loves to read that he grew up educated #it's one of my favorite character traits of his #anyways #this was just your local psa abt the depth of Nandor's character and intelligence #and how the medieval islamic world was like - so much more advanced than it's western counterpart it's hilarious how ppl mischaracterize it #(by hilarious i mean it makes me want to break something) #this was in my drafts lolol what did i read that made me vent this? idk #also 'islamic world' is just a term some historians use to describe a specific geographical location and historical age #kind of how 'western world' is used today #it doesn't mean it's specific to one religion or nation but the broader time and location #meaning that Al Qolindar or Persia or Ilkhanate or w/e you want to call where Nandor came from #the same expectations of education and it's vibrant social/cultural world remain an accurate image of the middle east in the medieval age #if you come from the west like me #think The Forum + The Library of Alexandria + Paris/Florence + and idk anything else u think of when u think of 'Western Excellence' #and then imagine of all of that in one place at one time and then u might get close to what the world Nandor was living in as a human

[space-glasgow]

🤨🤨

#squid noir is sooo excellent episode #spongebob squarepants #spongebob #squidward tentacles #squidward #sbsp #human au #fanart #squidbob

[merriclo]

i love the idea that Wild is a big brother to basically all of the kids in his Hyrule. it’s such a good heacanon that i never see utilized.

#with their dads permission he’ll take Cottla and Koko on horse rides and they always have food ready for his horses when he comes into town #cottla wants to learn archery to be like him and he melts when he finds that out #all the kids in Hateno have been caught giving treats to his horses #this is a popular headcanon i think but him teaching the local kiddos how to sword fight so often times he’ll be found directing a horde of #children who’re all swinging treebaches around. he couldn’t look prouder of them. #imagine when he gets older and all the village kids r teens/young adults and all of a sudden the village has skilled hunters and foragers #and everyone’s like ‘wow what’s hateno doing’ and the answer is they all had a great big brother #by older i mean he’d be like. early thirties. but y’know ahsnfjks #wild’s impact should rest in the ppl i think. botw is all abt humanity’s strive to overcome hardship and find beauty in the misery #(well. it is to me anyhow lmao) #so i love the idea of his influence not resting in politics or myths or whatever #but within the culture and spirit of those he fought for #in my brain he definitely wanted to rescue Zelda at first and that’s the only reason he was going to fight ganon #but as his journey progressed he wanted to protect and cultivate the future more than rescue the past #i like this idea w zelda too. like not only will the future generation have great fighters but excellent scholars and leaders. #wow i am RAMBLING #anyhow. i like big bro wild. #linked universe #lu #jojo’s linked universe #linkeduniverse #lu wild #wild lu #wild linked universe #linked universe wild

[satans-knitwear]

You're one of many things I shouldn't do.

My links

#Successful day!!! Hopefully me being unconscious for the rest of the week isnt too much of an inconvenience to anyone 🤷 #Very proud of myself for my excellent impression of a human person #Satans knitwear #Alt pinup #Pinup girl #Leather-look trousers my beloved #Corset top #Overbust corset #Gingham print corset #bi girl #cheeky #wlw #Any tips or treats are always massively appreciated 💕✨

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

“That one time Barnaby broke somebody’s jaw for going a little too far w/ insulting Wally & almost got expelled <3”

Full story please? <3

WITH PLEASURE!

for those who are slightly confused, this is for 'my' modern human au! well. modern-ish!

okay so when they were in freshman year / 9th grade, Barnaby and Wally are soldily Bonded. they are a set, do not separate. they receive a lot of shit for this, because some kids are assholes and that's especially true for 14yr olds. and it's 2006. so Wally and Barnaby get teased/bullied a lot for their closeness. at this point they're kind of used to it. they met early in 7th grade and have been inseparable ever since. most of it slides off of them

but what is Barnaby was having an especially stressful week? one of those weeks were everything is going wrong, nothing is working out. so Barn is at the end of his rope, and then one of the main kids who likes to bother them insults Wally specifically, and badly. like it's some next level So Bad Its Almost Impressive shit. at present Barnaby is walking to his next class with Wally and Poppy. so Barnaby just kind of stops in place, mentally chooses violence, turns, walks up to the kid, and punches him as hard as he can. it knocked the bully out instantly and broke his jaw.

and keep in mind that at this point in time, Barnaby isn't the big strong guy he is later on. he hasn't had his main growth spurt yet. and he still packed enough of a punch to do Damage - which makes him even more intimidating when he Does hit his growth spurt and towers over practically everyone

the pros of this event: Frank and Julie were watching, and Frank respected Barnaby's response so much that he allowed Julie to bring him to hang out with the growing friend group at lunch / asshole kids were less inclined to insult Wally and Barnaby (or his friends) to their faces

cons: Eddie was also watching and was too scared of Barnaby for the rest of their school career to try and talk to him or his friends / Barnaby nearly got expelled but did get suspended, and that's a permanent mark on his record

so the kid goes down, everyone freaks out. Barnaby is still too angry to feel anything other than pissed off vindication. naturally higher Authorities (teachers) come to get the unconscious student to the (i almost said vet) nurse's office, and to bring Barnaby to the principle's office. they call Ms. Beagle and have her come pick him up. Wally has stuck like glue to Barnaby pretty much the whole time, except for when Barnaby was in the office to get chewed out / interrogated. when Ms. Beagle is done w/ her conversation with the principle, she takes Barnaby and Wally home.

there, Barnaby is still worked up, and as "punishment" Ms. Beagle has him do some menial tasks alongside his usual after school chores. Wally tags along, of course, and asks why the hell Barnaby did that. in a nicer Wally way of asking. this is what breaks the camels back. Barnaby just sits down and starts crying, to which Wally is like "oh no. oh fuck. what do i do." cue a solid minute of him just standing and staring in panic before awkwardly sitting next to Barnaby in solidarity.

when they go inside, Ms. Beagle already has Barnaby's favorite dinner whipped up and ready. She gives him a talk where she's essentially says "blah blah blah violence isn't the answer. however, good job for standing up to that kid. he's an asshole and deserved a good wallop." (listen im a firm believer in ms beagle having been a Wild Youth that would have thrown bricks at cops). Moods are lightened, they have a good dinner. The next day or so they need to go have a meeting with the Injured Kid's parents. that's when they find out Barnaby fully broke the kids jaw (he feels a little bad for that) and that the parents are pushing for his expulsion and also juvie. Ms. Beagle manages to whittle down the sentence to a long suspension and then detention for the rest of the year, as well as her paying the kid's hospital bill.

tl;dr Barnaby punches a kid for insulting Wally, gets a new friend out of it, nearly gets expelled, and gains a mostly unfounded Reputation that dissuades most from outright messing with him or his pals

#julie: theyre fun people! come hang out with us! #frank: i dont want any friends other than you #frank: *witnesses The Incident* hm... ill allow it #this is all Important to me #because barnaby isnt violent? hes a laid back guy. & a wordsmith - he doesnt need his fists in order to deal damage #but then for the rest of his highschool career hes The Scary Guy #especially when he hits that growth spurt #i mean! at least it means his friends are messed with less! #but it also means he tries harder to be disarming and Funny. charming! with excellent self control #he had great self control to start with but yk. anxiety over People Talking #it also means hes less inclined to be rebellious of any kind since he doesnt want to push his luck #rambles from the bog #wh modern human au #in the future when eddie is part of the circle he brings up This Incident #theyre all able to laugh about it since its been like... over a decade at that point #but yeah <3 #and barnaby has not punched anyone since! #frank however.... #if there was a fight in their middle/high... he usually was at the center of it. or at least near the center #not that anyone can prove anything! he was very good at not getting caught

[bonefall]

The recent post really made me realize just how much I love your version of Clearsky.

Dude was super religious while at the same time basically being in a pissing contest with it.

They gave him the most on the nose lesson on humility possible, and he doubles down on everything in an act of stubbornness that's almost admirable in how awful and stupid it is.

And out of all the BB villains bar Mapleshade, he wins. He is such a fucking menace that he forces his own religion to bribe him and then becomes a patron deity of said religion, and irreversibly changes his entire society for the worse through sheer force of will.

He believes that the world revolves around him and only him, and to be honest, I kinda see why he thinks that

Thistleclaw and Tigerstar wish they were half as successful as Clearsky, and he didn't do it through plotting or magic, but by refusing to learn his god damn lesson no matter how many times it came back to bite him.

I feel like, especially in the Current Day with the Events That Occur around us irl, it's a shame that we never get villains who win through SHEER force of will. It's so, so rare in fiction.

BB!Skystar isn't scheming, he doesn't have a master plan, he doesn't even really have an end goal at the height of his power. He just lives in his own head and does whatever the hell he wants.

That's it! So simple! No self-reflection, absolutely incapable of taking criticism, refuses to grow and change. He has a beautifully simple mind. And it is that very lack of conscious that leads to his strength. You can't shame the shameless. You can't convince him to amend his ways.

There's one way to overcome him; to defeat him, physically. To remove his power. Nothing else will work; he will keep coming back until he is stripped of it. In BB he is the first leader to die, because of that.

Even after Thunderstar refuses to kill a helpless opponent, Skystar took his last chance and went right back to war with it.

And he'll deliver a speech about everyone having one life to give, and about the goodness and righteousness of dying for a cause, but that's all just his rationalization. He can't confront the truth, so he never will. If he did think about it for more than a second... he would be the bad guy.

But he can't. He can't be the bad guy. Because then he would be wrong. So he will simply never think about it.

In the end, what does him in is the fact he got out-bullied by a bigger tyrant. He realized that his power would be threatened by there being less warfare, and he flinched first. His invulnerability was compromised, in that last moment, because it was the ONLY moment where he entertained self-doubt.

I just think he's neat

#HOW could anyone ever give this up for a shitty redemption arc?? #Like... he's soo goooddd as a villain #He's EXCELLENT as the most simple. Most straightforward antagonist you ever seen. #What is the definition of evil? Utter self-benefit? In that sense he is evil #True evil. The human kind. #He isn't evil in the sadist sense. But that is very rare to begin with #His type is infinitely more common. And more interesting #Because it's not deep at all. It's very simple. If you try to DIVE DEEP to understand it you'll miss it completely #It feels good to get what you want. #It feels bad to acknowledge your own wrongdoing. #Two steps. #Better bones au #Bone babble #BB!Skystar

[spacecasehobbit]

In light of That Episode from season 5, this scene is so much sadder and sweeter and a thousand times more devastating???

That's Havers' swagger stick! He was being all silly and Captain-y and having 'pillow talk' with his actual pillow, but all the while he had Havers' swagger stick, that Havers gave to him while he was dying, held in his hands beside him in place of the person he truly wished to be talking to.

Brb, dying.

#ghosts #bbc ghosts #the captain #this show does such an excellent job #of being hilarious #and silly and human and absurd #and also on occasion heartbreakingly sad

[jihef03]

Batman can be among the best, but he never should be *the* best.

#that's his limitation #he can study dozens of fields during a decade and excells in them but he never should be a master of them #he's only human #a real competent and dangerous one but human nonetheless #batman #bruce wayne #dc comics

[hamletthedane]

Transcribing the Oscar Wilde Questionnaire

Because nearly every response is a gem. (Here's a link to a high-res photo of the questionnaire, completed by Wilde in 1877)

N: Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde, 1877

Your Favourite

Colour? couleur de rose (often a [red?]).

Flower? Lilium Auratum

Tree? Stone Pine and Lemon Tree

Object in nature? The sea (when there are no bathing machines)

Hour in the day? Post hour.

Season of the Year? Beginning of autumn.

Perfume? almond blossoms

Gem? Sapphire in winter / Diamond in summer.

Style of Beauty? that of Guido [Reni]'s St. Sebastian and of the "Venus of Melos [sic - Milo]"

Names, Male and Female? Eucharis, Florence, Cecil

Painters? Fra Angelico; Turner; Caravaggio.

Musicians? Mozart, Gounod, Chopin.

Piece of Sculpture? Apoxyomenos of Vatican.

Poets? Euripides, Keats, Theocritus, and myself.

Poetesses? Sappho and Lady [Jane] Wilde

Prose Authors? Plato and John Ruskin.

Character in Romance? Achilles; Nausikaa

[Character] in History? Dr Newman. Alexander.

Book to take up for an hour? I never take up books for an hour.

What book (not religious) would you part with least? my Euripides.

What epoch would you choose to have lived in? the Italian Renaissance.

Where would you like to live? Florence and Rome.

What is your favourite amusement? writing sonnets, and Riding.

What is your favourite occupation? Reading my own sonnets .

What trait of character do you most admire in man? the power of attracting friends.

What trait of character do you most admire in woman? the power of becoming either a Cleopatra, or a St. Catherine

What trait of character do you most detest in each? Vanity; self esteem; conceitedness

If not yourself, who would you rather be? a Cardinal of the Catholic Church

What is your idea of happiness? Absolute power over men’s minds, even if accompanied by chronic toothache.

What is your idea of misery? living a poor and respectable life in an obscure village.

What is your bête noir [sic]? a thorough Irish Protestant

What is your dream? getting my hair cut

What is your favorite game? Snipe and Lawn Tennis

What do you believe to by your distinguishing characteristics? [the word “humility” is scribbled-through] inordinate self-esteem

If married, what do you believe to be the distinguishing characteristics of your better-half? Devotion to her husband [Note: written high in margin as cheeky reference to response in #34]

What is the sublimest passions of which human nature is capable? asceticism; ambition

What are the sweetest words in the world? Well Done!

What are the saddest words? Failure!

What is your aim in life? success, fame or even notoriety

What is your motto? [No response]

#oscar wilde #wilde #literature #poetry #my take: he has excellent taste but is also a Basic History Gay. Respect. #What is the sublimest passions of which human nature is capable? ‘asceticism’ 👀 #a genuinely interesting response assuming he’s not joking

[spoomals]

why on stage tho- 😭

A twunk and a twink

fellas is it cool if my headcanon for Broomer is transfem???? Idrk lul

#my fanart #bugs goof art #art #artwork #ibispaintx #artists on tumblr #digital art #osc #Broomer x chalky #eee osc #eee #excellent entities #extraordinarily excellent entities #human au #Excellent entities au #wedding au #NAH BUT LET HIM COOK IN THAT PINK DRESS- #Best canon ship ever #object show art #object show #object show fanart #object show community #osc art #object shows #Art