#to touch the face of god

[queenlucythevaliant]

After all, the right stuff was not bravery in the simple sense of being willing to risk your life (by riding on top of a Redstone or Atlas rocket). Any fool could do that (and many fools would no doubt volunteer, given the opportunity), just as any fool could throw his life away in the process. No, the idea (as all pilots understood) was that a man should have the ability to go up in a hurtling piece of machinery and put his hide on the line and have the moxie, the reflexes, the experience, the coolness, to pull it back at the last yawning moment.

The Right Stuff, Tom Wolfe

#apparently moon landing day is a Tumblr holiday now #and while i didn't know that until literally like 10 min ago #I'm glad #it's so completely worth celebrating #it's pretty cliche to pull out the titular Right Stuff quote for this but i hadn't seen anyone else post it #so here it is #great great book about some great brave men #makes me think about Chestertonian courage honestly #to touch the face of god #pontifications and creations #be strong and courageous

[sun-through-the-trees]

I could maybe rant about and rewatch this for the next 150,000,000 lifetimes. A few highlights:

• Though Jupiter is the obvious choice for gravity assists to increase or decrease orbital velocity, Venus was used instead for its solar proximity, adding hundreds of hours of effective work time for the Parker mission.

• The need to collapse and protect the onboard instrumentation meant that the solar panels, among all the rest, had to be as small as possible: smaller than would be possible with a Jovian gravity assist, further justifying the Venusian path.

• Copper and aluminum, normal electrical wire conductors, would melt in the heat of the sun, and were replaced with a very heat resistant Neodymium-Hafnium alloy. The typically plastic jacketing/insulator was likewise replaced with synthetic sapphire.

• To stress test many of the instruments onboard, a massive "solar furnace"– a huge array of mirrors focused at a giant, parabolic mirror, which directs light into one spot– was used. To test the functionality of certain imaging and particle sensors, 6 high powered IMAX projectors were used. Certain instruments were proved more efficient under such circumstances, as the heat further decontaminated the sensors.

• Though, outside of the images, most of the discoveries by the Parker probe tend more mathematical than charismatic, as far as space facts go, they are still uniquely informative, band may help with the development of terrestrial fusion reactors.

#solar power #the sun #space #astronomy #parker solar probe #fusion power #science #THIS IS SO COOL #to touch the face of God #Youtube

[shalpilot]

he can take it off if he wants to

#one piece #eustass kid #killer op #trafalgar law #kidkiller #:) #geese art #also it’s snap release like a fuckjng cat collar #‘shal how the fuck is a scarf snap release’ #well you see. funney #other thought: must suck to be in the cold with a giant metal arm #god. he accidentally touches his face with it and then he’s stuck like that forever #or until it warms up. which presents its own issues #hm. going to draw him cooking eggs on his arm now I think

[richp45198]

The Truth Is Out There (Maybe)

The Truth Is Out There (Maybe)

I am reading yet another book titled “The Four Agreements” (a very good book, by the way) in which the writer Miguel Ruiz posits what he has come to experience as The Truth. I have read many such books over the years. I suppose that, if someone were to do what the scientists call a meta-analysis of these books, there would be consistent themes that would emerge. Some years ago, I had a recurring…

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#John Magee Jr. #spiritual quest #To touch the face of God

[humming-fly]

I know I've thought of a good shitpost when the premise is only funny to me and maybe three other people

#i bet you all thought i'd do an fma crossover first huh? Foolish. kirby shitpost attack #malevolent #malevolent podcast #arthur lester #john doe #comic #my art #doodles #kirby #not shown is john describing a waddle dee to arthur in the worst way possible #'oh arthur....' #'it's a small orange creature - unlike anything from your world' #'it stands maybe one foot high and moves with an odd gait - its limbs sliding across its body as if disconnected' #'fleshy protrusions on both of its sides sway with it...almost like limbs that have been amputated - leaving just the stumps' #'oh god arthur...its face...' #'two long wet eyes sit in the center of its body - they're drawn and pulled in an uneven shape' #'it's pupils fill the bottom two thirds of each long oval' #'the rest of the face or head is featureless and smooth - it has no mouth only tan stretched skin that looks pliant to the touch' #'arthur...it's Staring Right. At. Us.' #waddle dee: wanya

[aeteut]

The shape of love, Wolfstar.

By likeafunerall, and reposted with permission.

#Remus seems he really cannot live a single second without touching Sirius #like look at his leg in the first one 😭 And the expression on his face just? #From there to the second the third and the last one in every piece of the art he’s holding Sirius #by the wrist and by the waist #Remus is never letting her go #gosh #Remus Lupin’s big hands covering the small of Sirius’s back #good God #Sirius Black in tiny shorts #Remus’s broad shoulders #he’s so handsome in the shower one. #wolfstar #remus lupin #sirius black #rlsb #r/s #remus/sirius #remus x sirius #harry potter fanart #likeafunerall #live laf love 🤍

[esmes]

2023 revival todd/lovett + touch

#sweeney todd revival #annaleigh ashford #josh groban #sweenett #my gifs #nellie lovett and the subtle art of the dry hump #tough to pick just a few moments too bc annaleigh is ALWAYS touching him god bless #but these are my faves #the swagger with which he takes her face and walks her backward in the fourth gif contrasted with the unbearable intimacy of the last #you can see it almost ALMOST feels nice enough to give in to but also not at all..... ha hah hA ha #they are so sick and twisted and i am v normal about them :) #** #2023 revival #otp: if you only knew #sweeney todd #mt

[sparrow-in-boots]

"My heart is beating, It keeps repeating for you constantly. You're all I'm needing And so I'm pleading, Please come back to me."

#dunno man i'm not happy with this one but #fuck it we do it live #(shoves so many effect layers on it) #my favorite gimmick for my John design is touch as his ultimate love language (nonrom) #malevolent #malevolent podcast #john doe malevolent #arthur lester malevolent #jarthur #private eyes #[face in hands] the pain of having a qpr ship but fandom ships imply romanic feelings GOD #pardal does art

[valeffelees]

some quick snowbaz sketches for the soul :)

and also this lmfao

#been trying some new things lately #usually i do baz's hair up in a front middle part #bc ive always found it kinda fun and cartoony looking #but it was making his face look really fucking weird here so i tried drawing it down and back #+ parted to the side of his widow's peak instead #and i think i like it a lot better this way #ive also been trying to add more texture to his and simon's hair #to help make things a bit easier when im colouring #and i feel really fuckin good about how that turned out #like i have such a hard time drawing simon's fringe but i really like how it looks here #im also trying to overcome my fear of eyelashes lmfao #(and my general lack of confidence with drawing characters touching/interacting) #so yeah lots of fun new things happening here at the ''god i want to get better at art so bad'' club #n e way -> #carry on #simon snow #baz pitch #snowbaz #sketchbook apocalypse

[sadquickchristmassnowman]

you guys know how abed has that head tilt tic that sometimes gets triggered when he’s upset? (lmk if you don’t know what I’m talking about, I have other examples.)

anyway, he does it again (very slightly) when troy is leaving at the end of geothermal escapism. I haven’t been able to unsee it since I noticed it and it’s absolutely destroyed me so I thought I’d burden you all with it too <3

the subtlety and how held back it is just makes it more devastating. it’s also yet another testament to how great of an actor danny pudi is. I have no idea if he even did the tic consciously, but he understands abed on such a deep level that it’s automatic for him. and even if it was a conscious decision danny made, it’s very obvious that for abed, it wasn’t intentional. for abed, it was just an automatic expression of how upset he was. it’s so realistic and heartbreaking UGH I hate this SHOW (I love this show)

#also side note the fucking look on his face. I didn’t even touch that but goddamn #he looks DEVASTATED while still maintaining abed’s characteristic flat effect. I just. #danny is such a great actor god #community #nbc community #community nbc #community tv #abed nadir #troy barnes #trobed #troy and abed #geothermal escapism #danny pudi

[finngualart]

saw the new beech leaves catch the spring sunlight when i was outside just now and i had to go home immediately and draw about it

#baldur #norse gods #norse mythology #spring #the bottom drawing is based on a pic of my friend and a little goat we saw at the farm last weekend #it made this exact face when she touched its ears it was so fucking cute #hi charlotte if u see this i transed ur gender hope thats ok :P

[queenlucythevaliant]

Got to exposit to my mom for like an hour in the car about Hubble and James Webb, so I'm feeling very existentially fulfilled right now 😁

#pictures tomorrow! #pontifications and creations #to touch the face of God

[inchidentally]

https://x.com/norrishoax/status/1754607179443687564?s=20

God, this is the first time my beautiful eyes see this photo. I miss them even more <3

NEITHER HAVE I THEY'RE SO CUTE ??

#inchreplies #landoscar #twinklaren #mctwinks #lie detector test #oh my GOD #they were so fucking flirty this whole thing #leaning super close and ALMOST touching hands and getting super bashful #lando hiding his face and blushing and oscar looking like he could cannabalize lando in one bite #oh my godddd #you've got quite big arms #and lando pulling his sleeve tight to show how small his widdle arms are by comparison #smiles #hearteyes #landoscar lore

[demigod-of-the-agni]

BREAKING NEWS: make sure this guy wins a card game competition so that he may SMILE and HUM THE VICTORY FANFARE TO HIMSELF

#GOD OH MY GOD OH MY FUCKING GOD #HE'S SO FUCKING ADORABLE AND DORKY #HE LOOKS SO HAPPY LOOK AT HIM!!!! LOOK AT HIS FACE #I LOVE HIM SO MUCH.... #he looked like he wanted to gut the queensblood guy but then he gets the trophy and he immediately goes :) #AND THEN HE HUMS THE VICTORY FANFARE?????? SHUT THE FUCK UPPPP #LEAVE ME ALONE NO ONE TOUCH ME #i am going to save this clip and keep it until the universe goes cold #cloud strife #as you can see. i am insane about the boy #ff7 rebirth spoilers #ff7 #ff7 rebirth #agnirambles

[pdwoozi]

#the x files #fox mulder #dana scully #txfedit #txf #mine #tv: the x files #f: the x files #listen to me for a second #this scene #had EVERYTHING #we had a HUG #we had a FOREHEAD KISS #we had FOREHEADS TOUCHING #we had GAZING #THIS SCENE WAS EVERYTHING #almost kiss aside (fuck u fictional bee) #god the way they look at each other #the TENDERNESS in the forehead kiss #the way his fingers move on her face and the way her hand tightens on the back of his neck #this scene was acted p e r f e c t l y #retroactive awards for david and gilly while i physically THROW MYSELF OFF MY ROOF BC OF THIS ENTIRE SCENE THANKS BYE

[valarinde]

episode one / episode three

#iwtv #iwtvedit #iwtv edit #interview with the vampire #louis de pointe du lac #lestat de lioncourt #loustat #myedit #there's just something. to. #louis reaching out to touch lestat's face and lestat letting himself be pulled in and kissed and kissing back #and. lestat reaching out to do the same and being met with. rejection. #that's gonna be eating my brain #god his face. he read the situation wrong and he's Not Ready