#true talents

[jarofalicesgrunge]

Grunge Big Four

#alice in chains #layne staley #kurt cobain #nirvana #chris cornell #soundgarden #eddie vedder #pearljam #90s #grunge #rock #aic #legend #legends #grunge scene #90s grunge #rock bands #true talents #they rock #what a era 😍 #they got sound #60s 70s 80s 90s #rock concert #rock legends #true legend #grunge rock #seattle sound #fav #I love them so much

[cdpdraws]

okay throwback to February when I read a book for the first time in a year and it altered my brain chemistry. please read Hidden Talents and True Talents by David Lubar (or even just the TV tropes page) I need someone else here with me.

top image, left to right, my designs for the main 6 characters: Cheater, Martin, Torchie, Trash, Lucky, Flinch

open to asks/requests/whatever if anyone else knows these books

#hidden talents #true talents #david lubar #bookblr #hidden talents david lubar #true talents david lubar #dennis cheater woo #martin anderson #philip torchie grieg #eddie trash thalmayer #dominic lucky calabrizi #willis flinch dobbs

[reddfoxxe]

all i'm saying is my life that much closer to being complete after finally finding and being able to get a book that i loved reading like 5-6? years ago and couldn't remember the name of. especially since i was just about to accept i was just making it up lmao, but seriously everyone should read true talents by david lubar.

(and hidden talents; which was the first in the series and will be reading too)

<also i am very much peer-pressuring anyone who sees this post to read them, you can't escape /hj>

#true talents #books #i may just fall off the face of the earth rn #only to return who knows when

[libraryenthusiast]

torchie grieg is such a good character concept. nicest sweetest boy you know keeps doing arson by accident. with his mind. he fidgets with dead lighters for fun but it's genuinely completely unrelated. he doesn't know why it happens for the first 12 years of his life. oh yeah and also he loves comics and folk music. how can you hate him? boy of all time.

#philip torchie grieg #hidden talents #hidden talents david lubar #true talents #david lubar #true talents david lubar

[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.''

[djo]

PEDRO PASCAL as JAVI GUTIERREZ The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022)

#ppascaledit #pedropascaledit #filmedit #useraurore #usersugar #usermaguire #userregan #userashe #usermandie #tuserpolly #useroaks #useriselin #the unbearable weight of massive talent #mine* #so i found these just wasting away on my pc #and idk what the original point was but so true @ past me

[dogboots]

normal about these two...

#sparklecare hospital #sparklecare #uni cornelius #barry ill #<- i truly do not know how to tag them i am so sorry if this is incorrect at all... #either way barry saying this in the update is so very cute. youre very talented cornelius. it is a statement and it is a true one! :) #i (like most people reading im sure) am very nervous for how unis arc is going to go so i am determined to enjoy the times #everybody is feeling pretty okay. considering the everything at least! #very sorry for these long tags i never really do know how to keep them short do i #my art

[faunandfloraas]

requested by anonymita.

#he's a true lee knower bc he clowns the guy at any opportunity and then 5 minutes later hes goin :aw hes so cute 😊 aw hes so talented 😊 #also the calling him a cat consistently #hes right tho he was cute when he picked felix's eyebrow hair #stray kids #bystay #createskz #staydaily #kim seungmin #lee know #lee minho #skz gifs #skzedit #jesskz #stray kids gifs #skz #2min

[thirteensearring]

Thinking about child actor Dan

#dan and phil #dan howell #wad #wad 24 #ywgttn #you will get through this night #you ever get so emotional seeing someone's dream coming true #so emotionally overwhelmed by the sheer talent of this man

[naturecalls111]

Me, consuming any other media ever: how can I make this about zosan

#nc111 talks #zosan #this is about me playing fe3h for the eighteen billionth time and finding little delusional concepts in sylvix that makes me go #'nod nod nod that's so zosan of them so true' #like objectively it really isn't zosan of them at all but sometimes I see it between the lines and I'm like oh zosan sunglasses emoji #if you dare me i can even find the lawlu in sylvix im so talented #I'm not even kidding if someone made a game out of turning things into zosan i would never lose #i had an ant infestation in my bathroom the other day and I made it about zosan #my brother was like WE HAVE BIGGER ISSUES THAN YOUR YAOI RIGHT NOW #like........ there is no bigger issue than my yaoi at any given moment.....ever.......... #whispers although I have to admit I enjoy the sylvix dynamic more than i do the zosa- *gets shot* #im so sorry there's just only so much bickering i can take before i'm like *smacks ship* I NEED YOU TO BE MORE BLATANTLY KIND TO EACH OTHER #In a way that doesn't feel so teeth-gritty or. well. OOC. LOL #Anyone who likes sylvix AND zosan will know what i mean I'm not going to explain it. iykyk #WAIT LMAO IM NOT DONE. EDIT: #when my first boyfriend broke up with me i was a melodramatic little shit about it #had a diary that i would like pour my heart into and the other day i came across it #and it's really telling that my first thought was “omg.... so zosan-” LIKE GIRL GET A GRIP YOU ARE DETACHING FROM REALITY #all for zosan CRIES ALL FOR ZOSAN...

[vorakh]

quick portrait of her innocence dolores dei as a renaissance madonna

#dolores dei or dora or both (: #probably a work in progress? feels incomplete but i have zero inspiration and i wanted to share it anyway hehe #disco elysium #dolores dei #dora ingerlund #but renaissance because that’s like my vocation my talent my real true call #my art

[jarofalicesgrunge]

If I would, could you?

#alice in chains #Layne #Jerry #Mike #Sean #grunge #90sgrunge #rock #aic #my favorite song #those boys #i love this legends 🖤🤘🏻 #so beautiful #i love this pic #this song is everything to me #true talents #90s #metal #dirt album

[cdpdraws]

you can't tell me they didn't hug upon reunion ‼️

#hidden talents #true talents #true talents david lubar #hidden talents david lubar #david lubar #martin anderson #eddie trash thalmayer #art

[autisticaradiamegido]

day 281

ill be honest w yall i dont remember most of hs2 or the epilogues and i will not be rereading to refresh my memory but i DID read today's upd8 specifically because i saw my guy and you know what

callin this one a win for the sollux enjoyers

#day 281 #year 4 #sollux captor #roxy lalonde #homestuck^2 #hes fucking gaming. #anyway heres hoping for more solroxy friendship momence #we have all known it to be true for so long that they would be friends its nice to have it acknowledged #also apologies in advance for anybody who is hoping for regular upd8 art but uh #i kind of dont super care about hs2s plot so im mostly going to be skimming it for shit relevant to my interests #ie sollux and aradia content #but congrats to james roach and the new crew lots of really cool and talented people from the looks of it #and as a fellow aradia enjoyer im very excited to see where mr roach and the team take her specifically lmao

[originalaccountname]

putting my hands on your shoulders looking directly into your eyes why are you so insistent that Dazai is faking every emotion every second of every day except when he's acting mean or evil why do you think his dark side is more true than his happier or sillier sides

do you not also have multiple facets you show different people? are we not all beautiful multifaceted individuals? are your actions and reactions not influenced by your emotions and state of mind?

can't he laugh at his own jokes? can't he fondly think of the Agency? can't he be dramatic because he wants to? can't he be surprised by something suddenly happening, even if he knew it would happen? do you not jump when the jack in the box gets out even if you were the one working the mechanism?

why would the mean persona be more real? why would any and all joy be faked? why are you only allowing him misery?

#sorry i saw one too many posts talking about dazai's ''masks'' and how he hides his true self from the ada #and what of it if he still has the potential to hurt others? what of it if he's good at hurting? every day he chooses not to lean into it #not too far at the very least. #isn't kyouk.a skilled at killing? did she not choose not to do it? #i'm not saying dazai's never acting (because it does happen) i'm saying too many people are too quick to brush off- #every non-serious non-mean emotion as ''playing an act'' #why would the mean persona not be a fake?? you thought about that??? what biases are you holding here #he makes jokes. he acts silly. he's a drama queen. he loves it. #you know what IS tiring? having to look evil and untouchable and impassive in front of a whole organization every day as a teenager #as soon as he gets to lupin with od.a and ang.o he goes silly mode. heck- when he *met* ang.o it was because he went silly mode. #as soon as chuuy.a is in proximity he starts yelling children's insults and starts stupid competitions #his silly mode is just as integrated into his personality as the capacity to be the scariest most evil person you've seen #they are not mutually exclusive and having the capacity for either does not mean acting on them #as asagiri said in an interview: bsd isn't about change it's about adaptation. kyouk.a has the talent to kill. she just chooses not to. #dazai has the skills to be evil. he just chooses good. #that got long in the tags sorry #apparently i talk sometimes

[kanerallels]

*sighs dreamily while gazing off into the distance* so many of my mutuals writing original stories... there are gonna be so many amazing books out there some day thanks to you guys

#seriously it's incredible #y'all are so TALENTED #and i love your writing styles!! #i cannot wait until you put your stories out there for everyone #so i can hype you guys up to everyone #yes this is silly and a little cheesy but it's TRUE #i'm EXCITED ABOUT IT FOR YOU GUYS #and for me who gets to READ THEM