#waiting on the world to change

[krispyweiss]

Playing for Change is “Waiting on the World to Change”

One-hundred musicians and dancers. Eighteen countries represented. Two languages. One John Mayer song - global sounds united in the universal language.

Talent is everywhere - and Playing for Change found it for its latest Song around the World, Mayer’s “Waiting on the World to Change.”

Released in conjunction with COP28 - scheduled for Nov. 30-Dec. 12 in Dubai - “Change” eschews big Western names (Mayer doesn’t appear) in favor of of singers, dancers and players on such instruments as Portuguese guitar, kora, jarana, tabla, pipa, güiro and santoor alongside electric guitar and bass.

“The time is now; to unite as a human race,” Playing for Change’s Mark Johnson said in a statement. “Together we can change the world.”

Here’s hoping.

11/24/23

#Youtube #playing for change #song around the world #john mayer #waiting on the world to change #cop28

[666angelwing]

Shimmering Blue

I spend more time, I think, outside than in.

Only brief reprieves for a cloud maker.

Above, waves foamy and bright break against the blue beyond.

Or maybe what lies beyond is what broke us below.

Still like waves ebbing and flowing inside our still woefully inadequate mortal coils.

But when our waves break there's chaos, death.

We haven't learned our lessons yet.

Too many lessons in pain.

Pain is free.. take as much as you want.

But what you could learn from it would probably live darkly in a thimble with room to spare.

And a tractor trailer filled to bursting with all the lessons we provide each other, then ignore... or ignite.

Passion rages and hatred consumes.

In a family.. . so many lessons to learn.

But nothing is ever free. Who and what we call our own crash against the tide.

And even in an Earthly garden pruned of its heavenly delights, even then, a wild love can push its way back toward the wild, shimmering, blue.

- - Timothy Wayne "Angel" Topliff (05/16/2023)

#waiting for love #photography #photo #photos #love #sky #waiting on god #waiting on the world to change #poem #poetry #waiting on a miracle #waiting on love

[a-shard-of-ace]

When the hell is John Mayer’s generation gonna rule the population

#waiting on the world to change

[huidol]

happy valentines 👍 day

#figayda #fig x ayda #fig faeth #figueroth faeth #ayda augefort #fantasy high #dimension 20 #d20 #putting this up on top rest of the tags are just me talking ok #shout out to fig for being the only bad kid to stay together with their girlfriend post-fhsy. DESERVED. #scribbling poltergeist #junior's magic paintbrush #alt verison of the text couldve been want to be my crab queen but I only just thought of that now and I'm not changing it. SAD! #had sooooo many ideas for this drawing I had very cute sketch Hi everyone whos new to my blog btw I talk a lot in tags anyways I had a cute #sketch that was like. a card that Ayda was sitting at the top and fig was at the bottom and in the middle was a heart with clock hands and #shit. and ayda was sending down a uhhhh a heart that as it went down the page it aged. and fig caught it. bc ayda sending love letters #through time is my favorite thing in the whoooole world. #also had an idea because i just finished that season to have a traditional valentines card with cody that was like #“are you satan bc ive been waiting for you my whole life” bc he says that in the uh. first ep I think. anyways that be a great card I just #didnt haev the time. sad! i started drawing this on the 12th i had Zero time for anything else #wow i talked a lot tee hee ^_^ its ok because im special.

[mmelolabelle]

— “you left me no choice but to stay here forever”

#it is v important to me that people understand that poseidon is the one ‘at the restaurant’ as it were #waiting in case sally needs him #or changes her mind and wants a palace under the sea #waiting for a chance to be able to see much less talk to percy #the world moves on but circumstance and the natural order of things poseidon is still #just as he ever was #unable to be what he wants to be to these people he loves #like on an actual ontological level #but he stays as close as he can anyway #again IT’S THE LONGING #poseidon #poseidon pjo #sally jackson #percy jackson #posally #poseidon x sally #sally x poseidon #percy jackson and the olympians #pjo show #long post #taylor swift lyrics

[psyduckz]

adventures in normalcy

#dndads fanart #my art #scary gets it sorted out #i can’t wait to see dood explore the world #still working out a design but i think her appearance changes frequently #dood dndads #dude dndads #scary marlowe #dndads #dndads s2 #dungeons and daddies

[666angelwing]

A Brief Diatribe On Progress.

Progress doesn't necessarily mean disregarding or circumventing religious or societal strictures, dogma or cultural belief systems. Civilization has continued for some time and will do so as more or less cohesive religious and social structures.

Maintaining society as a kind of dystopia for as long as it's been seems to be the major calling in life for most of us. Elon Musk's rockets blowing up left and right and anyone who's ever gone through the McDonald's drive through with a microphone that sounds like Charlie Browns teacher can attest to that.

Dysfunction is the new functionality and doing everything halfassed is still the American way, although now it seems as though countries around the world are adopting our particular way of doing, believing and being. Good luck.

#waiting for love #photography #photos #photo #love #sky #waiting on god #waiting on the world to change #poem #poetry

[catocappuccino]

He got a sweater WITH A DOG ON IT?! So happy and joyous

#just to inform you... I can draw N unless I can't. The way I do changes nearly all the time I need to make a design sheet for him or smth 😭 #this is a doodle from 2 days ago didn't want to post it at first but honestly he is so cute looking here I need to share him with the world #don't be fooled by his sweet looks tho he will frikken murder you if he wants to. just you wait. #murder drones got me out of an artblock but did something to my artstyle too like what happened (what only drawing robots for 2 months #gay does to an artist) (NAH BUT WAIT TILL YOU SEE MY FIRST MD FANART it'll be funny) (it was of Uzi [ofc] and I got her design wrong on so #many levels remember to use more references than one render from the wiki kids) #okay time for the actual tags now #serial designation n #n murder drones #murder drones n #murder drones #my art #have a nice 24 hours and ONLY 24 hours. The rest of your hours shall be filled with misery and pain. /(serial designation) J

[stargirl-and-potts]

Ed must have been crying under that blanket, stunned and hurt as he was, learning Stede left him for Mary, who he never loved, Mary who made him miserable. He must have been sure Stede could never have felt what Ed felt and then done that. But Ed’s pulled it together by the time he sticks his head out to let Stede know how mad he is. And he keeps it together, even calling himself an idiot for trusting Stede, even baffled and longing, until Stede says “I love your chin!”

Hearing that word, Love, aimed at him by Stede, that does him in. That’s when Ed’s eyes fill with tears and he goes still, can’t look at Stede, orders Stede not to say the next part. Because if he can’t take just hearing that Stede loves his naked chin, then hearing the whole of it will undo him. And he’s spent the whole dinner barely holding it together, visibly feeling everything and terrified by the force of it.

So he says, No, you don’t get to say that to me, not after I never even got to say it and I meant it so much. And I’m not telling you anything now. I already said my part. Then the tears recede a bit with the strength of him standing up for himself, for his hurt, and he just peeks to see how Stede will take that No.

But when Stede drops his head and takes that in like it matters to him, what Ed doesn’t want, and doesn’t seem to spare a thought for his own pride — doesn’t take a moment to fret about Why did I come all this way, then, if you’re done with me — when he only wants to be sure Ed knows he adores him regardless, just being near him, whether or not Ed has anything to give him — that’s when Ed finally turns to him. His fear fades a little under the light of wonder, and he glows a bit at Stede, even sad and sore as he still is; because that’s when he knows he wasn’t wrong. He’s not in this alone. Stede feels it too.

#that’s when he knows he’s loved #the people who have made space for my hurt and my anger and still wanted me near #they’re the ones who’ve saved me #they’re the ones whose love I believe in #that’s all Ed needed #someone who said he had the right to feel what he felt #and not perform any role #someone who just wanted Ed as he was #ofmd s2 #ofmd s2 spoilers #gentlebeard #that scene meant the world to me #and it changed everything for Ed #also gosh I can’t wait for that ‘I love you’ from Ed #it’s gonna kill me and Stede at one go tbh #ofmd

[spaciebabie]

he's ready for your date spacie :]

WTFFFF HES SOOOO FUCKING PRETTY

#SLAY #WORK IT #YES SPRINGTRAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #HOLAY MOLAY #FUGEOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO #HOT HOIT HOT #TOUCHES HIS ARM AND WINCES OUUU OUCH OUCH THAT BURNS #MAN IS TOO HOT HOT HOT #OUUOUOGH THE GOLD TRIM #HEY. HEY. I LOVE YOUR ART. OUOAUAAAAAA THE GOLD. TRIMMMMMMMMMMMMMM #hes a pretty lil princess....ouuuu #id pamper him. ouuuuhhh id treat him so well. springtrap bbygirl gimmie a chance i can change your world #spacie splains #puts a golden flower on his head #ggoooooooooooooooooooooddddddddddddddddddddddd #ouuuuuuuuouou #hey wait what you said just registered in my. brain. #hey. hey. hold- hold on-

[smalltimidbean]

IT'S THE WORLD'S MOST SPECIALIST GUY, EVERYONE CLAP NAOW!!! (silly!!!)

Satoshi but as a Fake Peppino clone, so no longer Satoshi but still mostly them jlkdfgkj

They do need a different name tho, bc my food-themed naming scheme can not be ruined!!! (silly! I already messed up on that early on, but still jkfdjkfsd) - I would refer to them by number, but I am leaning towards them being one of Mr D'Angiolini's... 'Special Request' clones for 'Personal Use', so they wouold not have a number, but I have not decided yet!

For now; They are here, and ready to get sillay

#OC: Linguine the Fake Peppino #pizza tower oc #pizza tower #probably not gonna change any other not-pt characters into clones unless I get a really solid idea but this was still fun! #good character design exercise to figure out with parts to keep while still being recognisable but also fitting with the new world! #like I removed Satoshi's wings and spikes but kinda kept their tails in the form of the handkerchiefs #the only thing I couldn't fit in but wanted to was their bell motifs #it was a bit jarring to have their normal pupils and I couldn't find a spot I liked to put a physical bell on them #but oh well I'd imagine they'd have some hidden in their pouch to play with later hehe #I would like to draw them more naow but I must go to bed so they will have to wait!!! goodnight!!!

[bigcats-birds-and-books]

Books of 2024: THE GREAT CITIES DUOLOGY by N. K. Jemisin.

#books #books of 2024 #the great cities duology #the city we became #the world we make #nk jemisin #book photography #my photography #i SO MUCH LOVE jemisin and i'm SO EXCITED to read these!! #fifth season was world changing for me (especially on the POV front) #i own everything she's written but unfortunately i started collecting them in paperback #and now i am Trapped In Paperback lol #so i had to wait a while for book 2 to come out in paperback #and i KNOW i annihilate her series so i wanted to have them all in hand when i started the first one #but yeah i preordered the first one and it's been sitting on my shelf ever since XD #the springboard here is kaiju preservation society started and ended in NYC and had eldritch sized monster creachers #this is ALSO NYC and eldritchy monsters lmao #*I've Connected The Dots* #i do like threading my TBR for some flow/continuity #(also as a weird aside: i need to read these soon because they have to fit on This Shelf of ~Read This Year~) #(because they're too tall to fit on the next shelf down of ~Read This Year~) #space is a little tight rn lmaooo

[escapedaudios]

Hot take: I actually really like love triangles conceptually, but they're disrespected as a plot theme because they're always done in the same predictable and dull way. The triangle isn't interesting when there is always a clearly better option who is obviously going to be endgame from the outset. It's even more boring when the obvious option is always the first love interest, with the second always being a plot device for forced drama and not actually a potential partner.

Here's a fresh idea to spice up the love triangle trope: a love triangle told from the point of view not of the person being desired, but of one of the romantic rival characters, with our dear protagonist very clearly on the losing end of the love triangle. This has potential to be funny and dramatic and heartfelt all at once from the premise alone.

#I'm not waiting for someone else to make it #I'm going to be the change I wish to see in the world #writing #audio roleplay #escaped audios #writing advice

[happyk44]

PJO: we need to recognize the value of the minor gods. The Olympians are important, sure, but the minor gods do a lot of work in maintaining and assisting the pantheon, have their own kids and deserve to be seen and valued just as much

HoO: Back at it again with Olympian-only nonsense!

#i really really think that half the team should've been minor gods and the other half olympians with Hazel as a bridge between the two #because pluto/hades borders the two worlds #happy talks pjo #i just think there's so much value in showing that the other kids can be just as powerful #why couldnt piper have been a daughter of eros? it would've changed nothing about her powers other than erase her weird feud with drew #but lmao that still could've happened #frank didnt have to be the son of mars there are a million other war gods out there that couldve tacked onto him instead #he could've been reyna's half brother! or the son of Honos (chivalry honor and military justice) or Virtus (bravery and military strength) #idk any other fire deities for greece other than hestia whose a virgin and thereby not applicable #i guess Prometheus? maybe? idk #the creativity and engineering aspect of Leo's character can exist independent of who his father is #man actually son of prometheus would be a good look for leo #the prophecy comes to light and people see the betrayer of the gods and are wary #but his arc is a representation of how yeah Prometheus betrayed the gods but saved humanity #plus some myths depict Prometheus as the creator of humankind so I'd love gaea trying to entice Leo to join her side #by offering the chance to rebuild the world how he wants with people who love and admire him #god wait no im getting too into rhis someone stop me