Call Me Paloma Darling

and they don’t get paid for it they just do it because they’re having fun and they want to share their joy with you

Snowbaz commuting is something very dear to me 🫶

Now we're up at Bauer Farm

" And you say that you moved on

When it all comes undone

Can you make it home?

Where are you now?

Lost with our old house

Off with someone else "

I have a feeling that beneath the little halo on your noble head There lies a thought or two the devil might be interested to know You're like the finish of a novel that I'll finally have to take to bed You fascinate me so

I know this seems pretty obvious, and I "knew" this already, but it really became clear to me in a sudden moment today. The sun was lighting up the trees in a really interesting way as it was setting, and I thought to myself, "If I were a good artist, I would try to paint that to learn about light and colours and stuff" and also that I had no desire to paint that whatsoever. And for some reason, that's when I realized that I owe literally nobody "good art" or "being good at art."

If people want good art, they can look elsewhere. If they want my art, then I'm the only one who can do that. Those don't have to be the same thing. Sure, if I want to get better at colouring hair (because I may have cried today over how awful I am at this, ngl), then I can practice if I so choose. But I am not obligated to be good at colouring hair. I am allowed to make art with shitty hair forever if I want. If people want art with good hair, they can find it from someone else. I am nobody's only source of art to look at. It's not my responsibility to make things that anyone else likes (unless that person is commissioning me to make it, in which case I would hope by that point they'd know what to expect from me anyway).

So I estimate that Ruth would have been 16 around 1966. So I present young Ruth at a new year's party with the old families making a great impression on Adolorata Pitch with her food magic!

Again I used the scattered showers colors and style

I present the second of my World of Mages through the Ages collection

Redrawing of the back cover of the Fangirl manga volume 2, by Gabi Nam.