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In a city, like the pic above, they represent rebellion, and efficiency. The messiness of humanity. We like to imagine we're oh so logical and neat so we design our cities to be logical and neat an then real humans literally trample on that idea. The ego required to think you can design something perfect that checks every box. Life is all about compromise and patching stuff when some new problem arises. Though people have certainly tried! Ohio state univeristy let students carve their desire paths, and then paved them over. It looks pretty artsy.

Some people will try to discourage desire paths, but this is almost always going to fail.

Eventually, people just have to accept them. Humans are too dang stubborn.

Certain desire paths are just adorable. A 0.5 second time saver. You just can't design for maximum efficiency, humans will always find shortcuts!

Though on occasion a desire path can actually be the least efficient way...especially if you're superstitious.

In a wilder area, such as below, they show us the curiosity of humans. A desire path somewhere natural often tells you there's something interesting just ahead. (Though remember some ecosystems are fragile and will suffer if trampled! Stick to paths in these sorts of areas)

And how about desire stairs? I always think these look so cool. We get see humans determination to climb, to traverse every kind of terrain.

And for something really crazy...a desire path used for centuries will create a 'holloway'

Don’t scroll past this. Kylie Armstrong was diagnosed with breast cancer and these small dimples were the only signs. She posted the image on Facebook so everyone knows that “that breast cancer is not always a detectable lump.” Here’s how Kylie is doing today.

I am looking for Tagl [deviantart] CeciArtwork [youtube] art book volume 2.

Book needs to be fully intact and of decent quality. I have some of my characters in it based on a trade commission that I did with her and wanted the pieces (there are 8 or 9 of them) because all of my originals but one were lost.  I was thinking about pm’ing her to see if I could either get prints or book later this year only to go to her page and see some of the comments and then learn about what happened.

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I hope it doesn’t seem in poor taste, but if anyone has volume 2 of her art book and is willing to part with it; I can offer art in return. I am offering any commission valued under $60 or you may also choose to get any number of commissions totaling $60.

You will send the book and thenI will worm on your commission.  If you live in the US, I’ll pay for your shipping.

Alternatively, if you can do high res scans for me to print, then I’ll do $30 worth of commissions.

Please see my trello at https://trello.com/b/cDij2UHv/commissions

The book

“My harp session turned into a Disney movie”

In case you are wondering what makes you a high risk group: literally ANY lung problems (aside from asthma, which lowers your chnace of catching the disease), meaning everyone with a history of recurring lung infections or bronchitis, COPD, just smokers in general; also anyone with an autoimmune disorder like rheumatism (which is NOT exclusively an old person disease) and a bunch of other common conditions like coronary problems or diabetes

If you are not one if these people, you probably know a lot of them often without even knowing

fucks sake

Okay now which one is clearer? 1?

or 2?

The Sundae Best Ponies. All with their combs/brushes and barettes!

Each flower represents a positive thought this gentle bunny has for you! You’ve collected three in your inventory! 🌷

Like. There are a lot of things I could say here. But I’m just going to do my best to answer your question, and the answer is either very simple or very complicated, depending on your current point of view.

1. “They” knew what people with brown skin looked like because people with brown skin had been there literally THE ENTIRE TIME. Some (and father back, ALL) of “them” had brown skin themselves.

2. “People with Brown Skin” and “Europeans” are not separate and mutually exclusive groups.

3. No matter how far back you go, the mythical time that you’re looking for, when all-white, racially and culturally isolated Europe was “real”, will continue to recede from your grasp until it winkles out the like imaginary place it is.

We can just keep going back. In every area, from all walks of life, rich and poor, kings and peasants, artists and iconoclasts, before there were countries and continents, before there were white people.

Russia, 1899:

Switzerland, c. 1800:  [fixed link here]

Netherlands, 1658:

Poland, 1539:

Germany, 1480s:

Spain, 1420s:

France, 1332:

Scotland, England, France, 1280s:

France, 1220s:

England, 1178:

Belgium, 1084:

Greece, c. 1000:

Spain, 850s:

Throughout Europe, 800s-500s:

England, c. 300 AD:

Scotland, c. 100 AD:

Italy, 79 AD:

Greece, 170 B.C.:

Greece, 300 B. C.:

Greece, 400s B.C.

Greece, 500s B.C.:

Egypt, 1200s B.C.:

Crete (Minoan), 1600 B.C.:

Crete (Minoan), early 2000s B.C.:

Romania, 34,000 B.C.: