I always say that the thing which sets Sargent apart as a portrait artist is that he draws/paints literally every subject - no matter their gender, social position, life vs representational drawing etc - like he is right that minute realising he's desperately in love with them. And it rules every single time.

sometimes I think inertia freaks sounds like such a stupid name that I settled with, although there’s meaning attributed to it through exploring humanity’s hubris. Then I remember resident evil exists

I heard this out as "When criticizing something, you must judge it for what it is, not what it isn't"

#this is why so many of us urge people to get a wider diet of stories

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