Dear Sunshine.

MALE HEAD LIGHT REFERENCE TOOL by William Nguyen

1. PALM KISSING.

2. Sitting next to someone, hands in one’s lap, leaning against them and kissing their shoulder

3. “The eyelid kiss is said to produce a unique sensation of an un-wordly nature, running from the base of the spine to the knees”

4. A kiss on the temple

5. Laying opposite directions on a couch, or with someone’s legs in their lap, kissing the knees or shins

6. Randomly while holding hands bringing joined hands together to kiss the back of the hand

7. Topless and face-down, a kiss on the shoulder blade

8. The playful kiss on the tip of the nose

9. Laying on someone’s chest and kissing their sternum

10. Kissing the crown of the head

11. A kiss on the inside of the wrist

12. Behind someone who’s sitting down, leaning over to kiss the forehead (and potentially block their eyesight with hair falling in their face)

13. Kissing scars either shortly or long after they’ve healed

14. Standing behind someone, hugging them around the arms or the waist, and kissing the top edge of the shoulder

have fun drawing kisses now!!!!!!

Lightning storms ⛈

Power.

Manifestation.

Shielding and protection.

Grounding.

Cursing.

Strength.

Rainstorms🌧

Cleansing.

Healing.

Compassion.

Snowstorms❄️

Balance.

Purification.

Transformation.

Letting go.

Dense fog🌬

Visualizing.

Mysticism.

Shielding.

Meteor shower🎆

Power.

Magickal boost.

Wishes.

Solar and Lunar eclipses🌌

Banishing.

Destruction.

Third eye/Physic boost.

Visualizing/Manifestation.

Power.

— From my grimoire.

How to Make Your Art Look Nice: Contrast by Trotroy

I suddenly had an urge to make a tutorial. Here’s the one I did for my dA. NOW FORMATTED FOR TUMBLR.

Thanks for reading! If this post helped, please consider reblogging it or sharing it with your friends! ❤️

Fairlytale Scandinavian Green Roofs

Scandinavians are serious about their green roofs. They’ve had them for a while now and it doesn’t look like they’re going anywhere. They even have a competition every year to determine the best green roof project in Scandinavia by the Scandinavian Green Roof Association! But there is a reason why Scandinavians like these green roofs so much… They are not only a beautiful feature for a house, but they also offer numerous social, environmental and financial benefits. They absorb rainwater, reduce winter heating costs, reduce summer air-conditioning costs, provide insulation, and are long lasting - just to name a few.

And what many people don’t realize is that this subculture was born as a way for young girls to express themselves in their own way. And it was also used as something against the adult life and the traditional culture, often seen as dull and boring and oppressive. By embracing cuteness, these young girls (and adult women, after a while) were showing non-conformation with the current standards.

NO OK THIS IS SO IMPORTANT!

This is also how the kawaii fashions started! Girls began dressing in cute and off beat styles for themsleves, they were criticized by adult figures telling them “you’ll never find a husband if you dress that way!” to which they began to reply “Good!”

All the Japanese subcultures and fashions that evolved out of this became a rebellion to tradition and the starch gender roles and expectations the adults were forcing on the younger generations. As early as the 70s and still to this day you’ll see an emphasis on child-like fashion and themes in more kawaii styles and the dismissal of the male gaze with styles like lolita (a lot of western people assume lolita is somehow sexual due to the name of the fashion, but ask any Japanese lolita and they will tell you that men hate the style and find it unattractive which is sometimes a large reason they gravitate towards the style - they can express their femininity and individuality while remaining independent and without the pressure to appeal to men)

First of all, the members of Babymetal literally didn’t know what metal was when they started. They were interviewed by HuffPost and were pretty much all like “Yeah learned how to head bang. That took forever.” Their producer was the one who suggested the project in the first place, while the members were all older members of the idol group Sakura Gakuin, which only hosts/allows members to stay a part of the group up to junior high age.

So the girls got too old. And this one producer was like “…. That’s stupid.” He got management behind him on it to support the three members of Babymetal past the point where they’d age out of the main group, and they proceeded to become the youngest act ever to perform at Loud Park, which is the annual heavy metal fest in Chiba City.

They have gone on to play on stage with Slayer and Metallica as well. And dudes. They pissed off every single purist fan of both the idol scene AND the metal scene. I mean. It has been NUTS. They’re teenage girls, so a lot of metal purists have copped attitude at them because they’re too “cute” and bitch dudes don’t like teenage girls who participate in any fringe subculture. Idol purists think that either 1) the girls are too old to be cute and are just trying to draw attention away from Sakura Gakuin, or 2) they’re too dark and gritty to be worth it.

alexithymia (n) the inability to express your feelings

cosmogyral (adj): whirling around the universe

euneirophrenia (n): the peace of mind that comes from having pleasant dreams

scintila (n); a tiny, brilliant flash; a small thing; a barely visible trait

anagapesis(n): no longer have any feelings for one you once loved

mangata (n); the reflection of moon on water

serendipity (n); finding luck without even looking for it

selenophile (n) the person who loves the moon

nyctophilia (n); love for darkness or nght, finding relax and comfort in the darkness

drapetomania(n); an overwhelming urge to run away

gumusservi (n): moonlight shining on water

clinomania (n); the excessive desire to stay in your bed

basorexia (n); the overwhelming desire to kiss

solivagant (adj) wandering alone

sehnsucht (n): the inconsolable longing in the human heart for we know not what, a yearningfor far, familiar, non- earthy land one can identify as one’s home

redamancy (n); the act of loving one who loves you, a love returned in full

hireath (n); a home sickness to a home which you cannot return, a home which maybe never was, the nostalgia, the yearning, the grieve for the lost places of your past

 alamort (adj) : half- dead of exhaustion

viridity (adj): naive innocent

i just finished reading my first murakami book, “after dark”. i really enjoyed it and the way it managed to capture the feeling/mood of time in the middle of the night. the next murakami book i’ll read is “norwegian wood”, which i have heard great things about! finally i’ll read “kafka on the shore” to really get into murakami’s magic realism. i already want to buy more of his works!

does anyone have a favourite murakami book? leave a reply and let me know what it is and why!

https://www.edx.org/school/harvardx

But TBH I prefer the MIT Open Coursewear approach. Feel like taking a class on the policy and economics of nuclear engineering? MIT’s got you covered:

https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/find-by-topic/#cat=engineering&subcat=nuclearengineering&spec=nuclearsystemspolicyandeconomics

In fact they’ve got  you covered with A LOT of their courses, everything from fine arts to immunology.