whimsy is a survival skill

Artists: aw fuck we gotta learn how to draw horses now

i think the fact that i can say over and over again 'i am not being ironic, this is not a bit, my books are not a joke' and have people on the right AND left just say 'NO YOU ARE' to my face (or my mask) over and over again is very telling. culture just cannot deal with neurodivergent people yet

i am very thankful i have the confidence to weather decades of people calling my work ‘shit posts’ or ‘intentionally bad’. i think it has personally made me very strong and confident in my art, but it is fascinating how hard it is for some folks to even CONCEIVE of someone this different than them

most creators have these BIG DREAMS and goals, like winning an oscar or traditionally publishing a book: my dream is to live in a world where the average person has a relationship with joy and sincerity and sexuality and fantasy that makes my books seem not outrageous at all. which is how i see them

i know buds mean well when they post stuff like ‘i cant believe chuck tingle went from erotica to traditional bestseller lists’ and thats FINE. i take it in the kind way it is intended. at same time, i want to live in a world where fantastical sexuality in art is not seen as a gutter to emerge from

In North Africa in 203 CE, two young women, Felicity and Perpetua, were martyred side-by-side. Both had left conventional, patriarchal family structures to seek a chosen family among the nascent Christian community. They have gone on to become known as the patron saints of same-sex couples, and serve as a source of inspiration for queer Christians, especially queer women of colour.

Infinity pool

Roman, 1 BC