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To the average person, it looks like we're just tearing up all the parks for development. But there were meetings and posts and announcements, and there was community input and awareness programs and we did our absolute best to keep everyone in the loop but some people still fell through the cracks.

So they think we're destroying all the parks.

"Why did parks and rec get rid of the fence at this park??? All parks should have fences!"

The fence was damaged and we thought it might be more convenient to open up the area so that people using the shelter didnt have to walk all the way around to get into the playground. The fence was damaged because people would climb it as a shortcut. (I personally disagree that all parks should have fences.)

"Why did they tear down the playground at Miller Park? It was perfectly fine- they wouldn't have to tear it all down if they bothered to maintenance it like they're supposed to."

Playgrounds are suggested to be replaced every ten years to keep up with accessibility updates. Likewise, it was decided that while we're updating the playground it would be a good opportunity to address the safety concerns brought to our attention in the past decade.

"THEYVE COMPLETELY TORN APART WILLOW RIDGE PARK! How dare they take away our precious few greenspaces and line their pockets with kickbacks from high density housing???"

-deep breath-

If you had bothered to go to any of the four public meetings, read the announcements, or looked at the giant sign in front of the park, you would notice that we are remodeling the park to include a wetland restoration area to address the flooding issues, which was voted on by the neighborhood it is adjacent to.

How the FUCK do you reach the most people with your information?

Our little queer nonprofit does its best with a monthly newsletter, facebook, Instagram, meetup, physical posters, and our good old fashioned schmoozing. All that for about.... 500 people to show at pride, out of a city of 34k.

City management has 31k followers on facebook, a monthly magazine with a calendar of events that citizens get for free, open monthly meetings, an email list, and all the resources available to them and we STILL have people asking why we dont have amenities we already have.

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This is from a late 17th-century English travel journal by a young gentleman whose name I didn't write down. Basically it's advice for people doing a grand tour. It cracks me up both because of his descriptions of the artists (it is also interesting who is included and who is not), and because it's so clearly aimed at not looking like a dope when seeing Italian paintings. The Italian proverb means "who embraces everything holds nothing" (the final word in the passage should be stringe).

https://wheelofnames.com/ry4-3s4

The wheel is completed but if you the mod want to change it at all feel free and I couldn't figure out how to get the link to work properly even un-anoned.

Thanks, have a nice day and drink some water

You have just lost use of this random kitchen item/implement!

I wanted to share a little fun fact I learned about a VERY famous painting: this man isn't really Jesus Christ; that's Tommaso Dei Cavalieri — Michelangelo's gay lover! The artist wanted to make his lover immortal and ig he succeeded on that! (kinda? I mean, not much people really know who Tommaso is, they just think that's Jesus so idk if that's a win or not.)

I don't really got to know how people started thinking he was Jesus Christ, but that's literally just Michelangelo's little boyfriend, and I find the way he used to draw and sculpt Tommaso very romantic!

However, and I think this is where that misconception comes from, there IS speculation that Michelangelo modeled Christ in The Last Judgement after Tommaso!

The sad fact is we actually DON’T have any art that’s confirmed to be Tommaso. @shredsandpatches and I have been talking about why that might be lately. It’s so heartbreaking that we don’t know what Michelangelo’s boyfriend looked like, especially since M describes him as so beautiful and perfect (though going by Michelangelo’s interests, I think we can extrapolate that Tommaso had the greatest butt of the Renaissance).

One sculpture that might also be inspired by Tommaso is the Genius of Victory:

Which shows a gorgeous young man with his knee pressing down on a kneeling bearded old captive. The captive looks a little like a certain sculptor.

(This actually juxtaposes well with a sonnet Michelangelo wrote to Tommaso about wanting to be his captive, naked and bound.)

I don’t know where the assumption that “people started thinking he was Jesus Christ” comes from re that picture, it’s obviously a religious image of Christ because he has the attribute of the Sacred Heart (also it looks nothing like Michelangelo’s style, I don’t know where this particular image comes from but I know it’s a post-Renaissance design).

But yeah Tommaso deserves ALL THE LOVE and he’s so obscure. When Michelangelo’s poetry was first published (by M’s grand nephew) the pronouns in the ones addressed to Tommaso were changed to female and it wasn’t until the 19th century they were restored. Sadly Michelangelo would have preferred this because as a gay Renaissance era Catholic he was deeply conflicted about his love of men and how the Church taught that was wrong. I just want to hug him and tell him God gave him his love of men and there are churches now that are affirming.

But I’m so happy what we have about Michelangelo’s love for Tommaso has survived. Tommaso remained by his side until Michelangelo died, literally, he was at his bedside. THEY LOVED EACH OTHER SO MUCH.

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