and another thing

sooo cute

this shot had me in a chokehold so I just had to draw ittttt omgggggg

that summer feeling

Kohno Michisei, seen here at twenty-two, presents himself in a pose modeled on Western Renaissance master Albrecht Durer's (1471-1528) self-portrait produced in 1500. Between 1914 and 1924 a remarkable quantity of high-quality portraiture was produced by Japanese artists who blended Western and East Asian painting traditions. While some of these painters had first-hand knowledge of Western painting, most, like Michisei, culled their images from books and magazines. The young artist was raised in an environment filled with powerful iconic images. His father was a portrait photographer, an artist in both Japanese and Western modes, and an active member of the Russian Orthodox Church. These influences are readily apparent in this self-portrait. Michisei's perceptive understanding of classic Western images was based on constant perusal of his father's extensive library; a portrait's potential for psychological and spiritual impact was impressed on him through exposure to religious icons used in the Orthodox liturgy. (source)

It also proved that there was a market for films with gay characters, which had the knock-on effect of gay filmmakers being able to find distributors of their gay-themed films. Which meant that more people than ever (queer and non-queer) got to see representation on-screen.

If you're curious about any of this I highly recommend Matt Baume's video which I almost always watch whenever I rewatch the Birdcage. Or more recently there was a Kill James Bond podcast episode of the movie which I found to have very interesting insight into the movie making/queerness overlap which happened.

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Tardigrade corn maze at Treinen Farm in Wisconsin.

Vorace by Pauline Mauvière & Charles Ouvrard

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First computer animated cat ever - “Koshechka” (”A kitty”), 1968