I'd start a revolution but I don't have time

𝒜𝓃𝒹 𝐼 𝒹𝑜 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓉𝑜 𝓀𝓃𝑜𝓌

𝐼 𝒽𝑜𝓁𝒹 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓊𝓅 𝒶𝒷𝑜𝓋𝑒 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓎𝑜𝓃𝑒

𝒜𝓃𝒹 𝐼 𝒹𝑜 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓉𝑜 𝓀𝓃𝑜𝓌 𝐼 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝓀

𝒯𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓎𝑜𝓊'𝒹 𝒷𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝓂𝑒

𝒜𝓃𝒹 𝐼'𝒹 𝒷𝑒 𝓈𝑜 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝓎𝑜𝓊

Happy birthday Joshua Keeler Ramsay, frontman for Marianas Trench!

billy joel "the stranger", copic marker, pen and ink on j-card.

Other people have noticed the replica Golden Record in the Hail Mary, which made me emotional. But what made me cry was this two-second shot at the end of the movie

that bears a striking resemblance to the very first artwork created in space, by Russian cosmonaut Alexei Leonov in 1965.

I don’t know if this was done on purpose, or if it was a complete coincidence, but something about how understated it was really affected me.

In my AP Art class, there was a girl who was just starting to experiment with mixed media. At this point she was still playing around, trying to decide what direction she wanted to go with her portfolio. So one critique day, she brought in an abstract canvas with some rhinestone highlights and painted and real peacock feathers. She loved sparkles and peacock feathers so she thought she’d try introducing them a *little*. And after everyone had given some input, the teacher gave her his advice, VERY roughly paraphrased here:

“So here’s the thing… I do not like this style. These are just elements that do not speak to me personally, but I see that you like them, and you’re doing interesting things with them.

“My biggest critique is, I only merely *dislike* this piece. I want you to make me HATE it. Go crazy with the things that you like. Don’t hold back trying to make it palatable to people like me. Because I am NEVER going to like it. And if the audience does not like it, it should drive them crazy seeing how much YOU love it.”

Her portfolio was chock full of neon colors and glitter and rhinestones and splashes of peacock feathers and it was a delight. Our teacher despised every piece lol, but she got great marks and I think even won some awards. And more importantly, she was happy and proud of the results. Because she didn’t limit herself by trying to appeal to people who were never going to enjoy what she enjoyed.