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Sea Monsters by Rémi Jacquot

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Cattleya Orchid and Three Hummingbirds, 1871.⠀ ⠀ One of several hummingbird / orchid paintings by Martin Johnson Heade. This and a couple of other Heade works available as prints in our online shop here: https://t.co/VHH9GF9U3j

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Ohara Koson (1877~1945), Crow eating a persimmon

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“I am a bit tipsy, leaves are falling, too” by Akiyama Iwao (1978)

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From the series The 53 Stations of the Tokaido Road by Utagawa Hiroshige (1833-34)

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I gotta ask, how do people, like, do stuff???

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OHARA KOSON Bird and Paulownia [circa 1930]

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How to Finish

I drew this poster for Jon Acuff and his FINISH book tour. Big thanks to Jon for this collaboration, his book has some great ideas about how to complete creative and life goals.

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a bountiful harvest 🍓🥬🥕✨ (can you tell I miss the summertime 😭)

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actually for fusies, let’s make it a poll

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Cardcaptor Sakura Clear Card by Clamp

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🍵 Chickadee Chai, brewed fresh just for you!

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one of the biggest things I can advocate for (in academia, but also just in life) is to build credibility with yourself. It’s easy to fall into the habit of thinking of yourself as someone who does things last minute or who struggles to start tasks. people will tell you that you just need to build different habits, but I know for me at least the idea of ‘habit’ is sort of abstract and dehumanizing. Credibility is more like ‘I’ve done this before, so I know I can do it, and more importantly I trust myself to do it’. you set an assignment goal for the day and you meet it, and then you feel stronger setting one the next day. You establish a relationship with yourself that’s built on confidence and trust. That in turn starts to erode the barrier of insecurity and perfectionism and makes it easier to start and finish tasks. reframing the narrative as a process of building credibility makes it easier to celebrate each step and recognize how strong your relationship with yourself can become

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you just need to start. start that movement. start that friendship. start to create. start with what you love. start with what you need. start that routine. start that assignment. start that message. start that study. start with yourself. start now. and i promise everything else you want will start organically like magic.

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Katsushika Hokusai

Bullfinch and Weeping Cherry (1834) by 

(via @lonequixote)