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I managed to paint a bit this week and tried out Krita's RGB oil brushes. They are amazing.
This is a giftwork for @kabubsmagga. I wanted to paint something for them for a long time. Thank you kabubsmagga, for all the support and feedback of my writing and painting. ˂3
Close up, because zooming in doesn't work on desktop tumblr.
I am flattered if you reblog, but do NOT post my art on other sites/social media or use in any other way without my written permission.
I can tell you how sorry I am, that it ate me up. That even as we sat in bed with the nightlight on, reading together about coral reefs and finding Dory, I knew there was not much time left for those bright and beautiful places.
I can tell you that I tried, that even though it felt hopeless, still if there was any chance left then I wasn’t going to quit. I can tell you that this is why we always took the train, why I pestered politicians, why we changed what we ate, why I got myself arrested that time.
But what I really want you to know: that the hardest thing was living through a time when we could have turned this around, but that most people just carried on as if it didn’t matter. x
In 2021, Stuart Capstick, deputy director at the Centre for Climate Change & Social Transformations in Cardiff, wrote a letter of apology to his children. Benedict Cumberbatch read it at Letters Live (2024)
PSA: SAID IS NOT DEAD. Said is not an overused word you need to cull out of your drafts. Said is not the devil. Said is a dialogue tag that your reader's eyes glaze over, barely noticed, allowing your dialogue to shine. Allowing your characters to speak without the narration overshadowing them. Said is doing a wonderful, thankless job! Said is not dead, you take that back—