#clove pink

[theroadtofairyland]

Pink Eye Watercolor On Black Paper 2023, 10"x 14" Clove Pinks, Dianthus

[koredzas]

Joos van Cleve - The Holy Family. Detail. 1515 - 1535

[thebotanicalarcade]

n11_w1150 by Biodiversity Heritage Library Via Flickr: Gartenflora. Erlangen :F. Enke,1852-1940. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41011503

[sabistarphotos]

April 16, 2022

Washington, DC

[seealandraw]

presenting Abraham Van Helsing's descendant, Abby Van Helsing! Everything she owns is bedazzled and she's a professional gay cowboy and vampire negotiator!

[grommyart]

'Clove, In Between Realms' | Valorant Fan Art

I've always had a wee bit of anxiety about making Riot Fan-Art [largely because I admire their work], so this was my attempt at essentially telling myself to stop worrying and just try something for once lol Clove is an adorable enby character and plays really interestingly in Valorant, so I decided to give them a bit of love in the form of a fan art :)

Let me know what you think! <3

[nordleuchten]

As a historian, do you ever think that you feel too much empathy for the subjects of your research? How do you keep a critical distance?

That is an interesting question, thank you for the ask! :-)

First of all, I am not a historian. I have no training in any shape or form in that field. I have my background in bio-science and a few months ago started adding some archeology courses for the sake of archaeogenetics and that is about it. I would never presume to call myself a historian and have no authority in that regard.

That aside, I know the question very well and often ask myself if I keep enough distance. Bceuase as far as I am concerned, empathy per se is not the problem. Fundamental human feelings like loss, grief, joy and hope are so universal that we can easily connect with the husband writing about the death of his wife or the mother writing about the birth of her first grand-child. The problem arises when we like them so much that we do not any longer hold them accountable because we do not want them to do, say or believe certain things.

The first thing to consider is that things are never black and white, never just good and evil. There is always more nuance and, in these cases, the human factor to consider. If a person you are researching is very clearly in one of these absolute categories, there is probably something missing. Reading other peoples analyses and opinions can also help getting new perspectives. I do not always agree with certain points, but it is refreshing to see how two people can very differently evaluate the same event/person/character trait. It also helps me, very generally speaking, to question my own worldview from time to time.

The last thing that I try to do as much as I can is sticking to the data that I have. If there is (reliable) evidence that a person did or said something, the this is most likely true – regardless of me liking it, regardless of people back then liking it. There are some things that are terrible and there are no “buts” and no excuses. You simply have to accept it or search for a new hobby.

I do not think that people (past and present) should be put on a pedestal. Not only is this very problematic from the point of scientific research and critical distance – but it also kills half the fun to be honest.

So yeah, that is my main approach, and I am always curious how other people do it and what I can learn from their approach. I hope you have/had a lovely day!

[kaxen]

@clove-pinks replied to your post “”:

FOR REAL I am wondering what it is the French specifically think is "blond" hair. Théophile Gautier described Gavarni as, "un beau jeune homme orné d'une abondante chevelure blonde aux boucles frisées et touffues." (???)

Yeah that baffles me. Like IDK if it's skewed by black and white drawings but it's like.... Gavarni seems pretty dark haired.

I also desire to study the person who picked "none of these men are blond" and the person who picked "all of these men are blond"

I'm gonna have to make another blond poll.

I need to figure out where the line is like that study on if zebra finches can tell orange from red.

[the-golden-vanity]

I was tagged by @clove-pinks to make myself in this Picrew and post the last song I've listened to. Thanks, Shaun! You're the best.

I'd like to tag @even-in-arcadia, @bloomrebounds, @georges-chambers, @brimstone-cowboy, and @thebaffledcaptain– only if they'd like to do this, of course. And if anyone I didn't mention would like to do this, consider yourselves tagged!

[kaxenart]

A commission of Frank Mildmay with Bisexual Lighting for @clove-pinks

[littleastrobleme]

Has your museum done any clothing conservation work? Of the historic garments and textiles you have handled, which one is your personal fave?

Thank you for the ask, yay!! This is gonna be long-winded because I'd like to give a good answer to a good ask!

I work at a new(ish) job at a university where I mostly do research, but when I was at the museum (a small decorative arts museum in a sort of historic/museum district in my hometown), how to properly store and conserve the garments in our collection was one of the most pressing questions we discussed. The frustrating thing about garment/textile storage and conservation is that it requires

A. Space and

B. Big moneys

Neither of which the small museum had. Amazingly, for having been in closets on shelves or in cardboard boxes in a basement for decades, most of the garments (which were predominantly mid-late 19th century dresses that had been bought in the 50s or 60s) were in great shape! However, the few that had been munched on by mousies had really been munched on, so those guys would need a lot of help before going on display. The museum has some mid-19th century quilts and coverlets that are in great shape, so those dudes are safe for display and are much-admired.

The museum is currently undertaking a massive refurbishment project, as it is housed in a late-19th century residence that has never had proper repairs, so all of the gowns and a few orphaned bodices are currently wrapped in archival tissue and squirreled away in historic furniture throughout the museum. We had an artist-in-residence who wanted to hang the dresses from the ceiling (I threw a polite FIT) and our director wanted her tween daughter to model the dresses (I threw a slightly politer FIT), but such as it is, how to best conserve and display the garments is still a matter of ongoing discussion.

In response to your second query...

It is so hard to say which garments were my favorite! Since I've spent several years now in the icy trenches of Franklin Expedition research for my thesis, garments from the 1840s-50s were really neat to handle because they were created in my time period of study and made me feel connected to that era.

(The information attached to this dress, meanwhile, stated that it was worn by a teenage girl and was made around 1802, so it was probably still at least mildly in style when Erebus and Terror were built!)

But my very favorite was an 1880s winter walking dress. The 1880s is my favorite decade of 19th century fashion, so it was really delightful to see how lightweight and cozy a velvet dress from that era actually was.

(There seem to be some vaguely 18th-century inspirations in the trims!)

Hopefully in the future, once they get the repairs squared away, the museum will be able to dedicate more space to proper garment storage (probably flat in big archival boxes, supported with tissue, kept away from any erstwhile mice!) and hopefully display some of the garments that are in good shape. They are so beautiful and enchanting and they deserve to be seen!

Thanks so much for the ask!

[theroadtofairyland]

Cloven Coven

Watercolor On Black Paper

2023, 10"x 14"

Clove Pinks, Dianthus

[handfuloftime]

I know you've read a lot of personal narratives from people involved in the Ross Antarctic Expedition. Are there any passages you can recall that either made you laugh out loud or yell "No you fool!!" at a long-deceased man?

This is such a fun question, thank you!

Maybe less "No you fool!!" and more "Get some sleep you fool!!" but this passage from Ross's narrative stuck out to me recently:

Soon after 6 A. M., when within half a mile of this chain of bergs, the weather came so thick, with heavy snow, and the wind failing us, Lieutenant Bird, whom I had left in charge of the conduct of the ship, being myself unable to remain on deck any longer from excessive fatigue, very judiciously recommended that we should stand off again until more favourable weather for our purpose should arrive.

Not strictly a narrative, but a while ago I had the opportunity to read some of the letters sent to Joseph Dalton Hooker in the archives of the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew, including some notes that people sent back and forth between the ships while they were in the Antarctic. J.E. Davis's notes, in particular, were full of banter, and this passage (dated December 1842) always makes me laugh:

You make some vile unladylike allusions in your note about my writing badly and wanting stops &c together with a base insinuation about a vulgar pipe and taking a draw at it - Because you have been to a Sunday School it is no reason you should upbraid me and bring me into a vile comparison with your truly disgusting-and-ever-to-be-despised self - I own I do not write well and do not disguise my ignorance under the guise of fashion like yourself Oh! the ingratitude of the world after teaching you every accomplishment and trying (against your nature) to make you a gentleman to turn like a snake or a vile "surpint" and bite with pisoned [sic] fangs the breast that nourished and brought you to life Oh! it is too much Gas.

And though I've posted about them before, I have to mention John Robertson's description of Ross and Crozier landing on Franklin Island, and Hooker grousing about how St. Helena is a Napoleonic tourist trap, both of which are comedy gold.

[thebotanicalarcade]

n262_w1150 by Biodiversity Heritage Library Via Flickr: News of spring and other nature studies.. New YorkDodd, Mead1917. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24189869

[zeehasablog]

Thank you for the Tip @clove-pinks!!! 🥰💚😘😘😘 HAPPY MIWACKULOUS TYE MONDAY

beautiful gentleman with whiskers, wearing a beautiful patterned tie, 1850s - eBay (wish I could afford this!)

[salty-dracon]

also they gotta stop giving these quirky 18 year olds guns. there's literally nothing quirky about the military. let them be silly on tiktok or something