#metaphore

[strawberryfairyflower]

I’m running a race except I’m the only one who’s legs are cut off and I actually start 2 minutes after everyone else and everyone expects me to be able to be ok and thrive

And be happy I started 2 minutes late

But it was actually more like 10 minutes late

And I can’t be sad about it

And I need to be happy

Except I’m not

[themaidenofwords]

My favorite made-up similes

Nervous as a tap dancer in a mine field.

The dark sky was studded with stars like the diamonds on a rich woman's neck.

Her cheeks burned like a sunbathing vampire.

The trees clinked like so many wind chimes as the breeze knocked their ice covered boughs together.

The city was a true beast. Skyscrapers clawed at the sky and roads twisted amongst the buildings like the blood vessels of the monster. Cars whooshed past on the street like steady breaths,

Her head went fuzzy like an old TV losing signal.

The damaged ceiling groaned like it had eaten too much taco bell.

The thought flashed through her mind like the imprint of lightning on the eyes.

Her ribs shrieked like an irate peacock at the movement.

And lastly! A not-actually-a-simile

She was filled with enough anxiety to kill a cow.

^ not sure what that is but it makes me laugh^

[wwunderlust]

I peel away strips of waxen skin,

And split open your delicate body,

To relish on your hidden treasure,

Of rubies and juice and blood.

I plunge my fingers in your soft flesh

And smile as your burst against my skin,

Staining me red with your sweet blood,

Marking me with your love,

An eternal declaration and reminder.

I place you in my famished mouth,

And chew on your succulent entrails

Just to feel you pop against my teeth

And slide down my throat,

I savour your sweetness with passion.

You make a mess of my person,

As I desperately dig for a last morsel of you

To place in my mouth and enjoy,

To feel full, replenished and satisfied

Of you, your blood, your flesh,

To feel my fingers sticky with your juices,

To feel my skin smothered in your love,

To lick your sweetness from my lips,

And forever be haunted by a sour after-taste,

When it is all over,

That only you can erase,

By coming back to me,

And allowing me to plunge my fingers,

In your willing body,

And quench my hunger for you.

-----n.a.j.

[originalleftist]

Seeing the world in Tamarian.

One of the gifts, or curses, of being a Star Trek fan, and especially a Lower Decks fan, is that I now frequently see, hear, and read things as though they were phrases in Tamarian (the aliens who's language his composed of communicating through stories/metaphors, for example "Shaka, when the walls fell" refers to a disaster, while "Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra" refers to enemies working together against a common threat).

Originally introduced in Star Trek: The Next Generation's "Darmok", though Lower Decks has really leaned into the idea since. They've sometimes been referred to as the aliens who speak in memes.

So now, I often think of how things would sound or how you might say something or use an event to mean something in Tamarian.

For example, a while back I posted this painting, by 19th/early 20th century gay Jewish painter Simeon Solomon:

(Image from Wikipedia)

The title, Sappho and Erinna in a Garden at Mytilene, immediately struck me as sounding exactly like how one might say "Lesbians" in Tamarian.

Or a post I saw today on Spoutible, which referred to "Putin, bare chested, on his horse" - which I immediately thought sounds like how you'd say "fascist dictator" (or alternately "small dick energy") in Tamarian.

I don't know, I just think its cool, and I'm curious what other phrases folks might have heard that sound like they would work as part of Tamarian metaphor language.

[asta-daily]

No more sushi

Ignoring warnings, we keep scrapping the floor, deeper and deeper. Rentability, exploitation... nowaday everything's a ressource, who cares about depletion as long we get comfort and new toys? Who cares about harmony when all they can do is survive? We were a the cliff edge, but don't worry! We've made a huge step ahead. /* Pencil doodle on A6 sketchbook - Porte-mine sur carnet A6 */ Ignorant les avertissements, nous continuons de creuser, encore plus loin, encore plus profond. Rentabilité, exploitation... de nos jour, tout est une ressource, et qui se soucie de pérennité tant qu'il a son confort et ses jouets? Qui peut se soucier d'harmonie quand il ne fait que survivre? Nous étions au bord du gouffre, mais ne nous inquiétons pas ! Car nous avons fait un grand pas en avant.

[thtflns]

J. M. Hurowitz - Untitled - 2024 - pencil on paper - 44 x 30 inches

Began this piece the later part of 2023, and completed it today. Read what you will in to it. Art should make the viewer think. All thoughts are valid.

[olorielmoonshadow]

Self-care

*painting is “Fireflies and Moonlight”, by Tom Shropshire, and the original can be found HERE Self-care I set alight the bridgelike two circus performersset ablaze a path of coal.As of that first step taken,naked but not barefoot,the weight of woe resistsagainst the coming of the fire waken. I lucid dream a school of flightand I among you lovely birds,all fluttery, and buttery, suspirious of…

[internatural]

Red Hot Chili Peppers - "My Friends", included in their album "One Hot Minute" (1995).

The mastery of Anton Corbin´s in b&w / sepia tunes. Highly metaphorical and poetic.

[gothicpoem]

„Malédiction”

Swords in spiral,

known as a life agony—

-Unchain my nature!

[pennycode]

Woolen World

Baa Baa From a sea of clouds

Baa Baa Toward formless mounds

"Alone, always." Muttered beneath breath

"Never together." Cried near unto death

"Why is the universe so unfair...."

"Why is the universe so unfair?"

A cloud detaches from its pack, "Is anything fair that walks this track?"

A divine tremor shakes the earth And all other clouds are knocked from their perch

"Never alone." Muttered beneath breath

"Together, always." Cried near unto death

[hellspawnmotel]

the me that did and said those things

[snekky-arts]

Look Up

~~~

I don't usually dabble in realism - but this was a gift for someone very meaningful in my life. And some things just deserve to be painted as they are.

[tawnysoup]

Finally now that the comic is fully public on comicfury, I get to share it with all of you here, too <3

If you enjoyed, please consider supporting by buying a PDF of the comic on itch.io: https://tawnysoup.itch.io/home-in-the-woods

[comradesummers]

the problem with watching buffy the vampire slayer for the first time when you're 13 is that it will fundamentally reshape your brain chemistry to the point where literally all fiction becomes buffy the vampire slayer in different fonts. "watch another show!" you might say, and believe me i have! i promise i've watched many other shows since i was 13. but the problem is that all those other shows as well as films, books, podcasts etc. are simply deviations of buffy the vampire slayer to me. it's the holy text, the primary source. everything else is just commentary.

[thtflns]

J. M. Hurowitz - Untitled - 2023 - pencil on paper - 44 x 30 inches

Been working on this piece inconsistently since late in 2022; it feels good to have completed it. As is usual with my work, there is a lot of information to parse out. I always hope that time will be spent with these works - research done on the part of the viewer to allow for a more interactive experience.