#the art of doing nothing

[dabiconcordia]

"A life spent making mistakes is not only more honourable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing." ― George Bernard Shaw

[90rangejuice]

shut up, the angel is singing

[mayasphotography]

Love the vibe, so relaxing

[johnschneiderblog]

The art of doing nothing

We owned a hammock once and actually installed it, lashing it to a couple of oak trees in a shady spot between our cottage and the lake.

With the shade, the breeze off the lake, the whisper of waves caressing the beach, it was an ideal spot to loaf.

I tried it once or twice. No more than that. I guess I'm just not a hammock person . At least I wasn't at the time.

In fact, I've never been much good at idling in general. Too task-oriented. My wandering mind always landed on the chores I could be crossing off my list.

But I'm getting better. In recent years. I've taken up the study of creative loafing - dong absolutely nothing. In the middle of the day!

You could call it contemplation, or meditation, or living in the moment. You could call it breathing. You could call it wasting time.

I call it rejuvenation.

(iStock photo)

[bixels]

As gen-AI becomes more normalized (Chappell Roan encouraging it, grifters on the rise, young artists using it), I wanna express how I will never turn to it because it fundamentally bores me to my core. There is no reason for me to want to use gen-AI because I will never want to give up my autonomy in creating art. I never want to become reliant on an inhuman object for expression, least of all if that object is created and controlled by tech companies. I draw not because I want a drawing but because I love the process of drawing. So even in a future where everyone’s accepted it, I’m never gonna sway on this.

[hinamie]

newest issue of first years fashion just dropped

[jazzyj93]

I know my body's getting old One day we will fall down But in my heart a drum is beating A carnival inside my head

[egophiliac]

missed the mark by (looks at calendar) uhhh. hm. but I really wanted to do something for the 5th anniversary! happy five years to these idiots 🎉

[canisalbus]

✦ Convalescence ✦

[evyltalks]

happy pride month!! here’s a little treat 🤍

[mewo777]

mid drawing this i cropped the canvas and then when i was done i went back through my layers and realized i cut fiddleford from another drawing clean in half never crop your canvases kids

[rosieroot]

Goodnight Snoopy

[ezkel]

[verkomy]

felt the need to draw thorin and bilbo in suits

[sangthael]

jimmy doesn’t practice knife safety