themostbeautifulboogeyman

[themostbeautifulboogeyman]

The Soursop Fruit

[themostbeautifulboogeyman]

Chronixx - Cool as the Breeze/Friday (2020)

[themostbeautifulboogeyman]

[themostbeautifulboogeyman]

My little brother has a whole lot of mouth. The boy won’t stop talking, squawking as if he just hatched from an egg and is hungry to bite off more than he can chew. My mother calls him a baby bird hanging in a murder of crows. She’s saying he flocks to the wrong crowd of black birds but in certain areas our lives may be dangling from trees quite literally anyway. My mother hates when I travel. She wants to keep me at home, to keep the both of us safe. She knows when I’m away I walk around the ghetto, take the bus, ride the train. Show me the hood and I will show you a nest.

Deonte Osayande, “Raven,” published in Indiana Voice Journal (via bostonpoetryslam)

[themostbeautifulboogeyman]

[themostbeautifulboogeyman]

Somewhere between ‘I love you’ and ‘but’ is mankind, a giant loneliness strolling through an even greater loneliness.

Negar Emrani (trans. Kaveh Akbar), “Somewhere Between the World and the Mirror,” published in Asymptote (via bostonpoetryslam)

[themostbeautifulboogeyman]

people in Virtual Reality share their biggest regrets (Source : Disrupt )

[themostbeautifulboogeyman]

hey i don't know if you've been asked before abut this or even if you do this anymore but what are the proper kanji to translate mujuushin kenjutsu? and does it really mean sword of no abiding mind? Kinda obsessed with Jin's sword style but there's only like three resources that ive ever seen talking about it, and they don't refer to the actual kanji translation.

Yes! The kanji for mujūshin kenjutsu are: 無住心剣術

Here are a few sources:

“Ken no seishinshi : Mujūshin kenjutsu no keifu to shisō””剣の精神誌 : 無住心剣術の系譜と思想”by Yoshinori Kōno(Japanese) Paperback – 1991 ISBN 4788503913 : Y3300 9784788503915 

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Ken-seishinshi-Muju%CC%84shin-kenjutsu-Japanese/dp/4788503913/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=mujushin+kenjutsu&qid=1574032574&sr=8-1

Stanford Libraries SearchWorks Catalogue: https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/4227768

Notes: This book is in Japanese, and unfortunately, my Japanese language skills aren’t nearly good enough to translate a book like this. But having the full title and the kanji enabled me to find more information, so I still found this helpful.

…

“Sekiun and Ichiun” by Gary Myers, Iaido Chief Instructor   The Aiki Dojo Newsletter, Volume XXXII Number 2, Page 3February 2013 The Aikido Center of Los Angeles

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5744da899f7266e1f35c57f4/t/5c03fbf38a922dc3f334c91f/1543764981101/Newsletter+feb+13+pdf.pdf  

Notes: The contemporary martial art of aikido was born from the principles of mujūshin kenjutsu. This article was written by a chief instructor at an aikido dojo.

…

“The Sword of No Abiding Mind: Mujuushin Kenjutsu and Samurai Champloo”

Part I: the Historical Mujushin–Sekiun and IchiunPart II: the Historical Mujushin–Terada and Shiraihttp://www.spookhouse.net/angelynx/comics/no-abiding-mind.html

Part III: the Mujuushin in Samurai Champloo–Mariya, Kariya, Takedahttp://www.spookhouse.net/angelynx/comics/no-abiding-mind-2.html

Notes: This article was written by a Samurai Champloo fan who did a whole ton of research and compiled it nicely for us. Parts I and II focus on history, and part III focuses on Samurai Champloo.

…

If you’re interested, I have some resources on the philosophy of no-abiding mind, a concept derived from Zen Buddhism.

[themostbeautifulboogeyman]

You don't really bring me good news babe

[themostbeautifulboogeyman]

Let’s see you little punks smash my letterbox now

[themostbeautifulboogeyman]

I’m eating this Russian chocolate and it made a rattling noise when I shook it and there’s a horse magnet inside???

[themostbeautifulboogeyman]

[themostbeautifulboogeyman]

[themostbeautifulboogeyman]

Maybe this is a crazy question, but how did Europeans know what Africans looked like? I know that some of the paintings here are of North Africans/Middle Easterners, but others clearly depict people born south of the Sahara. I've heard of Prester John but I never imagined that medieval Europeans were aware that Prester John would have had brown skin. Am I missing something?

Like. There are a lot of things I could say here. But I’m just going to do my best to answer your question, and the answer is either very simple or very complicated, depending on your current point of view.

1. “They” knew what people with brown skin looked like because people with brown skin had been there literally THE ENTIRE TIME. Some (and father back, ALL) of “them” had brown skin themselves.

2. “People with Brown Skin” and “Europeans” are not separate and mutually exclusive groups.

3. No matter how far back you go, the mythical time that you’re looking for, when all-white, racially and culturally isolated Europe was “real”, will continue to recede from your grasp until it winkles out the like imaginary place it is.

We can just keep going back. In every area, from all walks of life, rich and poor, kings and peasants, artists and iconoclasts, before there were countries and continents, before there were white people.

Russia, 1899:

Switzerland, c. 1800:  [fixed link here]

Netherlands, 1658:

Poland, 1539:

Germany, 1480s:

Spain, 1420s:

France, 1332:

Scotland, England, France, 1280s:

France, 1220s:

England, 1178:

Belgium, 1084:

Greece, c. 1000:

Spain, 850s:

Throughout Europe, 800s-500s:

England, c. 300 AD:

Scotland, c. 100 AD:

Italy, 79 AD:

Greece, 170 B.C.:

Greece, 300 B. C.:

Greece, 400s B.C.

Greece, 500s B.C.:

Egypt, 1200s B.C.:

Crete (Minoan), 1600 B.C.:

Crete (Minoan), early 2000s B.C.:

Romania, 34,000 B.C.:

The time when “EVERYONE” in Europe was White does not exist. They knew what people with brown skin looked like because they were there. They knew what “Africans” looked like because they were there, and they weren’t “they”, they were us, or you. I think what you’re missing is something that never existed.

[themostbeautifulboogeyman]

[themostbeautifulboogeyman]

Jason Anderson

British artist Jason Anderson creates colorful abstract paintings composed of pixelated swatches of pastel-toned oil paint. Up-close, the artist’s paintings look like blocky layers of shapes and color; but, from afar, his scenes—featuring cityscapes, roads, trains, and marinas—are revealed.

Anderson began his career as a stained glass apprentice, where he worked on restoring the windows of cathedrals. He soon progressed onto designing the glass murals himself, where he learned how to break down subject matter into “jigsaws” of colored sections. This approach still shines through in his paintings today—complex scenes are brought to life with simple shapes and careful consideration to hue and tone.

[themostbeautifulboogeyman]

watercolor 8x6in 2019 LVP