Ive Found Myself Watching A Lot Of Dance In My Study Breaks. I Think It Puts You In A Really Relaxed

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I’ve found myself watching a lot of dance in my study breaks. I think it puts you in a really relaxed yet contemplative mood. This is quite an old video, but it takes my breath away every time I watch it.

Dinah Washington & Max Richter - This bitter earth / On the nature of daylight

I’ll be honest, I had a bad day today. Sing it to me, Dinah.

Rad Queers: Edie Fake from Graham Kolbeins on Vimeo.

Thank you, Anya Davidson, for the great recommendation of Edie Fake’s “Gaylord Phoenix”! It’s a great complimentary text to “Black Hole” in its themes and it’s also really gorgeously illustrated. :) 

Embodiment and Empathy and my sprawling ideas...

So somehow my thesis on explaining how comics is an inherently empathetic medium has descended into an interdisciplinary dissertation that encompasses the fields of neuroscience and cognitive processing, medical humanities, disability studies, art therapy and the theory of art. The application of these theories seeks to analyse the embodied aspect of comics, but I feel like my tutors will be surprised when they read it given that it is the final piece of coursework towards my Masters in Literature.

Also, you can tell I've got a high word count, because I'm talking like this. ^

This is a really beautiful answer.

would you rather the greek gods did or didn't exist? in your wildest dreams, would you want even a little of mythology to be true?

Who are we to say it’s not? There are people to this day who worship the deities of Greek religion. I think that mythology has the truth that you give it. 

I’m not a personal believer in any of the religious attributes of the myths, but I think they all hold at least a kernel of truth, depending on the person who reads them. Medea is the truth that betrayal and revenge shouldn’t always go hand in hand. Ariadne is the truth that thanks aren’t always given readily. Antigone is the truth that strength of character is celebrated and desecrated along lines of gender. These are my truths. They aren’t the same for everyone. 

Slowtrain - Nightlands 

Since joining tumblr I have been so inspired in so many different ways. Combined with studying, all I want to do is write poetry and draw comics and make art. But with my dissertation deadline running towards me full steam, I have to keep myself on track with that, as I will be lucky to finish it. It’s hard to switch off, but this song is the perfect tune to fall asleep to.