Paper Cuttings By Rural Pearl On Etsy

Paper Cuttings by Rural Pearl on Etsy

This is probably the best ukulele playing I’ve ever seen.

Toph Nouveau…Oh right the prints!!

I legitimately just realized I never made a full post about how my Toph Nouveau piece wound up and the whole Gallery Nucleus story (from my perspective).

First is that it did make it into the show which was an incredible honor; the talent pool and quality (and variety) of work was just out of control. 

Second was that they decided to do a print run of my piece which is what I foolishly forgot to share until now.  You can still buy them here.

Finally was that last week I found out from a friend that apparently Grant Imahara was apparently the one who snagged the piece at the gallery…? WHAAAAAAAT!?!?!

Super fun experience.  A big thank you to Bryan, Michael and the community for everything; I could write more about the whole thing but it would start to get sappy pretty fast.

Game of Thrones characters reimagined as Disney characters

I feel like much of the world is in a social war over what gender is and is not.

I don’t feel that its my place to tell someone else what gender is. I believe that gender identity is something that an individual has to figure out for themselves. The being said, based on my personal experience with understanding my own gender identity, I can tell you what gender is not.

Gender is not the same as your sexuality. Gender does not have to define your sexuality. Gender and sexuality are two different subjects.

Gender has nothing to do with your genitalia. Gender is not defined by a doctor, despite what’s on your birth certificate. Gender identity is more of spectrum of variable options, instead of a binary with only two options.

Gender Identity & Gender Expression are not the same thing. Gender identity is part of the mental and emotional understanding of yourself. Gender expression is your style, how you’re most comfortable presenting to the outside world.

It is my belief that somewhere through out history, things like gender identity, gender expression, genitalia & sexuality somehow got all wrapped up into one single category called gender. However, it is also my belief that the people in this world are changing. Growing into a much more colorful way of thinking and understanding.

I hope the day will come when the majority will know gender to be a personal understanding of ones self, instead of an outward understanding of everyone else.

Xoxo -Elliott Alexzander