I Wish I Could Drink Water As Much As I Want. I Want To Take A Shower At My Convenience........I Want

“I wish I could drink water as much as I want. I want to take a shower at my convenience........I want to breathe clean air not contaminated with gunpowder or the smell of sewage or garbage. I want to live 5 minutes of calm without the sound of drones or artillery or bombings. Are human rights this difficult on the planet?" - Rasha Abushaban from Gaza

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye (Ghanaian-British, b. 1977, London, England) - 1: In Lieu of Keen Virtue, 2017  2: Brief in the Lanes, 2018  3: Brothers To A Garden, 2017  4: Waves and Crests, 2019  5: A Whistle in a Wish, 2018  6: No Objection to Noises, 2019  7: An Assistance of Amber, 2017, Paintings: Oil on Canvas

KISSINGER ???

I know they're relatively new here still but can someone tell the 196 people you don't need to use multiple synonymous tags for reblogs

I might be going crazy but this painting reminds me of characters in a videogame. Like NPCs or the sims or something? That’s just the vibe that I got off this for some reason. Just stay with me on this one:

I’m thinking it might be the way they’re all milling about doing their daily tasks, paying no mind to each other or the viewer.

And we see them only from a distance at this kind of raised-up angle above, looking down on them — they seem so tiny here — it’s that feeling you get when you look out of a high-up window and watch people going about their lives, like a city full of ants. In that same way, we’re just a spectator here, watching these nuns. Intimate yet distant.

Dominican nuns in a monastery chapel (c.1820) Oil on canvas ― Franz Ludwig Catel (German, 1778-1856)

showering:

pros: you get to feel clean. you get non greasy hair, non oily feeling skin, it just in general makes you feel better, more energised, refreshed.

cons: there are so many steps. oh my god are there so many steps. before getting into the shower there are steps. during the shower there are steps. and once youve gotten out of the shower? guess what!!! more fucking steps!!!!!!!! UGHHHH