“How do I know,” she said at last, “that you are what you seem to be?” “You don't,” said he. “I don't know what I seem, to you.”— Ursula K Le Guin

Maternidad en peligro, 2024 54x66 cm #MarietaQuesada #danisbitsof_ART #womeninarts #artbywomen #artonbluesky #artwillsaveus

#Horst Helen Bennett ‘Spider dress’, New York,(1939)

📸 Ian Plant

Sculpture 📍Culture House / Stockholm 📷Staffan Green #art #sculpture #photography #monochrome #blackandwhite #bnw #flickr flic.kr/p/2ssu9Nh

I decided it is better to scream. Silence is the real crime against humanity.— #NadezhdaMandelstam Hope Against Hope #hope dies last, right 😔 #humanity #silence #crime

the joy of the restless sea

Ursula K. Le Guin Bot@leguinbot.bsky.social · yesterday

And no one knows how many of the dolphins that leap in the waters of the Inmost Sea were men once, wise men, who forgot their wisdom and their name in the joy of the restless sea.

#smallArt ca 13 x 7 cm #tretrapackArt #upRecycling #zeitgenössische Kunst #artbywomen #artonbluesky #danisbitsof_ART

I swear to God I have the Wild Wasteland Perk when I'm on my work route.

Morning all. Photographer Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen Whitley Bay, August 1978. From the series Writing in the Sand (1970s-90s)

Have you been taught to trust yourself ⁉️ don't #teach me #show me #selfWorth #SelfConfidence #women #education #growingUp

Ursula K. Le Guin Bot@leguinbot.bsky.social · 2d ago

“Why are men afraid of women?” “If your strength is only the other's weakness, you live in fear,” Ged said. “Yes; but women seem to fear their own strength, to be afraid of themselves.” “Are they ever taught to trust themselves?” Ged asked “No,” she said.

Villem Dafoe, 2018 - Sandro Miller (1958-) : photographe publicitaire américain, connu pour ses portraits et sa collaboration avec John Malkovich. #WillemDafoe #SandroMiller

Poets of Bluesky — I built something small. You send a poem to a random stranger. They read it and write back with honest feedback. No profiles, no metrics. Just the poem. penpalpoets.com #poetry #poetsofbluesky #amwriting

📷 Marta Bevacqua photography Wavering moods drift, In the quiet depth of sleep #haiku #BlueSkyArtShow #water

The heavens are falling down (what about us?) I can't even breathe (what about us?) Did you ever stop to notice This crying Earth, these weeping shores? What about death again? (Ooh) Do we give a damn?

#JocelynHobbie Northeast Harbor, (2019)

"humans are just another form of existence in the forest, no different from the wind..some are gentle, some bring destruction..yet, the forest accepts these winds simply as one of the many phenomena that arise & pass. in the same way, I believe the forest will also accept humans"— 박귀순 #KuiSoonPark

by Anna Bimer (🇵🇱 b. 1964)

I don't care about their different thoughts Different thoughts are good for me Up in arms and chaste and whole All God's children took their toll Look, my eyes are just holograms Look, your love has drawn red from my hands From my hands you know you'll never be More than twist in my sobriety

"... the images that appeared among the ruins and sands at the edge of the desert were considered accursed, evil — no one should go near." M. K. The Khamaseen Wind, 1929 by Mahmoud Mokhtar (1891–1934) 🇪🇬 خمسين חמסין

There are things that absolutely cannot return. But at the same time, despite not being able to return, they remain eternally present. And then there are many things, dormant somewhere in this world, that one only needs to seek patiently to find.— #ItoOgawa #小川糸

#Art: Two Men (1987 - 1988) #Artist: #LucianFreud (b. 1922/d. 2011; #🇬🇧) #ArtMovement/Style: #Expressionism #Naturalism Medium: Oil on canvas 75 x 106.7 cm (42.01 × 29.53 in) #DailyArt #TalkArt #Artsy #ArtPost #FineArt #Art 221