Simon MacEwan
@theblastedheath.bsky.social
Hopeless dilettante Picker-up of unconsidered trifles
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Hey, look at this 👉🏼
The Public Domain Review@publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 2w agoAn "alphabet album", a beautiful book of calligraphy and typographic engraving from 1843 assembled by Joseph-Balthazar Silvestre. Ranging from the old-fashioned to the surprisingly modern looking, from the elegantly unreadable to the crystal clear... publicdomainreview.org/collection/s...
I had a moderately fancy dinner, which had a set vegetarian menu, but you could make it pescatarian by adding "Interludes from the sea" which for some reason made me imagine that you are serenaded by mermaids in-between courses.
Following a trip to the Odyssey yesterday I wanted to do a Circe Mari. So looked out the greek pottery for reference
topically: a girl just walked past talking loudly on the phone trying to decide if she should wear shorts to an event tomorrow and she was like "should I go for comfort??" and I gave her a thumbs up and a nod and as she passed I heard her whisper "I think I just got a sign from an angel"
Bolle med ost / bun with cheese - one of the most delicious things in Denmark... It was very hard to hold off eating it so that I could finish the picture
I love when an insult like "Bloodless Quant" really lands and you can almost feel the reverberations in the psychosphere
Hi #PortfolioDay - I am Kim Hu Freelance Illustrator & Concept Artist Looking for cool new projects in the second half of 2026 📂 kim-hu.com ✉️ hello@kim-hu.com
It's #portfolioday I would love for people to ask me to do stuff for them, but I also have some feelings about work today
You might need this little soapstone carving of a whale today… (1200-1600 CE, Chumash culture, California, held at Musée des Beaux Arts, Montreal)
Hey #portfolioday, I am a freelance illustrator who loves painting light. I have worked in editorial, publishing, advertising, visual development, and games. My solo show with Gallery Nucleus begins in August! 🌐: katherinelam.com 📧: itskatherinelam@gmail.com 🖼️: www.gallerynucleus.com/events/1123
When the Childe was about 3, they were very frustrated with me being in meetings all the time so I let them organize a “meeting” for us. They chose an agenda of a space shuttle mission & I so clearly remember getting to “fuel” & very seriously writing down their recommendation of “20-30 witches.”
Ugh, I am possessed by a strong desire to buy an expensive fountain pen (1930s Waterman flex nib)
for this week's this american life podcast about the prairieland incident last year www.thisamericanlife.org/891/the-test...
"don't speak ill of the dead"? Oh well, maybe we can speak Isle of the Dead instead
Emily C. Hughes@emilyhughes.bsky.social · 4w ago“I don’t celebrate death” okay well skill issue
Every so often you got to make a list of the things you truly honestly love and check that they're still in your life and that you're still spending some time with them every day that you can. In my case, mostly potatoes and paper