my favorite kind of street interaction is the super instant eye contact and look away then keep going where neither of you acknowledge each other but you also both register no danger here no need to acknowledge; move along
The Imbuing
Art, Personal“I am increasingly interested in creativity, craft, handiwork, trauma, joy, and the creation of Things. Where time goes when you are in a state of awe creating something. It starts to sound sloppy and overwrought when I describe it, and most disappointingly like “Flow” but it’s more than that. I just haven’t figured out how to express it yet.”
Spoke & Hub blog: Place & Shape
My friend’s blog post connected with some ways I’m trying to think about art I like to create and some specific projects I’m imagining about.
Where does time go when you’re in that creation state? I think it goes into what you’re working on. I probably mean that metaphorically. You’re imbuing your work with a snapshot of time that includes your emotions, thoughts, intentions. That’s why you just have to actually do your thing whatever it is: write, paint, make weird web page collages. It’s a reflection of you at that time.
When I’m really connecting with a song for example, I like to think to myself something like: I bet they were feeling very similar overall to how I feel right now. Their experiences as expressed in the lyrics may or may not be similar to why I feel the way I do, but we can connect on the emotions those experiences caused. Sorry dude, I know how that feels.
Pre-disappointment
PersonalI like to pre-disappoint 1I find it disappointing that disappoint has two p’s. myself just enough so that my potential distress will be within an acceptable range.
Like, that fancy pepper jack and roasted peanuts snack in the fridge sounds perfect right now; I’m so excited to eat it!
But remember! (stern)
It’s been there a while. It’s definitely over the “best by” date. And there’s a small chance it’s old enough you might not actually want it. Just be prepared. ok? :awkard_smiley:
Front page pictures
Accessibility, Blog Meta, PhotographyThe front page to my website https://bracken.fun shows a random image each time you load it. Every now and then I add some new pictures and remove ones I’m tired of.
I enjoy refreshing the page over and over and readjusting the size of my browser window for each image to an aspect ratio I like for that particular image. Each one has a different shape that I enjoy most.
For example, I like this one to be tall:
But I like this one to be very wide and to make it look like the guy is sitting on a bench made by the links:
Anyway, I added some more pictures today.
If you’re using a screen reader on the front page I also have a short description of the image. Sometimes it’s just describing what is literally in the picture, but I also try to make it a little weird sometimes so that it’s as fun/weird an experience as for sighted users. My hope is that everyone visiting will think to themselves at some point something like “huh, that’s weird”, or “oh, that’s actually kind of pretty”.
Election 2020: Lots of work still to do
UncategorizedI’m very happy Biden/Harris won and we can hopefully start the long process of trying to actually reverse the spread of white supremacy and not just ignore it again.
That’s on us, white folks. We have to stop ignoring the suffering and exploitation of our fellow humans.
Listen to those people who are suffering, not what your white leaders and intellectuals tell you about them. Otherwise this will fester just under the surface until it again bursts into hate and death.