Latest Posts by mysticcheesecakeballoon - Page 3

“Sitting on a Million Dollars”, Howard Bingham, 1963. 

Eugène Jansson, L’aube sur le Riddarfjärden, 1899, huile sur toile, 150 c 201 cm, Prins Eugen Waldamarsudde Museu, Stockhölm.

Source “Au delà des étoiles, le paysage mythique de Monet à Kandinsky”, 15 mars au 25 juin 2017, Musée d’Orsay, Paris.

Daria - Do you want to come in?

Tom - No! There are girls in there rubbing stuff on each other's cheeks and making animal noises. I got kind of scared.

Daria - That's just the opening rites of the Blushathon. At least you got out before the rhythmic chanting.

Tom - Oh, yeah, I think I saw that on the Discovery Channel. Why don't you get in the car?

Source: “Dye! Dye! My Darling” episode 13, Season 4, Daria, 2000. 

Hong Kong, China, 2016. 

Source: Mystic Cheesecake Balloon. 

i will wade out                        till my thighs are steeped in burning flowers I will take the sun in my mouth and leap into the ripe air                                       Alive                                                 with closed eyes to dash against darkness                                       in the sleeping curves of my body Shall enter fingers of smooth mastery with chasteness of sea-girls                                            Will i complete the mystery                                            of my flesh I will rise               After a thousand years lipping flowers             And set my teeth in the silver of the moon

E. E. Cummings, Tulips and Chimneys, 1923. 

“Cassius Clay, between training sets talking to some folks at the Main Street Gym preparing for his bout against Archie Moore”, Stanley Weston, Los Angeles, USA, 1962.

Allan D'Arcangelo, Landscape, 1964, peinture acrylique sur toile, 179,1 × 153,7 cm, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. 

Source: “Pop Art: Icons That Matter”, du 22 septembre 2017 au 21 janvier 2018, Musée Maillol, Paris. 

As a teacher, I no longer use the word, “smart.” I refuse to call any of my students this word, and I am intentional about not using it in my class. What even is, “smart”? Is smart getting the answer correctly? Being able to perform a specific skill? What is it? Because when we tell kids that they are smart, in reality, it does nothing for them. It does not provide any feedback for them. And the worst part is that this word has become a way for people to classify children into 2 categories: smart, and not. When children assess themselves they have difficulty defining their strengths and weaknesses. Instead, it has become a question of whether they consider themselves as smart, or not. And herein lies the problem. I too, can relate to these kids. I always struggled in math, and considered myself, “not smart” in this subject. I could never take a different perspective and evaluate what areas of math were a struggle, and which parts I understood. Was it the calculation part? Was it memorizing math facts? No, after years as a student in the classroom I looked at my peers and compared myself to them because they were “smart” in math and I was not. Leading me to believe I was somehow less intelligent than my peers when in reality, I just learned differently. I required different help. Teachers, parents and students tossed the word smart around as if it was a label which you had to earn. My point in all of this, and even taking the time to write a tumblr post about it, is that the way we perceive ourselves has everything to do with the way the institutions we grew up in engraved it into our brains. You are not smart, and you are not NOT smart. You are full of strengths and weaknesses, and it is much more important to figure those out than label yourself as anything. Instead of telling a child they are smart, point out what they did correctly and why it was correct. Instead, tell them how the skills they display affect the outcome of a situation. Unsurprisingly, I get quite a few messages from college-aged kids who feel like they’re not smart. Or from people who feel like they won’t make it in college because of how they perform in their academics. I had these very same thoughts as I went into college, and as I was in it. The system of education has failed you/me, and for that, I am sorry. The classroom environment should be teaching you how to identify and reflect on your weaknesses, and how to identify and maximize the potential of your strengths. You’re more than a label, please know this and reflect. Knowing all of this now, I hope and pray that you will change your whole perspective on yourself.

Thank you for reading my extremely long post which is somewhat of me venting, while also trying to encourage you. I hope it is taken to heart.

- Lindsay

Thought I’d let you know Society6 is having another sale in case you want to take advantage:

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Passive income like this really helps me and other illustrators keep going and keep making work so if you’re on the hunt for holiday gifts already, I hope you’ll check out the sale!

Source: lefthandedtoons.com

Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom, 2016.

Source: Mystic Cheesecake Balloon. 

-I don't have a favorite song. I have a current favorite song. It changes a lot. I have different favorite songs for different situations. - What's your favorite song right now?

Chelsea M. Cameron, Faster We Burn, 2013. 

“Muhammad Ali, Monopoly”, Steve Schapiro, Louisville, USA, 1963. 

When my brain is burnt by work...

Me: Sorry I didn’t have more time to write.

Also me: *spend 30 minutes training Siri to understand how I pronounce “Gus Van Sant”*

Jacob Stack, Day of the Girl, signed print, 297 x 210 mm. 

Source: Jam Art Prints, Irish Art & Design, Jam Art Factory, 64 Patrick St, Wood Quay, Dublin 8, Ireland. 

Marc Chagall, Le monstre de Notre-Dame, 1953, huile et sable sur toile, 106 x 83,7 cm, collection privée.

Source: “Chagall, entre guerre et paix”, du 21 février au 21 juillet 2013, Musée du Luxembourg, Paris.

Daria starts to eat her hamburger.

Quinn - Eww! You're not really gonna eat all that fat, are you?

Daria - No, I'm going to stick it in my boots 'cause I love the squishy, squishy feeling 'round my toes.

Source: “Fire!” episode 12, Season 4, Daria, 2000. 

Genève, Suisse, 2017.

Source: Mystic Cheesecake Balloon. 

I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.

Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul, 1988. 

“Muhammad Ali, formerly Cassius Clay, boxing world heavy weight champion in Chicago, on a bridge over the Chicago river”, Thomas Hoepker, Chicago, USA, 1966. 

Source: Magnum photo.

#inktober17

Debout, Gabriel médita puis prononça ces mots: _ L'être ou le néant, voilà le problème. Monter, descendre, aller, venir, tant fait l'homme qu'à la fin il disparaît. Un taxi l'emmène, un métro l'emporte, la tour n'y prend garde, ni le Panthéon. Paris n'est qu'un songe, Gabriel n'est qu'un rêve (charmant), Zazie le songe d'un rêve (ou d'un cauchemar) et toute cette histoire le songe d'un songe, le rêve d'un rêve, à peine plus qu'un délire tapé à la machine par un romancier idiot (oh! Pardon). Là-bas, plus loin – un peu plus loin – que la place de la République, les tombes s'entassent de Parisiens qui furent, qui montèrent, qui descendirent des escaliers, allèrent et vinrent dans les rues et tant firent qu'à la fin ils disparurent. (...) Mais que vois-je par-dessus les citrons empoilés des bonnes gens qui m’entourent ?

Raymond Queneau, Zazie dans le métro, 1959. 

Roberto Monténégro, Ville dans la Brume, 1911, huile sur toile, musée régional de Guadalajara, Guadalajara. 

Source: “Mexique (1900–1950)”, du 5 Octobre 2016 au 23 Janvier 2017, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris. 

Source: “BestSellers”, Book covers by Hugleikur Dagsson.

Oku-no-In, Koyasan, Japan, 2015.

Source: Mystic Cheesecake Balloon. 

“Muhammad Ali Trains in Hyde Park”, Gordon Parks, London, England, 1966.

Source: gordonparksfoundation.org