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whereishermes · 3 months

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Women's Power in Art and Rituals: A Closer Look at Pacific Cultures

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artisticdivasworld · 5 months

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Sand Drawings of Vanuatu: A Unique Artistic Legacy

Here is the next in our series about art forms. This time, we look at sand drawings as an art form. Previously, we looked at many other types of art forms, and you can begin your journey by reading about them here. This is an art form I was totally unaware of, and I have to say that I thoroughly enjoyed my research to learn about it. This is such an ancient type of art for the people living on…

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seabeck · 6 months

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Last meal

#vulture culture #mushroom #fungi #fungus #mushrooms #artists on tumblr #nature #original photographers #original photography #photography #photographers on tumblr #Washington #pacific northwest #forest #cottagecore #explore #p #whoops meantto q this

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monarobot · 4 months

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POP CULTURE REIMAGININGS

A collection of reinterpretations of creatures and monsters from film and television

The following two pieces were featured in Guillermo del Toro’s “En Casa con mis Monstruos” (“At Home with Monsters”) Exhibition:

View the website for the MUSA “En Casa con mis Monstruos” Exhibition over at:

#monarobot #pop culture #illos #illustration #pokemon #pokemayas #gdt #pacrim #pacific rim #godzilla #shin godzilla #king ghidorah #kaiju #portfolio day

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orofeaiel · 28 days

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Collection tin from Green Mountain Wildcat trail: false morel, hemlock cone, madrone skin miner leaf, flower thing, map fungus leaf | squirrel skull, pacific sideband snail shell, red belt conk, feather, cool rock.

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pacificremains · 9 months

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Rooster skull with its comb. The skull was beetle cleaned, degreased, and whitened with peroxide. The sclerotic rings were glued in place. The comb was formalin fixed and dried, then glued in place. A super cool specimen done for a good friend ❤️

#rooster skull #chicken skull #skull #vulture culture #animal skull #oddities #pacific remains #comb #mummified

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woahjo · 2 months

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i think all the time about the line "in what year did fire lord sozin defeat the air nation army" and then aang responding "is this a trick question? the air nomads didn't have a formal army" and the implications of the history that the fire nation had been rewriting for a century. the implication that the air nomads (a peaceful nation) weren't brutally ambushed, but rather that they were ready to fight and may have even been eager to do so. absolving the fire nation of some of the guilt in a total genocide and painting the narrative that the air nomads were ready to defend themselves and/or that the attack on the air nomads was anything but a one sided ambush. i think about it a lot.

#this scene in particular actually devastates me in a visceral way #because it is ONLY aang alive now to remember first hand that the air nomads didn't have a formal army #that it was part of their principles and their cultural identity to NOT have one #that the air nomads largely preached pacifism #and he's the only one alive able to refute the history that the fire nation rewrote based on his own first hand testimonies.#almost everyone else who could do that is dead #and of course.. other nations know it was a brutal attack.. but there's something so deeply sinister #about the implication that aang is from the colonies followed by that scene #because it means that this is a conscious effort to indoctrinate not just fire nation citizens... but the PLANET #and aang is literally the only person who can refute it.#MAN.#i love atla

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tomwambsganshater · 1 year

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Vinland saga gets a lot of criticism for being unrealistic and too naive in its pacifism but I feel like that's a fundamental misunderstanding of thorfinn's character. His ideology isn't supposed to be universal, he develops it because of his circumstances, he's killed too many people and inflicted too much misery to be able to stomach any more of it, to the point that defending himself disgusts him. It's not a method to live your life or to change the world, it's his specific emotional reaction to his experiences. He's not even preachy about it either, when he meets Canute he admits that he knows he can't change the world that way, and that he can't judge whether Canute's way is right or wrong. His vinland plan is an attempt to create a society from scratch based on his radical pacifism in hopes that it'll meaningfully stick and become a value for the next generations, and thus create a society where it's the norm, but as we can see in the story and just history, it's going to fail. I don't know how exactly it's going to end, but I'm pretty sure it's not going to be by telling the reader that "You should be a pacifist all the time and violence is never justified". The story's always been nuanced, Thorfinn himself is just incapable of stomaching it.

#vinland saga #and i mean i dont think hes a bad character or anything his ideology is reasonable given his circumstances #just like canute's impossibility to not try to change the world through violent methods is understandable with his disillusion for #christianity and pacifism in general #or even thorkell! he's a lot less justifiable given he doesnt have noble goals but his ideology is coherent #war is inevitable and the goal of life is to enter valhalla + hes naturally super strong so he fits perfectly in that culture #yukimuta obviously tends towards pacifism but the story is more interested in showing different perspectives and how characters developped #them than claiming theres an absolutely right one

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faelapis · 2 months

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crazy how often you see the exact same people who defend aang not killing the fire lord (usually for the fanon interpretation of it being about preserving air nomad culture), be the exact same people who say how "refreshing" it is that luz lets belos die.

i just think that's interesting. no comment here. just interesting.

#i could go on a long rant about how people try to make these two things both 'fit' with their own preferred politics #or the many ways they try to make it out like aangs decision is about everything Except pacifism which they really dont like and cant vibe #with without the excuse of 'cultural preservation' that they pretend is indisputable canon #but cartoon twitters overall ideology is a mess of contradictions #so trying to make a real analysis of it is in many ways an inherently fake idea #so i just... won't do that :)

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short-wooloo · 4 months

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The apocalypse is canceled in exactly one year

Make the most of it

#wooloo-writes #wooloo writes #pacific rim #cancel culture at it again #has it gone too far?#canceling the apocalypse #guillermo del toro #idris elba #stacker pentecost

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midautumngame · 1 year

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For Robin Lam, crashing at Grandma's was meant to be a break from their responsibilities. But relaxing might prove hard when the Spirit World is real, its entrance is in their basement, and they're its newest guardian. Blast evil spirits and save your hometown from gentrification in this rogue-like dungeon crawler about Asian diaspora culture – Midautumn!

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Enjoy multiple story arcs and narrative branches and uncover the mysteries of this fictional Californian coastal town! Shop for boba power-ups, clothes, music and more! Visit locales and events, such as the anime con, SakuraFest!

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Meet and chat with a whole cast of diverse characters complete with beautiful art and voice acting! Get to know townsfolk and Ancestral Spirits, who offer you their Gifts to help you along the way!

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engagemythrusters · 3 months

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clone wars was fr like “No you lemur aliens CANNOT be pacifist. Don’t you know staunch pacifism is bad and will not keep you and your loved ones safe?!” but then the moment a blonde girl shows up the message was “oh wow well that’s different! So interesting! We will have rational conversations about your perspective and why you can have it!” despite the fact that it was at the detriment of the Mandalorian culture.

#WOW SMELLS LIKE SPRACISM (space racism) UP IN HERE #lurmen #(worst alien name ever award)#satine kryze #star wars #star wars: the clone wars #(please note that this post is missing some nuance)#(yes the pacifism lead to her demise in the end)#(but it wasn’t framed the way the lurmen arc was)#(where the pacifism was seen as wrong the whole time and only for a few minutes was it understood in a reasonable light)#(satine did argue but it was always seen as justified the WHOLE TIME)#(even tho it was BAD FOR ANY MANDALORIAN WHO KEPT THEIR CULTURE)#(fr she banished everyone who wanted to keep their armour… what the hell…)#I’m a fan of satine but I’m NOT a fan of how she was written #I could make her staunch pacifism SO much more interesting…#and not classist…

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sunandsstars · 1 year

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You know something I always think about? The na'vi's reaction to finding out about how kinda similar some of earth's culture is to theirs (e.g Africans, Native Americans/Indigenous peoples) and Maori people (especially in regards to Pukana).

Same thing in regards to braided hairstyles.

Me too!

Like imagine the Metkayina and Pacific islanders meeting eachother and bonding over their tattoos and pukana. also i’m not sure if pacific islanders have spirit animals like indigenous americans but if they do that would be super cool to bond over! like the Metkayina introducing their tulkuns, i know for a fact if it wasn’t the fact that it’s the skypeople, they’d definitely bond over their culture and love of nature.

And the omaticaya, since they’re already living with skypeople, i’m sure they have met their fair share of black kings and queens! like Max Patel. So just imagine them coming together to share similarities between African culture on Earth and the Na’vi culture from the forest. Especially with the hair braiding, sharing the significance of black hair styles and also the clothes! Mo’at’s are inspired by the indigenous tribe, so imagine how cool if someone from Earth were to recognise it!

I’m so excited to see the 3rd movie and how they incorporate the Ash tribe and i hope to see another new culture! Maybe indigenous american or asian?

Also, do you guys have anything i can learn? i’m all for sharing cultures! And i would love to get to know who you guys are!

#pls teach me i love learning #all cultures are beautiful #🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼#avatar the way of water #metkayina #pacific islander #māori #haitian #african #indigenous #avatar 2009 #atwow

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seabeck · 2 months

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