#that is greater than the sum of its parts

[mojoflower]

Tumblr v. Twitter

I was laughing to Mr. Mojo about the whole Goncharov thing we've collectively been manifesting this weekend, and he pointed out what is possibly the most meaningful and fundamental difference between Tumblr and Twitter.

He said, On Twitter, no one says 'we'.

Tumblr is a mutable organism that is greater than the sum of its parts.  We are a ‘we’.

#tumblr #tumblr is a community #we are a 'we' #twitter #tumblr vs twitter #twitter refugees #gotta learn this fundamental change in perspective #tumblr community #goncharov #twitter is not a collective #twitter is a bunch of individuals #whereas tumblr is an organism #that is greater than the sum of its parts

[chamerionwrites]

"An ancient English law made it a crime to witness a murder or discover a corpse and not raise a 'hue and cry.' But we live in a world of corpses, and only about some of them is there a hue and cry."

--Adam Hochschild, King Leopold's Ghost

#reading tag #history #imperialism #cultures of dissociation #my posts #it is v hard to isolate quotes from this book because like all good writing the whole is greater than the sum of its parts #(also bc much of it is quite grim) #but ultimately my casementblogging is just an elaborate book rec #for a book which is only tangentially about him anyway. correctly so because the story is much bigger than that.

[unproduciblesmackdown]

immediately obsessed with this pic posted by summer stock ensemble member hannah balagot, "Sunday grills with Will"

#will roland #summer stock #every last little detail here & the [greater than the sum of its parts] overall effect....instant hall of fame portrait #that it's night. the about 3/4 view from behind documentarian angle. that the grilling is in this tiny strip of grass by a parking lot. #the one partly visible adjacent audience member. the tiny only just not legsless grill and will with the pro squat crouch to tackle that. #the apron over hoodie over shorts. the headlamp & its spotlighting the grilling but also making his glasses aglow. the 9 items grilling wit #view of lit charcoals & smoke; the supplies sides & accessories off to the sides. both tongs & spatula in hand & a burger mid flip. #the motion blur. this is iconic #& if you go back in the summer stogging you'll find that pre opening [will is again grilling. tall grill in the daytime though] fun pic #how much grilling did he do? sunday grills huh sounds good; end of the performance week too #sure the hell On It as he is in this picture.

[goldensunset]

if my roommate wasn’t here i would put goldfish into my leftover ramen broth

#i’m hongry but i gotta act normal #it is my right to make goldfish soup… greater than the sum of its parts #peach rambles #i’m eating healthy i’m happy i’m thriving i have a lot of money left definitely-

[morvvn]

anyway. rogue trader goty

#i love this game so so much #yes there are some rushed bits but i dont care its one of those things thats greater than the sum of its parts #im stalling on my 2nd run because no free time now 🤞 #but soon

[heavywithfire]

I truly will never understand people’s disconnect with the idea that Bad People can make Great Art.

#so much work that’s edifying and complex was created by people who aren’t pillars of moralit #and yet you can still find answers in their work that they themselves could not articulate #all art is a ménage a trios babe #between the artist the creation and the viewer #that relationship can produce something greater than the sums of its parts #I swear to god people are so worried about being perceived as “bad’’ #this is what the fucking puritans did to the American collective unconscious #reality is we’re all sin eaters #writblr #bookblr

[alirhi]

I will never get over Jamie asking his producer friend if he knows any "real musicians."

Sir. SIR. You wrote out guitar tabs without an actual guitar anywhere near you. It was something you just knew. I've met a few musicians in my life and none of them could just jot shit down from memory like that without fiddling with an instrument.

You are a real musician, you dingbat!

#jamie campbell bower #i love this idiot #also deeply in love with his cover of run on #not my genre #not a fan of so many parts #but holy shit #the very definition of greater than the sum of its parts #that song is fucking amazing

[maythray]

was cute and fun :)

#wanna rewatch this one (crazy) #enjoyed it! #some bits made me tear at my skin but its alright! sum is greater than the parts :] #ii spoilers

[the-river-of-light]

I'm surprised I haven't seen this before tbh. based on that one image. you probably know the one.

#professor layton #ranhengela #randall ascot #angela ledore #henry ledore #digital art #artists on tumblr #r does an art #like. it works well for the three of them!! #this is one of those ships where imo the whole is greater than the sum of its parts #which honestly doesn't happen too too often for me #henry's hair is so goddamn hard to draw i swear... #it should NOT be this hard jfc but like. i can't #i had this idea late last night but i still liked it when i woke up so i finished it

[bmpmp3]

it is interesting how different stories about showbiz try to depict a character as having star power like a common method in audio-visual mediums is music and lighting to try to make a fictional actor's performance in a fictional movie look transcendent (like in Babylon 2022 which I watched the other day) while mediums that don't have the benefit of audio or the moving picture like most comics will have something like a bunch of sparkly screentones all over the place or glitter in their eyes that kinda thing (like too many manga about the entertainment industry to name) but i still have a soft spot for Penguin Revolution's method of just hallucinating wings on everyone

#if ur not very good but have potential ur star power wings look like shitty little chicken wings <3 #also my thoughts on babylon: i dont think id recommend it to like anyone it was 3 hours and the parts that were wack were REALLY wack #but the parts that were good were REALLY REALLY good so im conflicted HJKDSJKDSJDKS #i dont think i have a very favorable opinion on it but im glad i watched it. the sum of its parts is greater than its whole i guess #i truly madly deeply hated the grossout humor bits not just cause they were grody but also like. they were so far and few between they like #jumpscared me every time. just long enough between each bit that i forgot about the last one. guess thats why its 3 hours #but some parts were SO SO GOOD and so so well done. huuuurghghhguhghrhhhghh im so conflicted about that movie #but i do appreciate it as a movie thats so conflicting to me. part of me thinks maybe i should have been weirder #i know im biased cause i love my weird ass manga and my weirdass visual novels about the entertainment industry but i think maybe #maybe it should have gone weirder with it. get more heightened. can we get much higher (slowly morphs into a one piece cock edit) #um. anyway i do love seeing how different stories in different mediums try to depict a characters electricity and charisma #in scenarios where the audience would not be able to tell #its like fascinating

[severebananapuppy]

loss.ao3

Gentlemen, we face a great loss today. Two of the greatest Red vs Blue fanfiction I have ever read, The Whole is Greater than the Sum of its Parts and The Whole is Other than the Sum of Its Parts are gone, scrubbed from the internet.

EDIT: Nevermind it turns out it's on squidgeworld.org. Thanks to sharkface-daydreams, a fellow RvB fan. You do need an account to read it though.

#the whole is greater than the sum of its parts #the whole is other than the sum of its parts #that one rvb fanfic where church was a cosmic power #rvb epsilon

[appsa]

i didn't know if you saw this post yet but it reminded me of what you were talking about earlier: https://saltsapphic.tumblr.com/post/685822380072992768/thinking-about-how-the-world-is-colored-by-our

(sorry i tried sending it to you on dms but. tumblr mobile)

Aaaaaa yeah omg <333 op of that post put it so beautifully

"The way we see the world is underpinned by the people in it with us. We’re not meant to do this alone. We were never meant to be in this alone"

This part is soooo good ive been thinking abt this point so hard lately

#ask #like i was reading up on sufi beliefs on fanaa #and like the way its put is so lovely like #everyone has a soul that is actually a piece of god. the heart and soul are separated by the ego tho #so you have to annihilate the ego so that the heart can recognize the soul #ive been thinking abt that in interpersonal relationships too u have to humble urself enough to recognize someone else's soul #and they have to let you see it #and the soul being the truth that we are all the same... that we are a part of a greater whole...... #its not about being The Same?? its about being United you know????? like holy fuck i Get It Now #and like idk if that was the idea behind islamic patterns but i cant stop thinking about it??? #that u take one perfect unit and repeat and repeat and repeat to create something magnificent??? #like the ceiling of the taj mahal or whatever #like oh my god can u imagine that guys???? #our souls... united.... tesselating together to create something something bigger than the sum of our parts #thats god. #that has to be.... the thought process behind all that perfect geometry right...... #idk ive been thinking about this for so long lmao #and ig this is how moksha/nirvana/etc all works tho i havent read up on those specifically yet #but i just. i understand now.

[faxxmodem]

i forgot it was big fucking whoops wednesday got jumpscared by my own queued poast

#well anyway the whole is greater than the sum of its parts #and that's that on that

[palipunk]

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Greater than the Sum of Our Parts: Feminism, Inter/Nationalism, and Palestine

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[weaseltractor]

Cheese Dips and Spreads - Blue Cheese Chicken Wing Dip

#This wing dip recipe is so irresistible. Numerous people have asked me for the recipe. The sum of its parts is greater than the whole. sum #whole #wing dip recipe #appetizers and snacks #requests #recipe #cheese dips and spreads

[turnleftaticela]

Also . yes something is wrong with you it’s called denial

#That’s not the whole review ftr #I go on to talk about James as if he’s the only member of the band akqgajavqjahqjajqa #And then say that the album is greater than the sum of its parts which . A