#the progress of love

[derangedrhythms]

I never knew it could get so dark. I’ve never known a dark that was as dark as this.

Alice Munro, Selected Stories; from ‘The Progress of Love’

#alice munro #selected stories #the progress of love #prose #darkness

[mafaldaknows]

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The Universe speaks ✨

#johnp.shanley #instagram #the universe winks #september 13 2021 #the met gala #the frick collection #jr #jean honoré fragonard #the progress of love #armand thomas hue de miromensil #armand #the universe speaks #mafalda always looks for signs #tales from the charmiesphere

[pmamtraveller]

THE PROGRESS OF LOVE: LOVE LETTERS (c.1772) by JEAN-HONORÉ FRAGONARD

LOVE LETTERS is the last of four panels FRAGONARD painted for the COMTESSE DU BARRY'S pavilion at LOUVECIENNES This series, THE PROGRESS OF LOVE, illustrates the stages of a romantic relationship through pursuit, meeting, commitment, and friendship.

Each panel is very rich in iconography and is enhanced by the garden environment where the sculpture, the animals, and the plants all have symbolic meanings in accordance with traditional practices.

In LOVE LETTERS, a man reads a letter to a woman while they are kissing, which reminds her of her first courtship when she was in a more secure position a spaniel is sitting at their feet, which symbolizes loyalty; and they are being looked after by a statue that symbolizes friendship, which refuses to give up the heart she has at her breast to a cupid that is reaching for her.

The progress of love series is a testament to FRAGONARD’S sense of timing in narrative and his ability to build and resolve tension through the environments his characters inhabit. In LOVE LETTER, a gap in the foliage above serves not only to draw the viewer’s attention to the central couple but also to illuminate them.

Flowers, foliage, and statuary frame the composition, clarifying the central meaning while keeping the viewer’s attention. It’s the panel where the story comes to an end, and the sky and the trees reflect this. The dark clouds and creaking twigs of earlier panels give way to the peaceful radiance of a tranquil twilight. It is this attention to mood, rendered through subtle shifts in light and the texture of brushstrokes that set FRAGONARD’S work above that of his contemporaries.

#the progress of love #love letters #jean honoré fragonard #rococo painting #rococo art #rococo #romantic art #romanticism

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

The math just adds up!

#dungeon meshi #falin touden #marcille donato #farcille #I always loved how chapter 27 ends with them both so bloody and 28 starts with them in the bath. #not just because of how iconic the bathtub moment is but because you know they had to scrap off so much gore first. #I think everyone in the party took a very long and methodical bath but Falin was basically *all* blood*. #Being covered in blood is one of those 'just girly things' that women deserve to stop being shamed about. #I just don't think Chilchuck is progressive enough. He probably made them take a bath first B*/ #Okay jestering aside I want to just highlight - #The magnitude of Marcille's joy at seeing her dearest friend again! Of holding her and sharing her presence in the same room! #Something about this reunion feels like a beautiful dream you are afraid of waking up from...

[reasonsforhope]

Sometimes you just have one of those moments where the progress we've made as a culture get thrown into stark relief. You look at something and go "Holy shit, that would never have happened when I was a kid."

Today, I had one of those moments when I realized that the teenage boys I'm working with are just. genuinely, openly enthusiastic about going to Build-a-Bear for their outing.

These are sixteen and seventeen year old boys! They just had a whole conversation about what to name their "cute", mostly new squishmallows! They're genuinely excited that they're going to Build-a-Bear this weekend and asking other kids to pick up specific accessories for them!!

Holy shit, that never would've happened when I was 16. None of the boys would have dared to be visibly interested - and neither would most of the girls! There would have been a million gay jokes and "Haha, you're a girl" jokes and "What are you, a baby?" jokes. Teenagers weren't even supposed to care about anything back then!

Less than 15 years later, and I'm watching three 17 year old boys treat all that as not even worthy of comment.

So let's call that a reason for hope. Even when the kids aren't alright, in some ways apparently they are alright. Go Gen Z, honestly. It's so lovely to watch you guys just openly doing and saying stuff that, when I was a teen, would've been a social death sentence.

#obligatory disclaimer that this really really obviously is not universal #I do live in a major progressive city #there's definitely a level of a liberal bubble effect here #but it's still really powerful to see it #because even in a major liberal enclave there were so many limits on the gender roles and homophobia etc. etc. fronts #and also the limits of the oppressive weight of obligatory teen apathy lol #seriously go gen z. so glad you guys decided cringe is dead. I love you for that so much #and I love it for you #not news #life #hope #homophobia #sexism #teens #teenagers #progress #gen z #btw if it wasn't clear I'm a #millennial #plush toy #plushie #squishmallows #build a bear #stuffed animal #like the idea of almost any teenager much less teenage boys #saying IN FRONT OF THEIR PEERS #that they are excited about their STUFFED ANIMALS #when I was a teenager #????? #cannot imagine that ever happening.

[fungalnebula]

What I love most about Gandalf big naturals is how much it eases my chest dysphoria. I can sleep without a shirt on now because of Gandalf Big Naturals. Knowing that the artist made the original image while recovering from top surgery and said the image was like a final parting gift from their boobs makes me feel even better about the image's effect on me. Men with big naturals makes me feel much more good about my body than those old posts on here that were like "trans men! Some men have pecs!!! So don't feel dysphoric <3". It's much more meaningful to see a hairy, bearded man with a huge H cup rack not letting his tits get in the way of his masculinity.

Most of all, Gandalf Big Naturals helped me love my body the way it is instead of hating something that's a part of me. Of course I still want top surgery but the fact that I can live with my own big naturals until then without wanting to guillotine them off is really important.

#losers lament #gandalf big naturals #I queued a drawing of Gandalf big naturals where he has a hairy chest and that one's my favorite #since I started t I've been growing chest hair and I really like how my cleavage looks with the hair #so when I saw that picture i knew that I would be able to keep the love for hairy big naturals #instead of losing them forever when my own hairy big naturals get removed #and it's like I'm giving them to him #I love the way gender expression has progressed on this webbed sight

[ridleyytheriddler]

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#idk if this works bc my computer doesn't have blue/pink hearts yet but i copied it from my phone so like idk #pride #pride month #pride month 2023 #lgbtq #progress pride #lgbtqia+ #🏳️‍🌈 #🏳️‍⚧️ #love wins #but to the aro people #big slays #my posts

[thursdayes]

cannot get enough of these guys (man-shaped ethereal beings)🪦

#good omens #my art!! #gomens #good omens art #good omens book #good omens fanart #fanart #gomens 2 #gomens spoilers #good omens 2 #good omens season two #aziraphale x crowley #crowley x arizaphale #crowley #aziraphale #wip #work in progress #i love being wine drunk #he is me #good omens s2 #gomens season 2 #gabriel #i hate u metatron

[sims3melancholic]

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#sims 4 #ts4 #ts4cc #sims 4 cc #sims 4 eyebrows #it was fun to create and im really happy w them #i love this brows SO SO much #especially 99 and 103 #just look at them!! perfection for me #101 is me trying to be creative 😭☠️ #im so happy to see my progress w eyebrows creating bc drawing for me is struggle cause im 0 at this #and 3 years ago i was SO scared even try to create them!!! #oh times #sims 4 brows #sims 4 male eyebrows #sims 4 male brows #sims 4 female eyebrows #sims 4 female brows #ts4mm #sims 4 maxis match #sims 4 maxis cc #sims 4 maxis mix #sims 4 genetics

[starberry-skies]

i post for PACEY PUFFERFISH AND PACEY PUFFERFISH ONLY BAYBEEEE

i also post for for alexis anglerfish, delano dorado fish, gracie grouper fish, and lois lionfish.

y'all take care of urselves, stay weird and stay kind, goodnight everypony.

#edit: oh and also by reblogging this you agree that mspec veldians/lesbians are real and valid :^) #oh btw loves i would recommend Answer in Progress' video 'why you stopped reading' if you haven't already seen it ! #in case u did actually want to start reading again yk? #oh btw prns are he/it. i'd appreciate u using that instead of theythem but like. idc #chirping #..... long sigh.... #famous era #100 #edited this on aug 14th 2023- removed tags as well

[onionninjasstuff]

#rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rottmnt #rottmnt donnie #no real context lmao #just found an ancient sketch of this and got out of nowhere motivation to finish it #thinking abt the way i used to treat myself in the past is very bittersweet #cuz i lost sm time worrying abt my skills and presentation and restricting myself a lot and demanding so much out of myself all the time #i still struggle with it #but at the same time looking back fills me w pride and love for both my current and past selves #theres a lot of growth and progress there #and past me wasnt half as bad as they thought either #never be hard on urselves gamers #go out there embrace the world embrace urselves

[art-of-the-maiden]

in which gangle causes psychic damage to the entire cast

#you can see me getting progressively lazier throughout the comic #i love caine. so much #but he’s such a pain in the ass to draw #this is canon btw #bubble told me itself #this is also the first time i’ve drawn any character other than caine and kinger #my gay old men <3 #pomni isn’t in the last picture bc she’s too short #tadc fanart #tadc #the amazing digital circus #tadc caine #tadc zooble #tadc jax #tadc gangle #tadc ragatha #traditional art #comic #doodles #art

[thefawnfallacy]

Yuri on Ice was such a life changing anime, especially to have experienced in real time waiting for those episodes to drop every week. It was an open acknowledgment and love letter to queerness, to valuing and creating art, to loving yourself and loving those around you and it’s no surprise that it had such a large impact on those who watched it. Not to mention how stunning it was to be presented with an open letter to queer love during a time where same sex marriage and gender equality was still a very hot and controversial topic. It’s, in its own way, nestled itself into history.

It may not be in the way we all expected or hoped, but see you next level.

#it feels like we’ve only gone backwards in terms of progress #but that’s not what this post is about #yuri on ice #ice adolescence #viktuuri #victuuri #viktor nikiforov #yuuri katsuki #yuri plisetsky #phichit chulanont #christophe giacometti #otabek altin #mappa #end of an era #wow #I can thank this anime for my love of figure skating and my return to dance haha

[raspberry-rampage]

omgg thanks for over 6k on this post!!!!

here's more Velvette content, inspired by @moonshineandstars05 's idea

#hazbin hotel #hellaverse #hazbin hotel fanart #hazbin fanart #hazbin vees #the vees #hazbin hotel vees #hazbin hotel velvette #hazbin hotel vox #hazbin hotel valentino #hazbin hotel angel dust #velvette #angel dust #hazbin alastor #hazbin hotel alastor #alastor #hazbin hotel rosie #my art #it's funny that progressively every panel shows more effort lol #first time drawing angel and rosie love them #still figuring out how to draw alastor #can you tell i dunno shit about modern texting and what contributes a club outfit #idk if i'm happy with these but whatever throwing them into the internet ether

[zevrans]

— Can I get a hand?

Resident Evil 4 Remake (2023) dev. by Capcom

#resident evil #resident evil 4 #resident evil 4 remake #leon kennedy #gamingedit #luis serra #residentevilnet #reedit #gamingnetwork #dailygaming #userwolfkissed #re4r spoilers #leon s kennedy #gifs by me #mine: gifs #mine #idk i just loved the progression of touch dont @ me im sad

[homkamiro]

Sorry if your requests are closed, but I had an idea. Could you please draw Pootis and Medimedes? I think they'd look awesome in your style!

Wanted to wait till the new episode comes out and there it is!!! Ouuu drawing medipootis is actually such a great stress relief their shapes are nice and cute

#i like how with every episode you can see the progress in animation it's so cool #if i wasn't that busy i would redraw even more screenshots((( there were just so many cool moments from this ep #i also find it funny how sniper and scout are getting mean to each other. dumbasses. love it #team fortress 2 #tf2 #team fortress 2 fanart #tf2 fanart #tf2 scout #tf2 sniper #pootis #lil pootis #lil pootis fanart #medimedes