When we were children, my sister had private music lessons at her violin teacher’s house. I only visited there once, but I still remember that afternoon. The teacher had an artificial pond in her yard, a large beautiful thing with lily pads and plant life. And in the pond, there were goldfish. I had never seen such enormous goldfish.
I spent several minutes just staring at them (and trying to convince them to bite my fingers.) When my sister’s violin lesson ended, her teacher came out to the yard and explained that these goldfish were the same small creatures that were often unfortunately sold in plastic bags at state fairs. They were only about two inches long apiece, when she bought them and put them in the new, empty pond. In essence, they were like every goldfish I had seen before, but they had been given a much larger, much richer environment in which to flourish. As a result, they had grown into some of the most remarkable, vibrant creatures my twelve-year-old self had ever met with. All because of a pond.
Funny what lessons children remember. My sister doesn’t play the violin anymore, but that was the first time I caught a glimpse of the overwhelming extent to which it matters, the way the world treats us.
I think this might be the best post of yours I’ve ever read
insulting on behalf of the MANY clown husbandry posts i have gifted to you over the years
when i was a little kid i got bullied on the playground so my mom asked me “what did jesus do when people were mean to him?” and i thought about it for a second and then started crying and screamed “he DIED”
imperial jewels love being looted actually, its a vital part of their natural life cycle. you need to do it to them every so often or they will grow bored and start becoming destructive
Can people please stop spreading this rhetoric. They were pieces of art, created by skilled craftspeople, that were up until recently displayed in one of the most visited museums in the world for millions of people to see. Now they’re almost certainly going to be destroyed, broken up and sold in parts, or at best end up in the private collection of a billionaire.
I am loving the implication that “imperial jewels need to be stolen every so often because otherwise they get restless” is somehow a more prevalent and influential statement than “it is bad to steal things from museums”
I’ve realized recently that every time I’m asked for socials my response is sorta “oh i don’t have twitter” “I’m not on Instagram much” “i uninstalled TikTok a few months ago” and this has led people into believing I’m just someone who doesn’t do social media but in reality you can find me in here lets get it on cunts monday through shawty like a melody sunday, 9am to 12am, posting blorbo.
I was going to be like “well that certainly was not true cause you deactivated” and then I looked at the blog and. that’s literally my old blog.
So Iger had Adam Driver, Steven Soderbergh, a finished script - good script -about an insanely popular character (insane profit guaranteed) and he chose… green puppet and mediocrity.
