Done doing these so here they all are in one place! Fully Dressed Redesigns of Superheroines.
Point of this: An exercise in character design, attempting to clothe the heroines nearly all the way and not making them painted-on, while still keeping the look of their original costumes in some way. Hopefully keeping them looking as iconic as the originally were. Just showing what can be done with a costume breaking outside the barrier of the norm.
NOT the point of this: some moral code I’m trying to push on you
Sorry if there was a character you wanted me to do that I didn’t get to!
Becky NOT Becky
More than one cart can carry
Check out my friend Ashleigh’s friendJeff, doing his thing.
(Source: continuouslyfracturedlife)
“And Max, the king of all wild things, was lonely and wanted to be where someone loved him best of all.”
(via safercampus)
I saw this couple last night in Bryant Park and asked them if I could snap their photo. After showing them the results, I sat down for a chat. The first leaves were shaking themselves off the trees in the strong breeze and I asked what the occasion for their picturesque picnic was figuring an anniversary or birthday. The man put his cards down and smiled at me saying, “I have been married to the best girl in the world for 30 years, I am doing my best to make sure she knows that.”
(via npr)
music, musings, and motherhood: Technology & Community
Here is a ‘must see’ TED talk by Sherry Turkle on technology and community.
I heard her give a talk very much like this one earlier this year at the Q conference in D.C. It was so, so good. And there are some uncanny connections between her insights and Derek’s new album, ‘Ctrl’ which we…
“I missed having Jim Parsons with me at Comic-Con. I adore Jim, and we work very well together. We also play well together, since he’s shy and not “Hollywood” and he’s a really interesting intelligent deep-thinking kind of fun person. I like my castmates, and Melissa Rauch especially makes me so thrilled to be on this cast because we have a blast together, but I never felt this way about a co-worker before. Sure, Joey Lawrence and Jenna von Oy were fun on “Blossom,” but Jim is like a real person who I could see hanging out with after Big Bang is over. I had a real tender moment when I saw his face on the screen during the panel (we Skyped him in for that hour). I kissed the screen and really can’t wait to see him when we go back to work in a few weeks.”
http://www.kveller.com/mayim-bialik/feeling-the-nerd-love-at-comicon-2012/
(Every single time I’m so amazed by how close friendship and respect there is between them)
Nicole Wick visits Focus on the Family
I’m not much of a fan of FoTF. Some of their resources are useful, but the politicization of Christian marriage and family frankly ticks me off. I also take issue with their opposition to hate crimes legislation, etc. But this article encourages a response of hope and grace…and I think she’s right.
As I learned more about the Industrial Revolution and the rise of the middle class, I saw the roots of our misguided interpretation. When a man went off to the factory, it became the mark of success to leave behind a stay-at-home wife. Her presence at home became cause for respect. And for most families that set-up worked best as the ideal (though most did not obtain it). But it crept into our thinking as the “biblical” ideal.
We need to rethink this one. The goal of marriage is oneness, not conformity to the standard of a materialistic culture.
A friend shared this on Facebook. YES.
It always seems that just when daily life seems almost unbearable, stretching out before me like a prison sentence, when I seem most dead inside, reduced to mindlessness, bitter tears or both that is inmost breaks forth, and I realize that what had seemed “dead time” was actually a period of gestation. It is a quotidian mystery that dailiness can lead to such despair, and yet also be at the core of our salvation.
