#anthropomorphism
Photo of the Day: Joy
Photographer caption: Seal pup enjoying the morning breeze on Dune Island in Germany
Photo by Erika Valkovicova (Prague, Czech Republic); Dune Island, Germany
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Whereupon it made this threne
To the phoenix and the dove,
Co-supreme and stars of love;
As chorus to their tragic scene.
- “The Phoenix and the Turtle,” William Shakespeare
Walter Potter, “Death and Burial of Cock-Robin”
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The Soul of an Octopus
By Sy Montgomery
This book delves into the alien world of invertebrates. How can we possibly understand what it’s like to be a creature with three hearts? With a brain, yet most of it’s neurons are in it’s arms? A master of camouflage? It seems an impossible thing to imagine, yet Sy Montgomery manages it.
The beauty of this book is that you get to discover the wonder of an octopus through the author’s eyes. She was not an octopus expert when she started this journey. Rather, she starts it as a curious scientist discovering a new fascination and she brings us along for that journey. As she learns, so do you, and as she forms connections to new marine biologists an animals, so do you. Despite some extreme anthropomorphism, this book let’s you step into a new underwater world and try to wrap your head around a creature so different, and yet so similar to ourselves. If you’re interested in animal intelligence, marine biology, invertebrates, or just expanding your world view, I recommend picking up this book. Just a warning, be able to differentiate when the book is giving solid facts versus emotional opinion.
Overall Rating: 6 out of 8 inquisitive suckered arms
::Tabaxi Character Portrait::
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Private Dnd character commission of a Tabaxi called Evie. She should have this 70ies style look and glasses. I embraced the welcome change and found the anime-vibe added to this fantasy character portrait.
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#dungeonsanddragons #tabaxi #characterdesign #charactercommission #arsfantasio #fantasyart #anthroartist #animeart #animeportrait #roleplay #rpgcharacter #dndart #portraitdrawing #anthropomorphism #semirealism #girlwithglasses #blondegirl #fantasyartwork #gamecharacter (hier: Dungeons & Dungeons)
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If you rescue a sick/injured wild animal PLEASE handle them as little as possible. They DO NOT want you to pet them. They are not “grateful” to be rescued. They are terrified and want you to leave them alone. We are big scary predators and having a big scary predator touch your face or back is not comforting in any way. If they are sitting still while you touch them they’re either really sick/injured or so terrified that they’ve shut down. Petting them is not comforting. Keep them in a warm, dry, quiet area in some kind of box or container until you can get them to a licensed rehabber. Don’t feed them, and don’t interact with them. Your intentions may be good but you can stress or even kill a wild animal by doing these things.
I’ve been doing quite a bit of World Running related consulting recently.
This essay is about Wind-up Worlds, Web3, World Running and the urgent collective pivot we need to make towards Slow Social experiences.
« A girl with a prefabricated heart, a love-proof, unbreakable heart … & so she rides on through the evening, as pure as she was at the start. For there’s no man alive who could have her survive. A girl with a prefabricated heart … »
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