a conversation i saw on twitter about statues worth keeping reminded me of what is easily one of my favorites.
this is outside of the university of maryland’s student union building, a bench with a statue of one of UMd’s most universally beloved alumni, jim henson, conversing with kermit. people (usually incoming freshmen) will sit down next to them and have their picture taken. it’s one of the most pure and beautiful things on this earth.
Can we all take a minute to notice that Jim is dressed to the nines
“ I love to work. It’s the thing that I get the most satisfaction out of and probably what I do best. Not that I don’t enjoy days off. I love vacations and loafing around. But I think much of the world has the wrong idea of working. It’s one of the good things in life. The feeling of accomplishment is more real and satisfying than finishing a good meal- or looking at one’s accumulated wealth.” - Jim Henson
“I spend a few minutes in meditation and prayer each morning. I find that this really helps me to start the day with a good frame of reference. As part of my prayers, I thank whoever is helping me - I’m sure that somebody or something is - I express gratitude for all my blessings and try to forgive the people that I’m feeling negative toward. I try hard not to judge anyone, and I try to bless everyone who is part of my life, particularly anyone with whom I am having any problems.” - Jim Henson Photo: Jim relaxing in the Henson Townhouse.
“I believe that life is basically a process of growth-that we go through many lives, choosing those situations and problems that we will learn through.” JIM HENSON
This April you’ll be able to read my approach to the world of Jim Henson’s The Storyteller. I wrote a story about sirens and my dear friend and an amazing artist @shzrebelka beautifully drawn it!
Skekmal - The Hunter sketch commission! Had a blast at Grand Rapids Comic Con and did some really fun commissions that I’ll be posting this week. Always great to see con family and friends as we come to the end of the con season!
“Myrn is a renowned Elder living in the Dousan’s Wellspring. She is known as "Silver Face” by the Xerics she helped because of the tattoos covering her face. She has so many of them that it’s hard to tell her natural skin from the tattooed one, painted with one of the rarest pigments. How she obtained it is a mystery.
So’nan is also what we can call mysterious. Kind and gentle with his peers, he is quieter than a Dousan normally is and the scar on his ear reveals a troubled past. The clan knows that he is a retired Crystal Skimmer Pilot who is now Myrn’s assistant, but what they remember the most is the sound of the percussions he plays during their funerals, sounds that reminds them of the wind and the heartbeat of a Crystal Skimmer.“
I had these two drawn in a notebook for more than a year and I’ve never made an actual finished piece for them. So for Age of Resistance’s 2nd anniversary (on other social medias) and for @createforthra day 2, I’m finally posting them! I was more of a Skeksis fan with the movie, but the show made me love the Gelflings with the diversity of their cultures and clans. So I made Myrn and So’nan from my favorite clan (with the Sifas) the Dousans!
For AOR’s second anniversary and @createforthra , I’m posting the creature I made for the Center for Puppetry art! They organised a “Design your own creature” were you could submit your creation. Now my Sand Swimmer is displayed with other creatures in their current AOR exhibition!
“Sand Swimmers live in the Crystal Desert. They are rarely seen out of the sand, only their eyes and nose protruding from the surface when resting. They live in packs and when they are close together, their group of eyes forms an oasis of flowers in the middle of the desert. Dousans often call it “Eyeflower fields,” a source of wonder and danger.
Thanks to their four arms and spoon-like fingers, Sand Swimmers can easily roam in the desert depths like it was an ocean. They hunt at night, luring their victims living on the surface with their glowing eyes. But they need to be careful because their flower-like eyes are actually delicious, so they better eat their prey quickly before ending up blind!”
