Automatichuman - Rocks And Pretty Things

shout out to everyone dealing with a tic disorder or tourette syndrome who’s ignored in the mental health community, you are important and you are loved.

The future in space, illustrated by Davis Meltzer, Don Davis, Pamela Lee, and Vincent Di Fate.

EZRA MILLER © Ryan Pfluger for Playboy Magazine (2018)

Watch Tracy Chapman Start a Quiet Revolution

You guys may be too young to remember, but I remember tuning in on TV with 600 million other viewers to watch Stevie Wonder live at Wembley Stadium for Nelson Mandela's 70th birthday celebration tribute in 1988. There were technical difficulties and Stevie Wonder couldn't go on yet. The crowd was antsy, milling around, singing their own songs. The TV cameras were rolling and the show had to go on, so TOTALLY UNKNOWN ARTIST TRACY CHAPMAN GOT UP ON STAGE AND PLAYED FAST CAR ARMED WITH ONLY HER GUITAR.

The crowd fell silent. Captivated by the absolute raw honesty and talent on display. Did we know we were witnessing history? A black queer artist who would rocket to fame and win a Grammy for this song the following year? I don't remember.

What I do remember is getting to the end of the song and not caring about Stevie Wonder any more. I wanted to know who this woman was!

Watch Tracy Chapman stun a rowdy crowd into silence:

Earth science is just alchemy with extra steps. I mean, just look at our diagrams

Look at these and tell me they're not about finding the rebis.

two of them are literally about dividing and recombining opposing forces and the other two opposing elements! It's alchemy! I tell you!

LUSH Series - Gouache by Madeleine Bellwoar

Bill "Bojangles" Robinson and His Inimitable Stair Dance

Early in his dancing career, Bill “Bojangles” Robinson performed on a custom double staircase that added drama to his act, increasing his visibility to the audience while amplifying the sound of every step he made.

“As generations of imitators would learn to their grief, the properties of the staircase that magnified Robinson’s mastery equally magnify the slightest imperfection,” wrote Brian Seibert, in his book What the Eye Hears. “Dancers tell a story in which he had his musicians cut out for three and a half minutes while he continued dancing. After the allotted time, the musicians came back in, cued by a metronome that Robinson couldn’t hear. He was exactly on beat.”