Marsha P Johnson With Snoopy

When I walked through the park yesterday morning I looked up at the surrounding buildings and in the shadows of the sun, against the blue sky, the man working on the roof there looked like a seated Sphinx.

Meghann Stephenson (American, 1990) - Why Be a Cut Flower When You Can Be a Weed? (2024)

Oh to be a lil'frog, stargazing

instagram makes me sick to my stomach i open it and im like i do not want to see any of you

Too many leftists are still glorifying work for work's sake. Too many leftists have equated "performing labor" with "moral fortitude."

If your ideal society has no place for people who genuinely, fully, 100% do not want to work, or who can't work, your ideal society is not as ideal as you think. There has to be space for people who don't "contribute," there has to be space for people who don't fulfill some greater "purpose," there has to be space for people who cannot and will not ever be a part of the labor force.

I am a firm believer that laziness does not exist, and if someone is flat-out refusing to do something, there's a good reason for it. That reason could be disability, it could be fear, it could be a lack of education, it could be that they're confused or lost and don't fully understand what they're supposed to do, it could be that they don't have the skills, it could be that they're at their limit and need a break, it could be that the task is uninteresting or not relatable to them and they don't understand why it's necessary, it could be countless other reasons. "They're just lazy" is a cruel assumption that doesn't solve any problems or accomplish any tasks.

But even if I'm wrong, and laziness is real, you can't penalize "laziness" without hitting a lot of disabled or otherwise vulnerable people in the crossfire. You cannot and will not ever create a society in which everyone is a perfect worker. There has to be a way for someone to contribute absolutely nothing to the labor force, but still be taken care of instead of left to needlessly suffer.

like yes things suck but at least ur not 15 again

New icon ! Same old me.

Zephyrus ou Le Brise-Vent

My 2021 entry for my college illustration contest. We were tasked with creating a 5-page illustration children's book. Le Brise-Vent is the story of a young girl who befriends the western wind, Zephyrus. But in inviting it inside her house, faces the damage left by the unruly, uncontrollable wind.