First Time Using Acrylic Paint!!

I can't stop thinking about the dichotomy of the Long Quiet and the Shifting Mound: specifically, the metaphor of a rock in a river.

He is a stone. A constant, unyielding force. Capable of being changed, of course- sharpened into a weapon, stacked into the walls of a prison- but entirely inert.

She is a river. Ebbing and flowing, never retaining a constant shape. The waters can be cleared, deepened, displaced momentarily, but you will not change its course by plunging a hand or a blade into it. You will not still it.

The rock is what moves the stream.

The waters meet this unyielding surface and flow around it. Their path is altered ever so slightly, but it is altered. A well-placed rock can change the trajectory of a river's flow, can be shifted to allow the waters to flow in more directions or with more power, can block it off entirely until it stills to a stagnant pool.

And all the while, changes begin to happen. Things that couldn't, had the rock not been placed. The rock's edges are smoothed and its layers peeled back to reveal glimpses of its core, while imperceptibly tiny pieces of it join the river's flow. They understand each other just a little bit better, now.

Be it a bridge, or a dam, or a reservoir, or simply a stone sitting in a stream... the fact remains that the rock met the river. Change met stagnancy, and something new was created.

There’s two ends of the horror spectrum

I just realized that I haven't posted art on this app in who knows how long. So, here you go. Just some things from the backlog lol.

This was from an art class where we were to supposed to design a superhero. I wasn't focusing on the poses just the outfits so if you can find the clear poses I got these references from that's cool.

When you find the other kid who has been leaving art in hard to reach places in New York. i think they should be friends

Just some me that I did during this week

Also, this was one of the most recent drawings I did. I guess this is a more recent self portrait even though I think it looks nothing like me. I was also trying out a brush set I really liked, which was the same one I used in the Carrie post.

Here is something I didn’t end up finishing so here you go!!!