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The vast majority (around 80%) of Chinese characters are made up of a radical (the general meaning) and a phonetic.

Radical 女 nǚ (woman) and phonetic 馬 mǎ (horse) = 媽 mā, mother (your mum sounds like a horse).

But a small minority are pictograms, that is to say a picture of the thing they represent.

Pictograms are the earliest characters, thousands of years old, but many are still used every day.

If you look at the oracle bone script for rat, tiger and elephant you’ll see they are clearly pictures of the animal they signify.

But if you look at the modern versions, you’ll notice something odd, they’re all rotated 90 degrees onto their sides.

Why? Why are all these characters written with the animals balancing on their tails?

Well, it’s for a straight-forward, practical reason.

For a couple thousand years before paper was invented writing materials were limited. We had silk (expensive), bronze (expensive and impractical), and oracle bones (religious use only).

And one more…

That was cheap, plentiful, durable, and easy to erase and rewrite characters. The wonder that is…

Bamboo!

It was cut into strips, and tied into books. Long thin strips of bamboo contributed to the Chinese custom of writing vertically, from top to bottom (and right to left).

But it also meant that it’s much easier to write some characters length-ways so that they easily fit onto the strip.

So that’s it, mystery solved. That’s why a lot of Chinese picture characters are written at a right angle.

EP 3 Thoughts

Why do I always feel like there a bias against foreign trainees? Because of that, I find myself rooting for the G teams versus the K teams. Aju Nice was a snooze fest and they didn’t do Seventeen justice. The KTL G team was so clearly superior to the K team, although I have to commend their efforts. Highlight of the ep was definitely Jay and his outstanding vocals. I can’t imagine any other trainee will match his impact this round.

NW: Boys Planet (2023)

I just watched the first episode of Boys Planet (I know I'm super late). I went in expecting little but was pleasantly surprised by the talent on display and the minimal scripted bits meant to boost so and so's popularity. My favorite trainees so far are Haruto and Sung Hanbin. My favorite moment was definitely Lip J and Hanbin tutting and whacking (played that part over and over again). I really felt like I was watching SDC; it was that good!

https://x.com/gyuivns/status/1621129034674614272?s=20

EP 2 Thoughts

Jiwoong talking about starting in BL dramas and the mentors feeling ~weird~ after his performance 😭😭😭. I’m actually kinda surprised they mentioned his roles. Keita is sooo good! What a voice and he’s so sweet and charming. Sorry but I don’t care about the guy from Pentagon. It’s so obvious they’re creating a redemption storyline for Han Yujin, but once again I’m not moved. The scenes where trainees cry after achieving their goals (moving up a star-level) really drove home what I love about the produce shows: being able to witness people’s journeys to achieve their dreams. And last but not least, TOYONAGA TAKUTO!!!!❤️

NW: Boys Planet (2023)

I just watched the first episode of Boys Planet (I know I'm super late). I went in expecting little but was pleasantly surprised by the talent on display and the minimal scripted bits meant to boost so and so's popularity. My favorite trainees so far are Haruto and Sung Hanbin. My favorite moment was definitely Lip J and Hanbin tutting and whacking (played that part over and over again). I really felt like I was watching SDC; it was that good!

https://x.com/gyuivns/status/1621129034674614272?s=20

hand studies

NW: Boys Planet (2023)

I just watched the first episode of Boys Planet (I know I'm super late). I went in expecting little but was pleasantly surprised by the talent on display and the minimal scripted bits meant to boost so and so's popularity. My favorite trainees so far are Haruto and Sung Hanbin. My favorite moment was definitely Lip J and Hanbin tutting and whacking (played that part over and over again). I really felt like I was watching SDC; it was that good!

https://x.com/gyuivns/status/1621129034674614272?s=20

his majesty's faithful dog

the way in which jon and robb's futures are foreshadowed by the mother of the other: robb dying too young and becoming a ghost that haunts their siblings, a reminder of innocence and happier days, and jon dying and being brought back to life, a shadow of what he once was, a dark mirror to himself

[150904] Seventeen Twitter Update

Rovina Cai

Commissioned illustration for an upcoming artist residency program—Gothe Residency of the Arts! Their Kickstarter just launched, go take a peek! You can get a print of this piece with the $25 tier ;)

(Many thanks to Vincent for giving me the banger prompt of "dark academia androgynous person + Borzoi")

House Tully. Another Great House from ASOIAF. I included additional image with names, just in case. Since I sometimes depict characters far from canon and fandom imagination. I included Lysa and Catelyn even though they already married into other families. But I had an opportunity to draw these women twice and imagine Riverlands female fashion, so I took it.

samoyeds gossiping

prints: https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/guilhernunes/samoyeds-gossiping/

Tomes & Tea | 22-05-2022

Cast out from home, sixteen and pregnant, Catherine Goggin boards the bus to Dublin to start afresh. Once there, she has no choice but to believe that the nun to whom she entrusts her child will find him a better life.

Sansa and the Hound

Alexa Chung on the unpolished appeal of Indie Sleaze for Financial Times Fashion (2023)

“one long hand was palm up on the blankets between us, as if in offering, or beseeching something of me. i reached over and set my hand in his. he did not seem to wake. strangely, i felt at peace.”

Silchas Ruin with hust swords. 

the prince who was promised: the prodigal son, blood of the ruby red dragon and the bleeding sun, cleaved down by his own usurper-aunt and bastard brother. i call that a song of ice and fire, baby!!!

aka “the thought of the triumphant and beloved prince who would make an excellent king coming to westeros, reclaiming his father’s throne, and then getting cast down by the protagonists of the story anyways despite being a good fit for the crown? that’s some bittersweet Ice and Fire, baby"

Poster artwork for Lukas Dhont’s Close, one of my films of the year, and opening in Japan this Friday