48 posts
Latest Posts by jonygilborn - Page 2
Gotta reblog Sargent's whenever they appear on my dash.
John Singer Sargent
I am torn between completely ignoring everything going on and obsessing over it. I cannot find a middle ground. I feel like all mainstream media is now being censored and so am finding alternate sources like Substack and Discord. Reddit seems to be under the gun now and important subreddits are starting to disappear.
So I am putting this article forward for you, my followers, and to keep it close. No, I could not read the entire thing. My anxiety level became unbearable and I had to stop.
I just went through an 8 month process to finally get off Lexapro and I am not going to allow this administration to put me back on it!
Quietly losing my mind over the fact that Elon Musk has straight up orchestrated a coup of our executive branch and like....I don't even know what, if any, system we have in place to fix this. Like... He's just taken control of the money and locked out the actual appointed officials. What the fuck.
"And I'm trying my best to stand up for you in every way I can." 🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️
film diary - ✰ 8/? howl's moving castle (2004) dir. hayao miyazaki
knowing you'd be there gave me the courage to show up. that woman terrifies me. i can't face her on my own. you saved me, sophie. i was in big trouble back there.
One of my favorite portrait painters ever, Giovanni Boldini.
Boldini, Giovanni (1842-1931) - 1902 Portrait of the Artist Lawrence Alexander Harrison (Sotheby’s New York, 2004) by Milton Sonn
Oil on canvas; 126 x 101 cm.
Giovanni Boldini was an Italian genre and portrait painter, belonging to the Parisian school. According to a 1933 article in Time magazine, he was known as the “Master of Swish” because of his flowing style of painting.
Boldini was born in Ferrara, the son of a painter of religious subjects, and went to Florence in 1862 to study painting, meeting there the realist painters known as the Macchiaioli. Their influence is seen in Boldini’s landscapes which show his spontaneous response to nature, although it is for his portraits that he became best known. He attained great success in London as a portraitist.
From 1872 Boldini lived in Paris, where he became a friend of Edgar Degas. He also became the most fashionable portrait painter in Paris in the late 19th century, with a dashing style of painting which shows some Impressionist influence but which most closely resembles the work of his contemporaries John Singer Sargent and Paul Helleu. He was nominated commissioner of the Italian section of the Paris Exposition in 1889, and received the Légion d'honneur for this appointment. He died in Paris in 1931.
The next few weeks are going to be hard for many of us in the US. The new regime is going to come out of the gate in full attack mode. The LGBTQ community, people of color, immigrants, women, the poor and even our (already broken) health industry are going to be targeted.
This is an attempt to exhaust us with a game of civil rights whack-a-mole, and there is no doubt that some of us are going to feel absolutely wrecked every time we look at the news.
Here is my advice on surviving the next four years
Limit your exposure to the news, it's fine to check the headlines, but
Order a big roll of postcard stamps from the USPS and buy some cheap, blank, postcards.
Sending physical mail can be more effective than signing online petitions, and it has the added benefit of getting you away from the computer. I personally prefer writing postcards because it feels more like I am taking tangible, physical action.
If you are especially organized, you can pre-print address labels for your representatives. I am 100% not that organized.
The ACLU has a guide on what to say here: https://www.aclu.org/writing-your-elected-representatives
Most importantly, don't fall into despair. You are not alone in this, there are millions of us out here who want to see a kinder world.
We've got your back.
Another Jonathan Bailey Wicked fan girl post
JONATHAN BAILEY as Fiyero Tigelaar, “Dancing Through Life”
JONATHAN BAILEY as FIYERO Wicked Part 1 (2024) dir. Jon M. Chu
Following up on the last post, my mind turned, as it inevitably must, to Tom Hiddleston looking so handsome and moody.
Thinking scenes from the film Crimson Peak
[muttering feverishly] I need to chase that man around my gothic manor in a silk nightgown
hey welcome back! 🎊🎊🎊 tumblr missed you
Thanks for the warm welcome!
Here is the full version of my profile image. Taken a few months ago while in India.
