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A small personal collection from over the years. WEBPs because of the smaller file size and also to get you to spend a little more time here. You could use these images to start a conversation with someone, and the easiest option would be me, if you feel so inclined. https://forum.melonland.net/index.php?action=profile;u=1877 Picture of a numbered list in a book that reads '1. Renounce useless guilt. 2. Don't make a cult of suffering. 3. Live in the Now (or at least the Soon). 4. Always do the things that you fear the most; courage is an acquired taste, like caviar. 5. Trust all joy. 6. If the evil eye fixes you in its gaze, look elsewhere.' Illustration of a cute cartoon witch featured in two panels saying 'I don't have to forgive you.' while raising a finger to make her point and 'I don't have to be quote unquote over it.' while shrugging. Picture of a poem on brown paper on a wall half painted white and half unpainted grey with some shrubbery that reads 'Winning always doesn't come in the brightest colors. It comes walking on shreds of glass drenched in blood struggling for breath. It isn't easy; winning comes after placing everything in the wildest flames of merciless unpredictable life. - Noor Unnahar.' Picture of red marker writing over a window with the shutters closed reads 'It's okay to feel lost, you've never been this version of yourself before.' Art of a chibi Pikachu walking with a backpack with the caption 'Sometimes, to get where you want to be... you need to keep taking one step after another (no matter how small). A poster declaring 'MASK UP' in red above 3 figures from the waist up, each wearing a different respirator mask. The top figure is an Arab person wearing a fluttering red and white kufiyah over a black hijab and red dress, as well as an Aura 9210+ N95 mask. They steady themself with one hand on the lower left figure, and raise the other one up triumphantly. The left person is a fat Asian teenager wearing a black hoodie with a genderqueer symbol on the shoulder, and a black Laianzhi HYX1002 KN100 mask. They are holding a box labeled FREE that's full of COVID-19 Rapid Tests, and two different kinds of plastic-wrapped N95s. The last figure is a middle aged Black person in a power chair, wearing a Flo Mask with a customized rainbow cover, a dark blue winter hat with a Disability pin on it, and a blue shirt featuring 6 countries flags from R to L: Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Palestine, Haiti, Puerto Rico, and Tigray, Ethiopa. Underneath reads: 'RESPIRATOR MASKS PROTECT: your health, your identity, and your community. Find resources near you at COVIDActionMap.org.' Graphic with the heading 'Improve your mask' with four examples: Cloth, VERY POOR, skip this. All we had at start but poor for real protection. Stops droplets but not aerosol. Rubs on nose so less comfortable. Surgical, POOR, designed for droplets, not aerosol. Lose fitting. Leaks heavily on sides. Rubs on nose so less comfortable. KN95, BETTER, respirator. Much better than surgical. Ear loops means there can be some leakage on sides. Proper fit doesn't rub nose. N95, BEST, respirator. Headbands seal better than ear loops. Fit test for better protection. Bottom text reads, get a good mask that fits your face and that you will wear. KN95 and N95 can be reused. Assign different masks per day of the week. Good until dirty or elastic issues. Avoid handling front of mask after wearing. Picture of a baking tray, cake, and cookies with writing on them in red icing reading 'Stop breaking yourself into pbite-sized pieces for someone... Stay whole and let them CHOKE' A pastel red graphic titled 'Shit I'm done apologizing for' with points written in glittery smudges reading 'Standing up for the things I believe in', 'Crying or being emotional', 'When someone's unrealistic expectations of me aren't met', 'Taking time for myself', 'When someone asks for something I can't give them', 'The times I'm not okay', 'Politely disagreeing with someone', and 'Not knowing the answer to a question'. Picture of a white pin button with bold text 'Art is anything you can get away with'. Picture of a dark grey pinboard with the heading 'GREAT CHARACTERS', underneath 'Characters should be' are the traits 'Dimensional', 'Fascinating', 'Compelling', 'Believable' and next to it underneath 'False gods' are the traits 'Likable', 'Relatable', and 'Sympathetic' followed by the additions 'Sound innocent but can ruin storytelling' and 'Note: these can be O.K. but are often misused.' Reddit screenshot of a comment by BjorkOfficial with the timestamp 6 years ago reads 'Thank you! I think creativity always lives somewhere in everyone but its nature is quite pranksterish and slippery and everytime you grab its tail its found a new corner to thrive in. Perhaps the trick is not to force it and put it up against a wall and want it to be in a particular area. But rather with a lot of kindness sniff it out and wonder where it has gone to this time around. If it's in sauce recipes, writing theatre plays, paper mache, improv with nephews, discovering new hiking routes or simply trying to figure out a family member's sense of humour. I def don't succeed in this all the time but feel overall things have been more fertile when I trust this creature's instincts and follow it rather than me willfully reforming it into a circus animal colouring by numbers. Anyways: as much as you'd like to ignore this animal you have to attend to it. Because if you don't then dark times turn up.' A compass style quote with a different message in each corner between 'You can do it', 'You can't do it', 'Don't give up', and 'Give up'. 1) You can do it + don't give up: You will prevail, you have all the necessary skills to pull this off. 2) You can do it + give up: You don't have to prove anything to anyone, let yourself rest. 3) Give up + you can't do it: Know your limits, not everyhing is your burden to bear. Walk out. 4) Don't give up + you can't do it: The only way to learn is by failing. You will get the hang of it, but for now just push through. Simple numbered list 'Nine types of rest: 1. Time away. 2. Permission to not be helpful. 3. Something quote unquote unproductive. 4. Connection to art and nature. 5. Solitude to recharge. 6. A break from responsibility. 7. Stillness to decompress. 8. Safe space. 9. Alone time at home.' Poster of dozens of 'one time won't matter' quotes scattered on the page in maroon, with one 'it mattered' in yellow/white on top. the bold shape of the word 'COVID' at the bottom.   and underneath this, text reads 'Covid is the third leading cause of death in the US. Millions have been disabled by Long Covid. The Pandemic is not over. Wear a Mask.' An outline of a mask over a pink triangle. text reads: Resist eugenics, stop the spread, mask up. Black and white portrait of a young slender woman with a cigarette in her mouth next to a caricature resembling her with the quote 'If I have one message to give the secular American people, it's that the world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don't know eachother, but we talk together and we understand eachother perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same.' - Marjane Sartrapi. Picture of a post-it with a rainbow, star, and sun in the corners with writing 'I AM NOT A FREAK I AM UNIQUE' with a Jack Skellington pen next to it. Picture of Markiplier with a cartoonishly scrunched up face putting up the middle finger on both hands with the caption 'This is for anyone who thinks you aren't good enough.'