Not the most sanguine subject, but as a summer vibe it's so, so irresistible. The poignant beauty of "Ophelia", as rendered by Friedrich Wilhelm Theodor Heyser. #art #traditionalart #painting #oilpainting #beautifulwoman #beautifulgirl

You might think my politics are crazy, but the time will come when I am the moderate centrist. #politics #thoughts #self

Honestly, I think if you willfully tell blatant lies on here you ought to get the banhammer, but if Twitter (er, excuse me, "X") adopted such a rule 90% of the users there would be gone inside a week, so... 😑 Art is John William Godward's "At the Gate of the Temple". #art #traditionalart #painting #oilpainting #beautifulwoman #beautifulgirl #socialmedia #moderation #Twitter #Internet #society

Boy, this is just wild. Last I checked Bing did a good job comparing our two accounts (me and EvilVizier on Twitter), but I try the same with Google Bard just now, and basically every single bit of information about both of us is made up whole-cloth! Methinks there's room for improvement. #Twitter #AI #artificialintelligence #GoogleBard #technology

Boy, this is just wild. Last I checked Bing did a good job comparing our two accounts (me and EvilVizier on Twitter), but I try the same with Google Bard just now, and basically every single bit of information about both of us is made up whole-cloth! Methinks there's room for improvement. #Twitter #AI #artificialintelligence #GoogleBard

Grey houses inhabited by brunettes with big butts wearing neutral casual clothing has been the style for too long. Want to be part of the future? Go full platinum, upgrade your bust, paint your house vividly, and get some colorful fancy clothes. That's the next big thing. #fashion #future #futurology #style #predictions #aesthetics

OMG, I went over my winter skyscape archives, and this capture was awesome. So I fashioned it into my new photographic piece I call "Red Storm Rising". #art #photography #skyscape #sky #clouds #cloudscape #sunset

Few things are better than a sunny beautiful day spent with friends, especially when they're friends as cute as the ones in Albert Lynch's "Tea Time". I especially like how it looks as if the girls are inviting the viewer to join them. #art #traditionalart #painting #oilpainting #beautifulwoman #beautifulgirl

With regard to the next steps in my life, I feel like I've absorbed all the Internet can teach me; much like my recent trip to the Pacific Northwest, the only way for me to know more is to get out there and actually do it. #travel #vacation #life #thoughts #future #goals #dreams #self

Really crazy how the gnomonic map projection, a cartography uniquely suited to the great-circle navigation that very modern conveyances like airliners use, is the oldest known map projection, discovered by Thales in the sixth century BC.

Gnomonic projection - Wikipedia

Image is a gnomonic map of much of the northern hemisphere from 1943, with a helpful explanation of how it all works. #cartography #maps #mapprojections #thoughts #history

Well, turns out I'm now eligible for revenue sharing on Twitter...er, excuse me, "X". I signed up for it tonight. Let's see how much all my posting at the other place pays. 😀 #Twitter #socialmedia #self #thoughts

TFW not only no Pottery Barn basket girlfriend, but no Banana Republic basket girlfriend. 🥴 #art #photography #store #retail #BananaRepublic #fall #fashion #apparel #thoughts

When one has allergies anyway in some other time of the year, it's easy to become nostalgic for that delightful all-too-narrow window of the year when the world awakens. So in the interest of reliving the blooming season, here's my photo "Memories of the Spring". #art #photography #flowers #tree #spring

Ever a gorgeous theme: the goddess of love forming out of the waters, awakening with only those most delectable of all pleasures, human or divine, on the mind. Alexandre Cabanel's rendition of "The Birth of Venus". #art #traditionalart #painting #oilpainting #beautifulwoman #beautifulgirl #sea #ocean

The vibe: a million years in the future, the Great Pyramids restored to their original shiny-white glory, Betelgeuse's supernova in the sky, viewed on a rewilded Earth by only one pilgrim, alone in the dunes... Read more at my #blog:

Adamas Nemesis

Supernova over the Pyramids in the Far Future, Adamas Nemesis

I've been thinking up one of my capricious little vibes: the Great Pyramids at Giza, far into the future, long since restored to their origina...

#farfuture #scifi #sciencefiction #worldbuilding #supernova

Nude, in a mood, and so, so summery; the lovely vibe of William-Adolphe Bouguereau's "Biblis". #art #traditionalart #painting #oilpainting #beautifulwoman #beautifulgirl

A slice of an autumn's evening in small-town South Dakota; my picture "Closing Time at the Drug Store". #art #photography #town #shop #store #SouthDakota #evening #night #street

I really like how my picture of an urban Arizona morning came out when an oil-painting effect applied. Those colors... 😍 So I'll share this with you: an oilized version of my "Escape from Paradise City". #art #MastoArt #digitalart #photography #digitalpainting #painting #city #skyline #Arizona #sunrise #highway #freeway

"What, me? Answer a call to arms? When I just got married to the fairest damsel in the kingdom? What are you trying to do, ruin my whole life!?" 🙃 I can't help but get those vibes from this, but Edmund Blair Leighton's "Call to Arms" is so beautiful, who cares? #art #traditionalart #painting #oilpainting #beautifulwoman #beautifulgirl

Hmm...during the bear market I scaled my payments way back and let my credit card balances run up again, but with stocks riding as high as they have been I'm gonna liquidate a big tranche to zero out my balances and free up lotsa credit. 🤑 Painting is "The Letter" by Edmund Blair Leighton. #art #traditionalart #painting #oilpainting #beautifulwoman #beautifulgirl #finance #personalfinance #markets #thoughts #stocks #investing