That Human Life

My Lola Tina ❤️👸🏻
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A uni-ball & STABILO pen drawing.
12 x 16 cm.
2021.
During lockdown in London.
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This woman has done great things: been mayor multiple times 💁🏻‍♀️, made Mount Hamiguitan a UNESCO World Heritage site ⛰, and is now building a library 📚. I cannot recreate her beauty.
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London lights for leaves ✨
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I really appreciate that the city has these up. During short winter days and a stay-at-home order, this bright foliage lights up my walks. Thanks, .
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Granary Square.
iPhone.
2020.
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What’s something that lights up your ?
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Proud Hufflepuff 💛
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Made this for my amazing friend I met this year despite all the logistical obstacles that could have gotten in our way. She's a nerd, she's incrediby caring, she's from South Africa, and she's a proud Hufflepuff.
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For the record, I am a proud Ravenclaw 💙 Shoutout to 🪄
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A watercolor painting.
8.3 x 11.7 in.
2020.
Christmas present for .mcdonald1.
Swipe right and check out Reel or TikTok for progress.
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Also, for those who celebrate Christmas, Merry Christmas! 🎄
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Cotton Candy Clouds ☁️🌸
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Isn’t she beautiful? Apparently I specialize in sunset photos.
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So still, you could almost walk on the water. So pink, you could almost eat the clouds. So calm, you could almost feel time stand still.
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Regent’s Canal.
Taken with an iPhone.
2020.
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Droplets at Sundown 💦
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Granary Square.
Taken with an iPhone.
2020.
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There are very few things we are pressured to do in life that is not for the sake of something else, very few things we are encouraged to do for the experience itself. Water and the sun setting always have a way of forcing you to enjoy the moment 🌅
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On a more concrete note, living in London has been wonderful for pedestrian life.
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I was 7 or 8 when I knew I wanted a dog 🐶 You have no idea how much I begged my parents. I consumed every dog training manual I could get my hands on, every website I could find. Argo was the gift I finally got when I was 11. He was so bright. ✨ He used to pick up tricks and commands within a few minutes, and his olfactory ability was unstoppable. He also was so loving and yet independent. He’s always a joy to come home to, even now that I’ve left home to start my adult life and he only recognizes me when he catches my smell. He turned 12 years old last August. Here’s to my first and forever baby. ❤️ (He’s a little deaf now, so I’ve had to revert back to hand signals. Find me on Instagram for the video.)
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Argo and his floppy ears.
A pen drawing.
12 x 16 cm.
2020.
On a call with my boyfriend.
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To all new and old dog-owners out there, please make sure you’re well-prepared for the commitment 🙉and know how to give your dog the best environment and life they can have 👌🏼
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Came across for the first time this week. 📘📊
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Emotions are part of how your body signals to you how well it’s doing in the world. You don’t have the attentional resources for everything, so emotions are summaries of information you might miss from both your body and surroundings. So when you describe how you’re feeling, you’re not only identifying your bodily state—you’re identifying a characteristic in the world that your body is reacting to. 🔄 Some psychologists call this an “appraisal”. Some philosophers call this a “formal object”. Either way, understanding what your body is telling you about itself and the world never hurts 💟
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For an excellent AI app, try .ai 📈📱 (Thanks, for the rec.)
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PSYCH
- Knowing what you’re feeling and knowing what to do about it: Mapping the relation between emotion differentiation and regulation (Barrett, Gross, Christensen, & Benvenuto, 2001)
- Language and emotion: Putting words into feelings and feelings into words (Lindquist, Gendron, Satpute, Barrett, et al., 2016)
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