The Dancing Plague (or Dance Epidemic) of 1518 was a case of dancing mania that occurred in Strasbourg, France (then part of the Holy Roman Empire) in July 1518. Numerous people took to dancing for days without rest, and, over the period of about one month, most of the people died from heart attack, stroke, or exhaustion. (via lamusiqueestlavie)
Holy shit. I want to use this somehow. Dancing mania. Mass psychogenic illness. (not to be confused with mass naked child events)
If the nature of art is that it challenges the audience, and the nature of any challenge is that it is not always met, then unanimous critical praise doesn’t make sense.
If the nature of art is that it moves the audience, and the nature of being moved is a connection to emotions that are inherently personal, then unanimous critical praise doesn’t make sense.
If the nature of art is simply that it pleases and entertains, and if the nature of being pleased and entertained is the collision of a piece with your individual sensibilities, then unanimous critical praise doesn’t make sense.
tl;dr: Expecting unanimous critical praise is foolishness. Attaining it is impossible—and should be.
Tsubaki, one of this kid’s vassals. I think she’s SUPER CUTE so I decided to use this sketch for pen and grayscale marker practice.
I chickened out on her hair though, which led to the colors. OH WELLLLL
…there are supposed to be drawings on this here tumblr so let’s get back to that
Derivative anime dude is Demon Dog King (formerly Demon God King) Kanata, of Trinity Universe. While I can’t think of any other good things about this game, the drawings are cheery and colorful. I’d love to get my hands on the mini-artbook.
Alternative title: Why I, and so many others whose formative years of nerdy development were in the 90’s, cite Japanese cartoons as our biggest influences.
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Frank Sintra.
Frank. SINTRA.
For Pete’s sake, it’s spelled correctly on the album cover art embedded within the mp3! Pay attention!
