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She married her stepdad’s apprentice Johann Andreas Graff; they had a daughter & moved to Nurenburg. She contributed income by painting, creating embroidery designs, & teaching drawing lessons to wealthy girls, which allowed her access to fine gardens where she continued collecting & documenting. She published her 1st book of nature illustrations, titled Neues Blumenbuch, in 1675. In 1679, she published her insect research in a 3-vol, illustrated book focusing on #insect #metamorphosis. 🧵2/n

"Uma fusão entre humano e natureza. O rosto emerge entre galhos retorcidos, alguns ainda vivos, outros secos pelo tempo. O olhar fixo e os lábios entreabertos carregam uma ambiguidade: surpresa, melancolia ou transformação? O fundo azul profundo contrasta com os tons avermelhados na base, criando uma atmosfera de serenidade e inquietação. Um instante capturado de um mundo próprio.

🎨 Arte por mim.
🖋 Descrição feita por IA.

#ArteSurrealista #Surrealismo #ExpressãoVisual #ArteEEmoção #Metamorfose #NaturezaHumana #Criatividade #Pintura #Transformação #SonhoEVerdade #Psicodelia #ArteVisionária #Misticismo #RealidadeAlternativa #Subconsciente #FantasiaSombria #ConexãoComANatureza #InspiraçãoVisual #MundosParalelos"
"A fusion between human and nature. The face emerges from among twisted branches, some still alive, others dried by time. The fixed gaze and the parted lips carry an ambiguity: surprise, melancholy or transformation? The deep blue background contrasts with the reddish tones at the base, creating an atmosphere of serenity and restlessness. A captured moment from a world of its own.

🎨 Art by me.
🖋 Description made by AI.

#SurrealistArt #Surrealism #VisualExpression #ArtANDEmotion #Metamorphosis #HumanNature #Creativity #Painting #Transformation #DreamANDTruth #Psychedelia #VisionaryArt #Mysticism #AlternativeReality #Subconscious #DarkFantasy #ConnectionWithNature #VisualInspiration #ParallelWorlds"
Human friends are trickling in, understanding the gravity of this moment in history. The weight of it. Or maybe simply nudged by a soft subconscious whisper that says: "something new, please, someplace else."

I've been watching the most ridiculously uncurated and wild conversations on Substack. I've been trying to open a Pixelfed profile of a friend for days to no avail. Stuck in a glitch-loop.

And I don't feel irked or impatient. I feel relieved.

Oh, how fucking wonderful to be presented with IMPERFECTION. How gloriously sweet to witness the stumbling trial and error phase of a thing. How joyful to feel: YES! I AM ALSO THIS MESS! What a much needed rattling of the deep-conditioned meta-mindset.

Sweet ones, do show us your wyrd, wild, and wonderful selves. Imperfect and unchoreographed and uncensored. It's such a breath of fresh air. Thank you for your willingness to explore new territory with us in some open-sourced pixelated fediverse. Thank you for believing in something beyond that which has made us dull and unreel. REEL US OUT and REAL IT IN.

#metamigration #pixelfed #wyrd #imperfection #freaquency #metamorphosis #trialanderror #lichen #experimentalphotography

An abstract painting, done with acrylics and based on a photograph of road markings from my #Metamorphosis series - one which did not make it into the final selection for my #zine.
It doesn't show in this image but the blacks and golds in the painting have an iridescent sheen to them, adding depth to the painting when viewed at an angle.
I'm happy with this painting as I had a clear vision beforehand and managed to achieve what I set out to do.
#MastoArt #AbstractArt #painting

Hold-ups in the local library reservation system mean that I have been forced to try reading Metamorphosis again.

The first page features a lady who has "a huge fur muff into which the whole of her forearm had vanished".

Although this lady does not seem relevant to the rest of the story, so far at any rate.