Mastodawn

SmutMagDotArt Aug 7, 2025

Art kills crime. Never mistake the arts for frivolous. They are the cornerstone of democracy.

Fun fact: a program called "Shakespeare Behind Bars" helps inmates put on the classics. The recidivism rate among participants? 6%. The recidivism rate in the general population? 68%.

We do not know how to empathize and build the world without the arts. It's downfall is why democracy is in free fall. If you want to save it, put the arts first. Every zip code should have full time artists.

sjm has moved Dec 25

Jo - pièce de résistance Dec 24

It’s hard to claim joy among so much suffering, but we must try.
It’s that joy they try to crush.

I wish everyone comfort and joy, this Christmas and always.

#christmas #wish #hope #joy #mercy

sjm has moved Dec 24

Calligrafae Dec 13

I've published my digital Celtic Knotwork Workshop Booklet, yay!

https://ko-fi.com/s/f1a74eaf4b

It's 'Pay what you want over £5', and it's 10 worksheets (four of them are re-usable printable template sheets) that guide you through the basics to more complex techniques.

Huge thanks to the few of you who helped me test this and provided awesome feedback on earlier versions <3

#MastoArt #CelticKnot #ArtTutorial #Learning

sjm has moved Dec 24

Muppet GIF of the Day Dec 24

Today's #Muppets GIF of the Day is...

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Hazel Weakly Dec 24

The two hardest problems in Computer Science are

1. Human communication
2. Getting people in tech to believe that human communication is important

sjm has moved Dec 24

quick portrait attempt in my a5 sketchbook. Both happy and not happy with how this one worked out. The mouth was in the wrong spot and I didn't catch it early enough. Either way, this took about an hour and a half and it was great practice

oil on paper, a5

#oilpainting #art #artist #mastoart

sjm has moved Dec 24

Surprised at my progress through my white gesso. To be fair I bought it about 10 months ago, but for a long time I thought I'd never shift it

sjm has moved Dec 24

Ben Lockwood, PhD Dec 24

As major universities start to add AI “learning” to their curriculum, it’s worth saying that the pointless loop of students using AI to write papers that professors use AI to grade is the ultimate endpoint of treating education as a product rather than a process.

sjm has moved Dec 24

people talk about sleep debt but i swear i have no-sleep debt. I had two really good nights of sleep so I woke up at 4am today with the start of a sleep paralysis cycle just to pay back the good sleep 😅

sjm has moved Dec 24