Montreal-based artist Raku Inoue used sticks, seeds and petals to create his Natura Insects series. “I think about the main shape of the insect,” he says, “and try to find something to satisfy that. It’s very much like a puzzle."

The series started as a morning routine over coffee to sharpen his thoughts for the day. “It was never meant to be a complex process, but rather an easygoing, morning mind-stretching exercise.”

Article and photos:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2018/aug/11/a-garden-alive-with-art-all-natural-insect-sculptures-in-pictures

#nature #art

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Santos set to face federal criminal charges http://ow.ly/hS79104Gpp1

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/politico/status/1656056508927422466

Dear librarians, thank you for all the amazing work you do. Just a reminder: tomorrow, May 10th, is the deadline to apply for a grant from the ALA for their inclusive futures program. #fantasy #books #ya #yafantasy #victoriesgreatherthandeath #writing #spaceopera

https://instagram.com/stories/charliejaneanders/3099136021917568094

Republicans run a con game. It's called the "Two Santas" scheme, developed by Jude Wanniski in the days of Reagan voodoo economics.

Republicans say they’re for limited taxes and small government.

Republicans in reality spend freely on their priorities and enact big tax cuts that mostly benefit the rich. They act like double Santas. They run up the deficit. Then they act like cutting good programs is the solution.

It’s a scam.

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/05/kevin-mccarthy-debt-ceiling-hostage-extortion-tax-deficit-budget.html

THANK YOU, E. JEAN CAROLL.

Believe women. Believe all victim-survivors.

Create a world in which all victim-survivors are supported, believed, cared for, attended to.

Hold abusers accountable.

Create a world free from abuse, from trauma, from harm.

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