Hélène La Baleine 🐳 She/they
@helenelabaleine.bsky.social
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French-born, Spanish-blooded, Canada-based. GenX mom, unschooler, maybe pagan, always justice-driven. Systems alchemist at @morrigan-solutions.bsky.social. Cats, The Sims, and #endchildism ~ Protect All Children🍉 𐦂𖨆𐀪𖠋𐀪𐀪
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"As long as the general population is passive, apathetic, diverted to consumerism or hatred of the vulnerable, then the powerful can do as they please, and those who survive will be left to contemplate the outcome."
~Noam Chomsky~
Is the food aid allowed in for Palestinians yet?
Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings.

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8- "El Jaleo" by John Singer Sargent.
When you realize most of their followers are bots. Pathetic.
Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings.

#blueskyartchallenge #art #painting

7- "Le blanc-seing" by René Magritte.
When they're white they're grandfathers, dads, hostages, etc... I hate this type of journalism, it's never neutral, every single time with their choice of words, they pick sides and influence readers. They're as bad & responsible as the governments they support.
Non! Elle ne devrait même pas avoir la parole. Un monstre! Et je suis polie!! 🤬
Wait! The anti-fascist resistance movement that started during WW2, mostly made of courageous industrial workers and labourers who liked to kick Nazi's butts, were terrorists?

What a twist!
Soon they'll try to make us believe the Nazis were the good guys... Oh wait they're already doing that 🤦🏻‍♀️
a close up of a woman wearing a necklace and a black shirt making a funny face .
ALT: a close up of a woman wearing a necklace and a black shirt making a funny face .
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Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings.

#blueskyartchallenge #art #painting

6- "L'anglais au Moulin Rouge " by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings.

#blueskyartchallenge #art #painting

5- "Circe Offering the Cup to Ulysses" by John William Waterhouse.
"Trump the peacemaker" 😅 ...sure, until we find out what he's getting out of it.

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