naylandblake
@naylandblake.bsky.social
Artist, Auntie, Bear, BIPOC, Educator, Enby, Fat, Femme. Aspiring cranky crone.They/Them. Archive/shambles/home at www.naylandblake.net I love it when you make things.
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@naylandblake.bsky.social
· Oct 17
Teach it - Promote it - Create it - you are responsible for the continuation of the culture you love. Keep it alive through your actions.
It's finally time to talk about Edith Head's sweatshop of elves who did the actual work of sewing her designs.
Edith Head and Her Miniature Sewing Machine Collection — Robert Cumming, 1977
November 25, 2025 at 1:50 PM
It's finally time to talk about Edith Head's sweatshop of elves who did the actual work of sewing her designs.
In my dream
In my dream there isn't a dispute, but the trees reach over a pitted white wall.
In my dream there isn't a dispute, but the trees reach over a pitted white wall.
In my dream
In my dream there isn't a dispute, but the trees reach over a pitted white wall.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:22 PM
In my dream
In my dream there isn't a dispute, but the trees reach over a pitted white wall.
In my dream there isn't a dispute, but the trees reach over a pitted white wall.
Me when they play my jam
Me when they play my jam
#MeWhenTheyPlayMyJam
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November 25, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Me when they play my jam
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Edward Gorey was a brilliant author and illustrator. He also had great personal style
November 25, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Edward Gorey was a brilliant author and illustrator. He also had great personal style
Why synthetic emerald-green pigments degrade over time :
Why synthetic emerald-green pigments degrade over time
Light is the greatest threat to 19th-century masterpieces like James Ensor’s The Intrigue, study finds.
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November 25, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Why synthetic emerald-green pigments degrade over time :
My ex and I used to quote this commercial to each other at the drop of a hat. Good bye, Herr Keir!
Kinney Commercial
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November 24, 2025 at 6:15 PM
My ex and I used to quote this commercial to each other at the drop of a hat. Good bye, Herr Keir!
I blame SpongeBob: it taught a generation of Plankton identified men to want a computer wife.
one of the more bleak aspects of ai chatbots is it’s starting to blow up real marriages
November 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I blame SpongeBob: it taught a generation of Plankton identified men to want a computer wife.
Okay this is pretty much my new favorite #fursuit of all time.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Okay this is pretty much my new favorite #fursuit of all time.
Today's fact: the paint tube was invented ten years after the photograph.
November 24, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Today's fact: the paint tube was invented ten years after the photograph.
In my dream
In my dream there is muted discussion.
In my dream there is muted discussion.
In my dream
In my dream there is muted discussion.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
In my dream
In my dream there is muted discussion.
In my dream there is muted discussion.
Went out to Kingston's Holiday Hullabaloo market, here's the outfit.
November 23, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Went out to Kingston's Holiday Hullabaloo market, here's the outfit.
Wow! That's what I call a power house panel. Three of my heroes.
Dyke cartoonists raising hell. Alison Bechdel & Diane DiMassa in Conversation. Moderated by Jennifer Camper. Brooklyn Book Fest 2025.
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November 23, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Wow! That's what I call a power house panel. Three of my heroes.
Turner Contemporary opens exhibition of 26 works by Bridget Riley - BBC News share.google/mSNJbYUzl60N...
Turner Contemporary opens exhibition of 26 works by Bridget Riley
Learning to See is installed at the Margate gallery until May and is free to visit.
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November 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Turner Contemporary opens exhibition of 26 works by Bridget Riley - BBC News share.google/mSNJbYUzl60N...
In my dream
In my dream the shower is being slowly overrun by "encephilids" ant-like insects whose segmented bodies are swollen and mottled, veined like rancid meat. Each one I see is larger than the last. The shower's glass door slides shut, catching the ones at the top. I hear them pop and feel…
In my dream the shower is being slowly overrun by "encephilids" ant-like insects whose segmented bodies are swollen and mottled, veined like rancid meat. Each one I see is larger than the last. The shower's glass door slides shut, catching the ones at the top. I hear them pop and feel…
In my dream
In my dream the shower is being slowly overrun by "encephilids" ant-like insects whose segmented bodies are swollen and mottled, veined like rancid meat. Each one I see is larger than the last. The shower's glass door slides shut, catching the ones at the top. I hear them pop and feel the spray of their innards hit my face. The horror of it makes me shriek.
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November 23, 2025 at 11:52 AM
In my dream
In my dream the shower is being slowly overrun by "encephilids" ant-like insects whose segmented bodies are swollen and mottled, veined like rancid meat. Each one I see is larger than the last. The shower's glass door slides shut, catching the ones at the top. I hear them pop and feel…
In my dream the shower is being slowly overrun by "encephilids" ant-like insects whose segmented bodies are swollen and mottled, veined like rancid meat. Each one I see is larger than the last. The shower's glass door slides shut, catching the ones at the top. I hear them pop and feel…
I'm going to tell my kids this is GWAR.
I just want yall to know, that when I go on my nature walks THIS is always my experience.
November 22, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I'm going to tell my kids this is GWAR.
A New Show Highlights the Role of Photography in the Black Arts Movement share.google/dwVfLMT6mXLF...
A Show at the National Gallery Highlights the Role of Photography in the Black Arts Movement
“Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955–1985” at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., features some 150 photographs and artworks
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November 22, 2025 at 12:58 PM
A New Show Highlights the Role of Photography in the Black Arts Movement share.google/dwVfLMT6mXLF...
Congratulations to @rabihalameddine.bsky.social !
Rabih Alameddine wins National book award for fiction with darkly comic epic spanning six decades
True to his irreverent style, author of The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) thanks his psychiatrist, his gastrointestinal doctors and his drug dealers
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November 22, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Congratulations to @rabihalameddine.bsky.social !
In my dream
In my dream gold is suspended in the red.
In my dream gold is suspended in the red.
In my dream
In my dream gold is suspended in the red.
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November 22, 2025 at 12:11 PM
In my dream
In my dream gold is suspended in the red.
In my dream gold is suspended in the red.
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I tell you what, if you or someone you know is looking to go into a skilled trade, consider watchmaking. I just dropped a watch off at Ben bridge and they’re scheduled 3 months out. “Everybody’s interested in watches now. Horology school students are getting job offers before they even graduate.”
November 21, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I tell you what, if you or someone you know is looking to go into a skilled trade, consider watchmaking. I just dropped a watch off at Ben bridge and they’re scheduled 3 months out. “Everybody’s interested in watches now. Horology school students are getting job offers before they even graduate.”
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The “Fall of Freedom” demonstration, organized by artist Dread Scott and playwright Lynn Nottage, is a loosely guided call for national “creative resistance.”
14 Colorado arts organizations join nationwide protest against federal overreach
The “Fall of Freedom” demonstration, organized by artist Dread Scott and playwright Lynn Nottage, is a loosely guided call for “creative resistance.”
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November 21, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The “Fall of Freedom” demonstration, organized by artist Dread Scott and playwright Lynn Nottage, is a loosely guided call for national “creative resistance.”
The presence of this couple behind the college coffee shop is making me very uneasy about what is on today's menu.
November 21, 2025 at 2:41 PM
The presence of this couple behind the college coffee shop is making me very uneasy about what is on today's menu.
In my dream
In my dream I am doing my job, by yelling at some people. As I'm getting worked up I feel worse and worse. The afternoon light hits the wood floor.
In my dream I am doing my job, by yelling at some people. As I'm getting worked up I feel worse and worse. The afternoon light hits the wood floor.
In my dream
In my dream I am doing my job, by yelling at some people. As I'm getting worked up I feel worse and worse. The afternoon light hits the wood floor.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:07 PM
In my dream
In my dream I am doing my job, by yelling at some people. As I'm getting worked up I feel worse and worse. The afternoon light hits the wood floor.
In my dream I am doing my job, by yelling at some people. As I'm getting worked up I feel worse and worse. The afternoon light hits the wood floor.
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Christmas movies have changed since @aduralde.bsky.social wrote his film guide 15 years ago so he's got an updated edition! We get into it on this wk's Sewers of Paris, plus Christmas noirs, the future of holiday films, & why you should bake Xmas cookies year round: www.mattbaume.com/sewers-shown...
November 20, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Christmas movies have changed since @aduralde.bsky.social wrote his film guide 15 years ago so he's got an updated edition! We get into it on this wk's Sewers of Paris, plus Christmas noirs, the future of holiday films, & why you should bake Xmas cookies year round: www.mattbaume.com/sewers-shown...
Looking at Ourselves: Rethinking the Sculptures of Malvina Hoffman - Field Museum share.google/Z5xyBSHjgdFg...
Looking at Ourselves: Rethinking the Sculptures of Malvina Hoffman - Field Museum
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November 20, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Looking at Ourselves: Rethinking the Sculptures of Malvina Hoffman - Field Museum share.google/Z5xyBSHjgdFg...