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 No.672[Reply]

I couldn't find anything like this in the catalog, so I'll be making a general art thread! Post art you like in this thread. No other rules or genres. Just art you like.
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The Great Metaphysician, Giorgio de Chirico (1971).

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gonna dump some artistic video edits I like

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Let's talk about the books/manga/etc that you are reading.

I'm halfway through After Dark by Haruki Murakami and I'm loving it, already bought another 3 books from him to read after this one
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i got this book called recipies from the garden of contentment. its the palace cookbook of the chinese emperors. i figured i could use this to learn to cook. so i made one of the rice dishes and it was nice

also trying to read mahmoud darwish poetry but i dont like it

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Books on the occult. Specifically those that influenced my grandparents' beliefs… I'm trying to edit them (two books, one is in ancient french and I'm working on a translation into modern english and modern french, another that's just got minor spelling errors here and there) and then figure out a way to preserve them. Also trying to write a short story myself but it's fanfiction, LOL

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Probably one of the most devastating criticisms of modern society and the Enlightenment ever written. The general gist is that modern problems come from an Enlightenment era mentality which is all about having power over nature and exploiting it for selfish ends. This instrumental rationality has colonized our lives, reducing people to statistics and valueless playthings in the service of markets and bureaucracies.

I love Horkheimer and Adorno and this book feels more important today than when it first came out. Some of their claims about the culture industry and the mass manufacturing of entertainment slop doesn't hold up. I wonder what they'd make of doujin culture, fan works, free software or even piracy. I guess no matter how much autonomy people try to exert from the corporate system they nevertheless end up failing and remain hopelessly controlled and corrupted by it. In part, this explains why the internet feels so trashy now. There's been a gradual move away from community run spaces and user generated content to big tech platforms where the major "content creators" are bankrolled by corpos and managed by talent agencies.

Downside is these books have made me more and more negative and pessimistic. I'm convinced most people today are truly hopeless.

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I read volume 1 of Bocchi The Rock! and it was very enjoyable

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I was reading Klaus Mann's Mephisto and The Volcano since i recently got hooked on the idea of reading more literature from germans who had to go into exile in the 30s and 40s.
Mephisto describes the career of an actor who decided to not go into exile and even become friends with important nazis to boost his career while the volcano describes the every day live of different people in exile, wich includes stuff like drug addiction, problems with passports, and political activism.



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 No.985[Reply]

Do any of you Sushis like fashion?
Are there any designers you like?
I think my favorit desingner is Iris van Herpen.
Her dresses look so other-earthy and natural :D
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Speaking as a casual enjoyer of fashion, I find myself having a lot of difficulty with finding clothes that have Good Fit on me as well as Good Designs. Often it is one or the other and it really stresses me out since I believe I do have cool tee shirts, it's just that their fit on me is kinda lame and not all that interesting.

I also find it even harder to find well-fitting clothes as a transushi. If anyone has advice, I'd like to know how to dress more femininely or androgynously whilst having a male build. I have a difficult time finding clothes that are comfortable, feminine, and still look good on my male body. I plan to start medical transition soon, so my needs are likely to change but some parts of my body will still remain very male for a while before I achieve a girlier shape. So advice would be appreciated whether that be buying guides, blog links, or even certain brands that can help with achieving androgyny.

>>1321
Is that Connor?

>>1325
If you're looking to get into fashion (albeit casually), I'd heavily suggest hovering around fashion magazine websites, fashion youtube, and others to find out what sort of looks and aesthetic proclivities you find yourself getting into. From there, you can use sites that have major focus on aesthetics like Pinterest or Tumblr (though they're both kinda shit for different reasons) to create inspiration boards that'll help greatly in dressing nicer.

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>>1321
>I think another difficult aspect is finding the right places to wear things that aren't casual.
Imo, dressing for the occasion is overrated if you're dressing up. If you like dressing in a formal way, there's nothing wrong with going out like that.
If you still don't feel comfortable with it, then try to coordinate your outfit by using more casual pieces with the formal pieces being the main focus. Chapter 8 of If You're Gonna Dress Up, Do It Like This talks about it a bit, i mention this manga because a lot of what's in it may match your preferred aesthetics.

>>1325
Nothing wrong with that, but it still may be worth to take a look into some introductory fashion concepts like color coordination and silhouette just to wear what you find comfy but in a way that's more visually appealing.

>>1327
Since you like a baggier and androgynous look, you may like Garcia Ventus (The Rosen Rot) as a designer, fashion writer and inspo collector (her pinterest and twitter). Unfortunately she doesn't focus much on femininity which is what you want the most.

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>>1328
> you may like Gracia Ventus (The Rosen Rot)
> she doesn't focus much on femininity
I took a look at her own personal blog and her instagram and she does have a style that I really fuck with, though it's often a little too monochrome and simple for my own personal sense of fashion, I prefer to wear complex textures in earth tones almost all of the time. Though I used to know someone who dressed almost exactly like her that (fittingly) was far more focused on androgyny than I was. Still finding great inspiration in her stuff though, thanks for the recommendation.

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>>987
this is so adorable i kinda been a passive enjoyer of the fashion since a friend of mine ranted about it since they hate furries apparently, cool aesthetic, delicious drama and cat fighting, its def something i love seeing it from the far, pic unrelated

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>>987
1st one is ita…



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 No.409[Reply]

Hello, sushi! Lately I've been craving some really cute moe SOL manga. Can I get some recommendations? (bonus points for 4koma, shoujo-ai, yuri)

Examples: Komi-san, Watamote, Comic Girls, Senryuu Shoujo.
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>>515
it was always nojyaloli fetish manga.

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>>430 I'm sad this has ended, thanks for recommending this all those years ago sushi. It was a fun ride.

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Futari Escape (life escapades…), Gu-Pan! (bread), Mirai no Fuufu Desu Kedo? (tiny blond tsundere girl is tiny for several more chapters), Neko Kissa (catgirls), Tonari no Youkai-san (cat turns into nekomata surrounded by loving family), Umiiro March (cute girls go diving/fish?), Matazoro (teen girls repeat a grade), 2Ljk (2 homeless girls bond outside of school)

Bonus: Touhou - Atai to Gensokyou

I recommend you check out most works by Dynasty scans.

 No.1330

does anysushi have moe boy manga recs?

 No.1331

>>521
I wish there was something similar to Shoujo Shumatsu. Girls travelling the wasteland without much point to it just hits well for me.



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 No.1263[Reply]

Heya, sushinons, what's your opinion on Homestuck? And the ship Johnkat in particular?
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 No.1317

Hey, newroll, we say "sushirollymous" or just "sushi", not "sushinon". Hope you enjoy your stay!

 No.1319

I will say sushinon from now on.

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>>1263
Any suggestions how to get into Homestuck? I've started it a few times, but I haven't been immediately captured since I had no clue where the story was going

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>>1320
Just read acts 1-4 as normal
Or you can just put on a YouTube video that has voice actors dub it

 No.1323

I dropped Homestuck during the part where Calliope and Roxy were talking to each other and this part lasted maybe a year+ because the comic's update schedule was so slow. Also, because I dislike Calliope as a character. I like HS though, as a setting. The skaians/exiles were my favorite characters.



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Im starting my korean language learning journey, its only been a few days but I'm feeling good. i cant wait to see how much I've learned in the next few months
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>>1310
(not op) it's fun :D

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>>1310
Starcraft

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>>1313
People still play that?!

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>>1313
You don't need Korean to play StarCraft do you?

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>>1315
PURRREEEEEGUUUUUU



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What're your favorite books?

I could perhaps be called an artsy snob for this, but one of my absolute favorite novels is House of Leaves by Mark Danielewski. I've always found the concept of labyrinths to be fascinating, as well as that of the inherent uncertainty in the image of reality presented to us by our sensory perception. This book features those two themes quite prominently, and explores them to a depth I've not seen in any other books I've yet read.

This next one might also reflect questionably on my character, but nonetheless I greatly enjoyed American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis. I've struggled a lot with recurrent depersonalization, feelings of dread, and a general impression of isolation from those around me. Since the book addresses all of that, it resonated with me in that regard–though, not so much with some of the other stuff it describes.

I also love tons of H. P. Lovecraft's and Jorge Luis Borges's work, but those are predominantly short stories, not novels.
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Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo
I wasn't the only edgy middle schooler that Metallica tricked into reading books.

Hanta Yo by Ruth Beebe Hill is another favorite. Translating the book from English to Lakotah and back was a great literary choice. Really felt immersive, which was good because the plot spans generations and the reader really can't lean on a character throughout the duration of the book.

 No.306

My favorite books are those that I haven't read and are next in my reading list.

 No.307

Heart of a Dog is my favorite. Its a common cliche to say that you couldn't put a book down but this was one of the very few that did it for me. It was also very funny, Sharik is probably the funniest character I've found in literature

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Long time fan of HP Lovecraft, Jack Kerouac, and Hunter Thompson. The wave speech in Fear and Loathing had me me feel some type of way I never got over.

But my latest favorite has been The Unnoticables by Rob Brockway. Despite being very modern and simply written at times, the story is both gripping and strikes a chord with my inner punk rocker.

Brockway's story is both a look at life's evolution since the 70's to the 2010's and does so with a hint of comedy and a heap of cosmic horror that pleases the Lovecraft fan inside me.

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I'm not really into books and don't have a favorite. However, I do enjoy reading Sophocles' Antigone from time to time. If I had to mention a proper book, it would be one by Haruki Murakami. There was a time when I did nothing but live through his novels.



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 No.463[Reply]

I don't know if this would fit better with /tunes/ but artwork for albums could fit here.

But anyways, here's a thread for album artwork you really like.

These were used for the inner sleeve artwork for Talk Talk's 1986 album "The Colour of Spring, of which James Marsh did the artwork for.
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tekvision - Mobile Suit Ecco

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album is sorg by Afsky. the painting that they used is the Death of Chatterton. Its a beautiful painting on its own but i also like the black and white version here.

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Here's a few I like.



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 No.844[Reply]

I've heard both good and bad things about this show, should i watch it? what is your opinion on it sushi roll?
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 No.1225

If you decide to watch it follow along with the archived episode discussion threads on the /r/mrrobot subreddit. Sam Esmail and the writers regularly lurked in there and would throw shit in to later seasons to troll the redditors. Following along with some of the crazier theories week to week was a pretty integral part of my experience with it (especially the rantings of the user lost_tsol), and it's hard to imagine the whole thing being half as fun if you just did the normal binge.

As for the show itself it's a pretty great exercise in style, and has a lot of fun surreal moments, and arguably ends on a pretty solid note for the main character, but I do think it wastes a lot of time trying to play sleight of hand with the audience and introduces plenty of ideas and characters that basically go nowhere or add very little when everything shakes out plotwise.

Overall give it a watch for something that feels like nostalgia for the paranoid 2015/16 zeitgeist and is above average for tv in terms of cinematography and presentation. The plot is great as something to ride along to and experience, but ultimately the story of the show is pretty simple and straightforward and much of what feels complex about it is smoke and mirrors.

 No.1259

>>1171
>end that came up out of nowhere
It was a long time ago but there were clues throughout the show that lots of people noticed but they were very subtle.

 No.1260

>>1178
What forced romance? I remember there was only one scene… Other than that I liked how they didn't force it at all when other shows would've used her character for a "romantic interest" character.

 No.1261

wasn't this just an ad for kali linux and psyop people into the "ethical" "hacking" cybersecurity profession?

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>>844
I'mma say what everyone is saying: Season one was amazing - I didn't watch it after the second season



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 No.1286[Reply]

Finally some relatable wholesome yuri, now seeking funding on Kickstarter. In English even!

Campaign link, with links to buy previous volumes: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/senpainokohai/senpai-no-kohai-0

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I'd like to see yuri without these weird senior/junior, tall/short, genki/serious dynamics. Just two black haired japanese maidens gradually falling in love…

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>>1287
why is their hair color important enough to state specifically?
are hair color dynamics weird to you too??

 No.1289

>>1288
I wanted to say "two totally average black haired japanese maidens"… maybe that sounds less colorphobic.

 No.1292

>>1287
could just be a preference. also, black hair is a pretty common hair color so it makes sense I guess lol



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