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July 7th, 2014

Magical Creatures and Beasts (Yaoguai) from the Great Chinese Mythology Collection 《山海經》“Classic of Mountains and Seas“/ “Shan Hai Jing”

Illustrations by 刘力文 Liu Liwen

九尾狐 (Jiuwei Hu / Nine-tailed Fox) (mentioned in 3 chapters:《南山經》《海外東經》《大荒東經》”Classic of the Mountains: South” “Classic of Regions Beyond the Seas: East” and “Classic of the Great Wilderness: East”

Description: 状如狐而九尾，其音如婴儿，能食人，食者不蛊

獓𤝱 (Ao Yin) 《西山經》”Classic of the Mountains: West”

Description: 状如牛，四角，其豪如披蓑，是食有

蛊雕 (Gu Diao) 《南山經》”Classic of the Mountains: South”

Description: 状如雕而有角，其音如婴儿之音，是食人

帝江(Di Jiang) 《西山經》”Classic of the Mountains: West”

Description: 状如黄囊，赤如丹水，六足四翼，浑敦无而目，是识歌舞

讙 (Huan) 《西山經》”Classic of the Mountains: West”

Description: 状如狸，一目而三尾，其音如{大集}百声，是可以御凶，服之已瘅

中山神 (Zhongshan Shen / Guardian Beast of the Central Mountain) 《中山經》”Classic of the Mountains: Central”

Description: 山神，马身龙首

Source: mingsonjia

July 7th, 2014

pau-ii:

obstreperous-honey:

encontrate:

thisispureinsanity:

candlejack:

WHAT IS THIS

WHAT IS THIS

WHAT

IS THIS A LIBRARY IN A THEATRE

ALL OF MY DREAMS HAVE JUST COME TRUE

oh. oh my god.

this is genuinely the most beautiful thing i have ever seen

This is a book store called El Ateneo in Buenos Aires, Argentina! You can have coffee while sitting on the stage. One of my favorite places in my city.

It’s a BOOKSTORE?!

there are balconies where you can sit to read too

and that’s the stage where you can have a coffee 🙂

Source: billions-of-stars

July 7th, 2014

yourinnerdemons:

white-icing:

raise your hand if you have so many ideas that you’re not talented enough for

July 6th, 2014

tssukino:

Usagi’s first transformation

1992 vs 2014

Source: tssukino

July 6th, 2014

tssukino:

Usagi’s first transformation

1992 vs 2014

Source: tssukino

July 5th, 2014

writtenbymadeline:

A tool to use for find Synonyms: Synonym Finder.

This is a great, unique little tool I found by browsing for writing resources. It’s name speaks for itself: it’s a synonym finder.

The site is clean cut, has soothing colors, and to-the point results for any word you look up.

For example, when I look up the word “romance,” I get this:

Synonyms: romance, romanticism
Definition: an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure)

Hypernyms: quality
Definition: an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
Usage: the quality of mercy is not strained—Shakespeare”

I had no idea what a “hypernym” is. Apparently it’s a word with a more general meaning that a more specific word fall under. Like, color is a hypernym for green.

On the right corner there’s a button to make graphs! So you can trace each synonym from it’s root word, and see how far the other synonyms connect in comparison to others.

I really like it, so I’m going to definitely bookmark it on my writing tools list.

July 4th, 2014

This Just Happened

July 4th, 2014

Movie theater worker: *Upon seeing my smeared mascara* Just come out of The Fault In Our Stars?
Me: No
Me: How to Train Your Dragon 2