Reflections From a Murky Pond

Yeah, it’s true. She’s a bit narcissistic, but that’s both OK and understandable. She’s more than quite cute and quite beautiful as well. A bit – or more than a bit – of self-love seems appropriate to me. 😉

But, what’s sad is how few, especially among the younger Millennials and Gen Z won’t get the humor in this. Since actually teaching classical art is now “racist,” not many under 45 are going to recognize this work as a riff upon- or homage to Carvaggio’s “Narcissus.” Even worse, since they’ve also decided that teaching Greek history and mythology is “racist,” the broken, younger generations don’t even have the education to know who Narcissus was!

A pair of images of Cleopatra VII Philopato, one from mid-1st Century Rome and another from Netflix’s 2023 rewrite of history in which they try to convince the world that the last scion of the rather heavily inbred – something they picked up from the native Egyptians – Macedonian Ptolemaic dynasty, which we have the entire bloodline of recorded, was somehow, someway a Black.

Hell! In the promo image shown above, they even darkened the actress’ skin!

I guess they figure that, if they can’t eradicate White history, they’ll just steal it and blackwash it. I guess that makes a certain level of sense though since they’ve little enough recorded history of their own and what they do have is hard to sanitize for a modern audience and to fit with their narrative of being the oppressed rather than oppressors and slavers or worse, being allies and trading partners with European nations.

123►

“Bitter Greens”

Here we go, Tyler! “Bitter Greens,” or as close as I can come since bitter isn’t something I add to these sorts of galleries, preferring sweeter, happier content. But, since this was predicated upon foraging and eating dandelions, I went with wildflower meadows and dandelions where possible. 😉

Enjoy!

I recently mentioned how Bowsette being officially introduced to the Mario Brother’s franchise opened up new plot-lines. Here’s one interesting example…

Bikini Interlude – A Soft Edition

OK; there’s a little more than the usual sharing of prurient pleasure to this particular Bikini Interlude. Given the time of year and the changes of lifestyle brought on by the multi-year pandemic, this is also a reminder that a woman with a soft, curving body in a bikini – preferably barely in one – looks damn fine to most men. 😉