Melyanna @melyanna@mastodon.art

“You are personally responsible for becoming more ethical than the society you grew up in”. – Eliezer Yudkowsky

Four am. Can't sleep. Watching videos on rhotic and non rhotic English accents instead.

Griffin vultures are majestic balls of floof.
I love vultures: they are really smart and quite elegant.
#art #TraditionalArt #april #MastoArt

Fun fact: "Aprils Fool" is translated into "April's Fish" in Italian.
I am not a fan of practical jokes, so here is a goldfish instead.
#april #art #TraditionalArt #MastoArt

New month: bring it on! April 01, 2020 at 12:15AM

I just stopped myself from answering an aggressive and unjustified post in a forum I often visit. I still kind of want to do it, but I know that engaging is only going to fuel the fire, so I am glad I can just breathe, step back, and have faith in the mods.
And as I type this, I am still running through all my arguments in my head. 😅

Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.
— Viktor E. Frankl

Working together to build climate change resilience and protect vital water in Guatemala https://ift.tt/3buCd4x

I am so sorry for the long hiatus: I am doing OK, I think.
I finished this today and I am happy with how it looks. #art #portrait #pencils

A funny side of my job is age ratings discussions. You sit down for a serious business meeting with people you only met for work and talk about sex, nudity, crude humour, dismemberment, drugs, profanity, violence, kicking around severed heads and showing underwear...

How do I say this politely mr. Jessen: fuck off.
Also I think you might want to get off your high horse, given your past endeavours...
#christianjessen

BBC News - Safety concerns over websites selling prescription drugs https://www.bbc.com/news/health-45084555

Things are definitely not OK.
They are pretty far from being OK at the moment.

New month: bring it on! March 01, 2020 at 12:15AM

Happy Sunday!

#art #portrait #pink

New month: bring it on! February 01, 2020 at 12:15AM

Currently experiencing that special mix of panic and relief you feel when you thought it was Wednesday and you find out it's Thursday: should I worry I don't have enough time to finish stuff, or celebrate the fact that the weekend is near? 😅

A random pencil portrait.
#art #pencil #portrait

It's been a while, but here is another quick abstract landscape I painted to fend off the anxiety.

#art #traditonal

I could stay here.

My 2020 resolutions are to be kinder and listen more; to be mindful and present, focusing on the "here and now" and making it count; to stop the self-sabotage and to work on getting what I deserve. And play a lot of D&D.

New month: bring it on! January 01, 2020 at 12:15AM