little star girl consumed by a world

little star girl consumed by a world

@starleafcreation.bsky.social

Survival as an artistically compelled soul.

53 Followers 185 Following 26 Posts Joined Oct 2024
1 year ago

Oh my gosh - LOVE the snowflake place me. 🥰

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1 year ago

Just to be clear for new followers:
Trans rights are human rights.
People can never be "illegal".
Israel is committing genocide.
The US is stolen land.
Everyone deserves healthcare, bodily autonomy, education, housing and food.
Black lives matter.
ACAB.

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1 year ago

The sweet baby 😭💖😭

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1 year ago
A public fireworks display above the Arkansas River. It is a bit out of season for Little Rock, Arkansas...but not out of character.

...fireworks seem too ironic for today...

Hypocrisy on full display.

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1 year ago
{I love you too, thank you for helping. 

I do not know what "they" want to hear. 

I was never trained to lie on an application or my resume. 

I was told to prove it. 
I was told to get a degree. The more the better.

I was told to work hard.... work HARDER.

I was trained to do as I was told, Shut The Fuck Up, and deal with the consequences. Apparently I do not work hard enough or efficiently enough to merit employment or a better place in society. 

Arkansas doesn't want me - even when I'm silent and shoved in a corner to be punished by society. 

America does not care what tolls on a human it takes to be a professional artist - people just want the art immediately in front of them exactly how it lives in their own heads. I am a shit artist. 

I cannot agree to "hanging up the lasso of truth" just to get a job in a place that categorically has never wanted me to stay. 

I do not want to be employed in Arkansas because Arkansas does not care about me, my life, or how I can survive in the hellscape the subculture has crafted here in theSouth.

I'm not here to set up roots.
I want to escape this hell. I've been trying to escape this hell, silently, since I was twelve. 

I HAVE DREAMED OF ESCAPING THIS HELL FOR SWENTY SEVEN YEARS. Now I'm trapped worse than ever.

Wonder Woman and her myths were a sanctuary for me when I was extremely young. She was also a reason I was bullied here as an slightly older child... "pick yourself up by the bootstraps" coded Wonder Woman advice feels too similar to a backhanded compliment at this point... }

But these are the things I should not speak aloud.
I am cruel, unkind, and overbearing...

...the things I didn't say....
my heart is too heavy to be able to fight anything

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1 year ago

I truly hope people and society begin to understand: you cannot separate art from artist.

Stop trying, it allows predators to go unnoticed constantly.

archive.ph/zXyjY

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1 year ago
Closeup shot of a colored pencil labeled PC919 Non-Photo Blue lying on top of a nondescript sketch. 

The sketch underneath does not have blue in it. Only bright pink and bright yellow...

So many memories in such a simple object...

I don't know if this one was used for comics, illustrations, or animation...

But this pencil has been well loved and it's nice to have found it again.

I hope I can create something great with it again.

#SurvivingArtist

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1 year ago

Cristians - ALL VARIETIES - need to understand that they are the Invasive Species of Ruin to the lands of the Americas.

Period.

I will not be quiet against the abusive ignorance anymore.

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1 year ago
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Tulsa Massacre Was a ‘Coordinated, Military-Style Attack,’ Federal Report Says The Justice Department’s conclusion follows an investigation of the 1921 atrocity in Oklahoma in which up to 300 Black residents were killed.

The Tulsa Race Massacre was not committed by an uncontrolled mob but was the result of “a coordinated, military-style attack” by white citizens, the Justice Department said in a report. It was the first time the U.S. government has given an official account of the 1921 massacre of Black residents.

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Far from Hollywood's wealth, Los Angeles fire survivors feel forgotten Residents say that insurance companies might shortchange less affluent households.

The media has focused on wealthy, White neighborhoods. But the fire in Altadena--a racially and economically diverse suburb--deserves more attention, because insurance may not cover their rebuilding costs, forcing families out and leading the neighborhood to gentrify.
www.reuters.com/world/us/far...

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1 year ago
A cropped and out of focus image of a journal page. A hand drawn box highlights the text "The fires rage on as Insurance Companies strategize hypocrisy."

A musing out of context but still relevant.

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1 year ago

Again, for the Grandparents' entertainment and happiness?

The cops can stare at the birds in the backyard too. Hell, they may even catch a glimpse of someone in a robe.

The "AI Identification" would motivate them into activity once I got it set up appropriately.

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1 year ago

Honestly, the two Grands would love this... it would help them identity the flock of various birds that live in our backyard sanctuary. 😅

The birds here are fat, content, and more than happy to sit in weird things for food.

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1 year ago

Wonderful 💖

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1 year ago
Black and white photograph, with an odd colored lens flare, showing a gentle blanket of snow hushing over a nondescript backyard nestled away somewhere in theSouth; the occupants keenly aware of how severe life would be if they were on the other side of the basement wall...

Winter has arrived.

Mother Nature's wrath is terrifying... as friend's lives burn away, I hunker down with the household, hoping we have prepped enough for the frozen storm slushing over us.

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1 year ago

My heart screams with the earth blazing in California.

Clean yourself beautifully, Mother.
We deserve the punishment.

My heart breaks for friends and family affected.

Please, get out and stay safe.

We can always rebuild with what survives. We have done it before

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1 year ago

I have one that's been resting for months. We've been through a lot in those months... and I'm looking forward to the blooming days.

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1 year ago

There is something heart wrenching in humanity removing its own creativity by the pervasiveness of generative ai.

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1 year ago

Same.
Hard same.

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1 year ago
Black and white self portrait, fem face cropped out the upper left corner. Short wavy hair. Backlit with a window over the shoulder. 

My hair used to be down to my lower back/butt... things happen and now the silver highlights bear the record of my life instead of the length of my hair.

A lot has happened.
I've lost and gained.

Tomorrow is a new year.

Let's see what life brings...

#ThoughtsBeforeTheStars

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1 year ago

I began asking for us to reframe DEI as integration back in February but also time is a flat circle

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1 year ago
Group of teenage martial arts students receiving a gift from their sensei after they had accomplished the goal of attaining black belt.

One male figure is in a blue gi top with black pants, others are in white gis, one nonbinary figure is in a black gi top and white gi pants.

I met my spouse while training.

I watched him give over a decade of his life to this style, raising other people's children and supporting all growth.

But when he needed help, the community abandoned him.

So much needs to heal from that style - physically and emotionally.

Cuong Nhu is not safe.

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1 year ago
View of the Arkansas River at sunset. 
Land and tree are silhouetted against a muted-colored sky of sunset. A small ripple appears in the left lower half of a boat snaking upriver towards the camera.

I wish this was a different skyline.
I see the beauty but I am only reminded of the places that felt like home and how this place seems to mock my desire for stability.

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1 year ago

Yes, I'm religious.
I believe in the holy trinity:

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1 year ago
Cross-stitched quote "don't set yourself on fire to keep others warm."

What do you do when society taught you burning yourself was the only way to earn your place in life?

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1 year ago

As a child, I learned to make art as silently as possible...

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if things were too noisy or smelly, I would be asked politely

"How much longer?"
But their eyes, facial expression, and body language spoke differently.

Instead, I was messy.

And I learned:
Keep hidden and don't disturb anyone.

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