all things change and we change with them //Tumblr (3.0; @mindyashley)http://mindyashley.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5j6ecg3Ju1qi910jo1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5j6ecg3Ju1qi910jo2_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5j6ecg3Ju1qi910jo3_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5j6ecg3Ju1qi910jo4_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5j6ecg3Ju1qi910jo5_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5j6ecg3Ju1qi910jo6_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><p><a href="http://laurenaeda.tumblr.com/post/25005095450/jennernation-scott-is-now-ryan-gosling-i-love" class="tumblr_blog">laurenaeda</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://jennernation.tumblr.com/post/24990103770/scott-is-now-ryan-gossling">jennernation</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><small>Scott is now Ryan Gosling</small></p> </blockquote> <p>i love you</p></blockquote> <p>For Randi</p>http://mindyashley.tumblr.com/post/25065777008http://mindyashley.tumblr.com/post/25065777008Wed, 13 Jun 2012 19:28:13 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4awbexbNZ1qaph3no1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Dear Miami,</p> <p>I miss you.</p> <p><br/> Love,</p> <p>Me</p>http://mindyashley.tumblr.com/post/23390267820http://mindyashley.tumblr.com/post/23390267820Sat, 19 May 2012 19:59:38 -0700miamiplanelove<p>NY here you come!</p>http://mindyashley.tumblr.com/post/19915763778http://mindyashley.tumblr.com/post/19915763778Sun, 25 Mar 2012 14:31:13 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz5f2xMOIB1qm3r26o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://the-alehctrizity.tumblr.com/post/18717185269/absolutely-nothing">the-alehctrizity</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>absolutely nothing.</p> </blockquote>http://mindyashley.tumblr.com/post/18758532207http://mindyashley.tumblr.com/post/18758532207Sun, 04 Mar 2012 15:53:56 -0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzq57jj2Er1qghk7bo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://painted-fire.tumblr.com/post/17993026711">painted-fire</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://www.cavetocanvas.com/post/17991809411/im-going-to-answer-this-publicly-instead-of">cavetocanvas</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>I’m going to answer this publicly instead of privately because I think it’s a fascinating debate. <a href="http://www.annautopiagiordano.it/venus-ita.html">Click here to see the images jordihall is talking about.</a></p> <p>You’re sort of selectively quoting here, don’t you think? The artist is making a statement about aesthetics. Various write ups mention this <a href="http://flavorwire.com/257063/startling-photoshop-makeovers-of-classic-nudes-in-art">quote from Giordano</a>: “What would have happened if the aesthetic standard of our society had belonged to the collective unconscious of the great artists of the past?” I think she deserves more credit than you’re giving her.</p> <p>Classical nudes were all idealized and created in such a way to appeal to the male viewer - by photoshopping these classical artworks to fit a modern day definition of beauty, I think Giordano is attempting to help people realize that these classical artists were creating their own idealized form of the female figure which is no better or worse than today’s standards. If I recall correctly, none (or very few) of the artists that she featured worked from real nude models - their paintings were all just idealized beauty. Different from today’s standards, sure, but still meant to be seen as the standard of beauty for their time.</p> <p>I think it was a brilliant way to make people see old art in a new way. Most of the comments I see on CtC reblogs of classical nudes are along the lines of “I wish this was still the standard of beauty!” or “This is what real women should look like!” Both of those notions are flawed for various reasons that I won’t go into, but this is my basic point: people need to recognize that most classical nudes equate to a very early form of pin ups - female bodies depicted solely in a way to appeal to the male viewer. I think Giordano cleverly used a modern technology to remind people about that.</p> <p>Am I okay with the way photoshopping creates an unattainable standard of beauty in modern society? Of course not. Does it make me think about representations of feminine beauty and what is seen as the “most” beautiful or perfect body? Yes. Am I offended or repulsed at Giordano’s work? No. It makes me think. And that makes all the difference.</p> </blockquote> <p>Kinda proud of my response here, not gonna lie.</p> </blockquote>http://mindyashley.tumblr.com/post/17996128787http://mindyashley.tumblr.com/post/17996128787Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:07:27 -0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzapwvoRBc1qcui79o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://mindyashley.tumblr.com/post/17505631981http://mindyashley.tumblr.com/post/17505631981Sun, 12 Feb 2012 12:14:18 -0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyaj6kncZ71qaph3no1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Story of my life</p>http://mindyashley.tumblr.com/post/16398708312http://mindyashley.tumblr.com/post/16398708312Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:30:33 -0800cuntshyquietjudgesomeecardsawesome<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly2bdnZpAl1r7dzazo1_500.gif"/><br/><br/>http://mindyashley.tumblr.com/post/16398647554http://mindyashley.tumblr.com/post/16398647554Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:52:10 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxwddgrkMh1qg9mwro1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://mindyashley.tumblr.com/post/15957999220http://mindyashley.tumblr.com/post/15957999220Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:50:56 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxhte04x1n1qiqf01o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://www.jaymug.com/post/15519400320/i-am-the-master-of-my-fate-i-am-the-captain-of-my">jaymug</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>I am the master of my fate. I am the captain of my soul - Invictus by William Ernest Henley</p> </blockquote>http://mindyashley.tumblr.com/post/15555554665http://mindyashley.tumblr.com/post/15555554665Sun, 08 Jan 2012 21:49:47 -0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwyp1gI9eR1qithsmo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I hope at least three of these things happen to me</p>http://mindyashley.tumblr.com/post/15175565443http://mindyashley.tumblr.com/post/15175565443Mon, 02 Jan 2012 00:43:35 -0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwy2o18js01qiln3bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://mindyashley.tumblr.com/post/14964864161http://mindyashley.tumblr.com/post/14964864161Wed, 28 Dec 2011 23:26:51 -0800<p><a href="http://dearoldlove.tumblr.com/post/14399801327/xmas-list" class="tumblr_blog">dearoldlove</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><span>All I want for Christmas is a punching bag of your face.</span></p></blockquote> <p>Lmao</p>http://mindyashley.tumblr.com/post/14411435575http://mindyashley.tumblr.com/post/14411435575Sun, 18 Dec 2011 10:19:44 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw0ucmD1HU1qbpwzeo1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://mindyashley.tumblr.com/post/14109029225http://mindyashley.tumblr.com/post/14109029225Sun, 11 Dec 2011 23:00:36 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvv9s1289w1qidytoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://strapper.tumblr.com/post/13944691611/robert-pattinson-if-you-find-a-girl-who-reads">strapper</a>:</p> <blockquote> <blockquote> <p><strong>Robert Pattinson: “If you find a girl who reads, keep her close. When you find her up at 2 AM clutching a book to her chest and weeping, make her a cup of tea and hold her. You may lose her for a couple of hours but she will always come back to you. She’ll talk as if the characters in the book are real, because for a while, they always are. Date a girl who reads because you deserve it. You deserve a girl who can give you the most colorful life imaginable. If you can only give her monotony, and stale hours and half-baked proposals, then you’re better off alone. If you want the world and the worlds beyond it, date a girl who reads.”</strong></p> </blockquote> </blockquote> I love how he said weeping lol oh robert pattinson you make my heart pitter patterhttp://mindyashley.tumblr.com/post/13956848900http://mindyashley.tumblr.com/post/13956848900Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:04:17 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvvgp2Fwz11qawudho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://lecielfou.tumblr.com/post/13912425525">lecielfou</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>this is my life</p> </blockquote>http://mindyashley.tumblr.com/post/13945523834http://mindyashley.tumblr.com/post/13945523834Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:06:07 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvwjcl1yNB1r7edfjo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I swear to God I’ve sat in that exact seat where he is sitting. It used to be a Denny’s right outside Chinatown. My grandpa used to take my sister and me every week practically… Oh the good old days.</p>http://mindyashley.tumblr.com/post/13945417333http://mindyashley.tumblr.com/post/13945417333Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:04:04 -0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljo0s9VHos1qhgis6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>:O</p>http://mindyashley.tumblr.com/post/13767975988http://mindyashley.tumblr.com/post/13767975988Sun, 04 Dec 2011 21:08:36 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvn2rbxZVP1qarp3po1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://mynameisdriftwood.tumblr.com/post/13685405652/damnit-gosling">mynameisdriftwood</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Damnit, Gosling. </p> </blockquote>http://mindyashley.tumblr.com/post/13766093380http://mindyashley.tumblr.com/post/13766093380Sun, 04 Dec 2011 20:20:43 -0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvnjg2OPoq1qiln3bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://mindyashley.tumblr.com/post/13702947377http://mindyashley.tumblr.com/post/13702947377Sat, 03 Dec 2011 16:35:16 -0800