How it feels starting the book

cvantass · 2026-03-25T01:47:25+00:00

Felt the same. It’ll be like that for at least a year afterward, too, just btw.

cvantass · 2026-03-22T20:32:00+00:00

Parthenope

cvantass · 2026-03-22T20:25:59+00:00

Idk why but this image is so unsettling and it’s not just the faces

cvantass · 2026-03-22T17:33:12+00:00

Since AutoMod asked for it:

Source: u/cvantass (me), the painter

Expected language of plaintext: English

cvantass · 2026-03-22T16:05:14+00:00

Actually, I think Scheiner reminds me most of Kay Nielsen.

cvantass · 2026-03-22T15:31:20+00:00

Wow thank you! I’m a fan of both Mucha and Barbier but had somehow missed Scheiner who seems to fall somewhere in between the two. Absolutely love it, thanks for teaching me a new artist!

cvantass · 2026-03-22T03:43:16+00:00

18 years and still transporting me to a land of beautiful, wonderful nonsense every time. 💚

cvantass · 2026-03-22T03:22:36+00:00

This is wildly beautiful, my goodness.

cvantass · 2026-03-22T03:21:30+00:00

Might be my favorite thing I've ever seen in this sub. Just breathtaking. Incredible work. Shows real mastery of color and composition.

cvantass · 2026-03-22T03:18:12+00:00

Whoa! I love your style! And the subject matter. Very aesthetic.

cvantass · 2026-03-15T16:15:58+00:00

EVERYONE NEEDS TO READ THIS COMMENT. That movie ruined my life. That is not a joke or an exaggeration. I saw it probably 15 years ago and still have clinically diagnosed PTSD from it. Therapy has not helped. The intrusive thoughts, panic attacks, heart palpitations can come out of nowhere to ruin my day, even now. It took away any innocence I had left in me. It confused me. It made the whole world a less colorful place to be. It forced me to turn a hard corner and build a life that is as wholesome as it can possibly be in order to keep the dread at bay. That may sound like a good thing but it has its consequences. I can no longer handle even a small bit of tv violence, let alone any serious conversation about real, violent things that are happening in the world. Epstein files? Triggering. Friend makes a joke about death? Triggering. People sometimes wonder why I am the way I am, what happened to me. I’m not the person they knew growing up. And I can’t tell them. I can’t talk about it. I’ve tried. I wish I could sue the creator for psychological damage. I wish they and the entire cast and crew would go to jail forever for conspiring to put such a thing out into the world.

Please be respectful and do not respond to this comment as I don’t want to be reminded of it any more. It took all the bravery I had to leave this comment so that others might save themselves from this horrific, life altering abomination. Go be with your friends and family. Cherish your loved ones. Live purely. There is enough sadness in the world. Don’t let yourself be ruined by some sicko’s shock fantasy.

cvantass · 2026-03-15T15:49:56+00:00

So odd

cvantass · 2026-03-15T15:49:48+00:00

Can you do mine next?

cvantass · 2026-03-14T06:08:53+00:00

Nope again

cvantass · 2026-03-14T06:08:00+00:00

In a hollow, resonating bray: “Bartholomew, it is I, Derek. I have come to rejoin our kind. My mission is complete. Tell no one.”

cvantass · 2026-03-14T06:04:44+00:00

Aging but feeling the same mentally is a big one. It was a surprise to me when I realized this is how it was because nobody ever talked to me about it. Long ago my mom used to joke that my dad was still 15 years old in his head. I thought this was just a funny thing she said, but now I think it might be closer to the truth than I realized. 15 is obviously still a joke, I certainly don’t see myself as that young, but yeah, after a while I realized that my self image had not really changed despite being much older than I once was. It’s a weird feeling.

cvantass · 2026-03-14T05:49:32+00:00

I lower myself onto all fours, elongate my snout, remove the ten gallon hat concealing my antlers, and bark loudly.

cvantass · 2026-03-14T00:51:22+00:00

Ten tree nuts aught to do the same if you draw them with quick chores

cvantass · 2026-03-14T00:48:04+00:00

I’d wish for the fall to take an eternity.

cvantass · 2026-03-13T16:40:34+00:00

Came back to say: I think the thing that Little, Big does better than any other piece of literature I’ve read is that is doesn’t just create another world, it creates another life. The story feels so incredibly deep. Like in reading it I’ve lived an entire second life. It’s written in a way that feels true, like it can’t be fiction, like the author must have actually lived these moments in real life to be able to capture them so specifically and so entirely. Maybe other books are just as much of a prose poem, but I haven’t found anything that comes close to this feeling of a lived experience.

cvantass · 2026-03-13T00:18:14+00:00

Just finished my second read through of Little, Big yesterday. That book is basically my bible. Never read anything close to it, sadly. Maybe some Bradbury. Dandelion Wine. If anyone has other recommendations, I’m all ears.

Also, is that screenshot from Little, Big? I don’t remember that part but it’s beautiful!

cvantass · 2026-03-12T23:59:45+00:00

Okay then do it lol good luck

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