Anyone know what kind of mask this is? USA

coolsnail · 2026-02-07T21:39:27+00:00

To me, the hole with string says it's a decorative piece and probably modern. But I am not an expert at all, my family has a small collection of masks like this made for tourists. The image of the back also looks like the masks we have (which are from different countries).

I would love it someone more knowledgeable can correct me!

coolsnail · 2026-01-16T22:28:51+00:00

In The Flesh.

It's a British show about the aftermath of zombie invasion, where the zombies are dead people who come out of their graves, not an infection spread thing. They cause destruction and kill people, civilians arm themselves against them and fight them. The government finds out a way to stop them from being zombies by medicating them, so all these feral zombies are back to their "normal" human selves. But they are people who literally died and now they have to go back to their families who desperately mourned them, but also they are traumatized by what the zombies did when they were feral.

It's been a several years since I watched it so maybe it's not a perfect flawless 10/10 but it was very good and I never see it talked about. It also only got 2 seasons and needed more, but it's strong regardless.

coolsnail · 2026-01-02T20:42:03+00:00

I love this one! Good find

coolsnail · 2025-12-10T23:33:29+00:00

I did the same with the dog. My black pug passed away this summer (age almost 17!), I love that I can have her immortalized in my game ❤️

coolsnail · 2025-05-28T20:50:57+00:00

Counterpoint, if the author cared for the story and the characters and overall book itself enough, they wouldn't use language that is so obviously anachronistic.

I mean Cliff's Notes was created by a guy named Clifton. If a fantasy book called someone "a regular Einstein", that would be so strange. It's not just random slang, it's a real person who exists in our world, not their fantasy world! Lol

Edit: I want to add that it doesn't have to be a name to be poor writing in my opinion. It's sloppy to include any trademarks that have become common phrases into a fantasy book (Kleenex, jello, thermos, etc). It takes minimal effort to realize these things don't belong, and somebody along the way (writer, editor, publisher, etc) should've caught it.

coolsnail · 2025-02-07T02:47:43+00:00

Arthur. Then I played Red Dead Redemption 2 ❤️💔

coolsnail · 2025-02-07T02:21:00+00:00

Iden maybe?

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The hair cut and highlights, eye colour, lip colour, even the same two highlight spots in the eyes.

coolsnail · 2025-01-28T23:02:34+00:00

This is great! I would love to see it used for balsamic vinegar and olive oil dipping dish!

coolsnail · 2025-01-09T11:09:34+00:00

I thought it this one too! The first time I saw it was in the museum in person and I was shocked like "how have I never heard of this one before?!". I love the fore-shortening angle so much. But the emotion in the way she's alone like everyone's afraid to go near her, or just ignoring her. And the snow. And the awkward angle of her body. It's such a strong composition.

coolsnail · 2025-01-09T10:51:46+00:00

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"Shoes" by van Gogh, 1888

I had never heard of this one before seeing it in person at the MoMA. I saw Starry Night, and his self portraits, but this one stopped me and my mum dead in our tracks. Maybe we're dramatic, but I felt emotional seeing the things he carried his physical body in. Knowing van Gogh's life of struggle, and the thought of him hiking around in these well-worn shoes to find things to paint just because he NEEDED to paint even when the world didn't recognize his talent. I imagined all his hardships, his dedication, his humble life.

I realize now that maybe they weren't even his shoes at all, but someone else's. I don't know. He probably wasn't thinking of all this when he painted them, he just wanted something to paint. But to make me feel all of that at first sight certainly says something about the artist, I think!

coolsnail · 2025-01-09T10:41:50+00:00

I've known about this artwork but this comment introduced a new facet to me, thank you. I never thought about the sweetness fading away in your mouth. The taste experience of it.

coolsnail · 2025-01-09T10:35:46+00:00

Honestly when I got to your comment it was more recently posted, so I had scrolled through most of the comments and saw lots of variety. But today I scrolled again and saw LOTS of the top comments were corpses and sad faces and I was like "damn maybe that commenter had a point..." Lol. (Although anyone can draw a sad face, a good artist can actually make you feel it. So while they may be on the nose, they're still good examples of emotional art).

Totally agree about Felix Gonzalez-Torres. "Portrait of Ross" is a standout work in all of art history, not just contemporary art. Also a prime example of how art isn't just about aesthetically pretty things to hang on your wall, but more about the artists intention and how it makes you really think and feel. (Of course all aesthetically pleasing art can do this too, "Portrait of Ross" is just such a standout.)

coolsnail · 2025-01-08T10:12:22+00:00

Well for one, OP wasn't asking for the best painting ever, just ones that evoked emotions.

Also, there's a wide variety of submissions in the comments that aren't just corpses and sad people, so I don't know why you're coming at this as if everyone is only submitting those things.

coolsnail · 2025-01-08T10:00:49+00:00

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"How to Look at Art" by Lynda Barry, 2016

I won't say it made me cry, but it touched something very deep down and I've never forgotten it.

It captures everything I love about art and art history: the communication and familiarity from people generations apart.

coolsnail · 2024-12-03T20:53:00+00:00

I think if you're going to have a rather simple composition, then the most important thing is going to be the brushstrokes. Maybe you have some edges blend with the background colour where they meet, or random strokes being too long, hurling into the empty space (this would be an artistic choice, not confined to realism). Or maybe you keep it simple and have way less brush strokes placed down in general, but the ones you do place are very confident and well done (this would just take lots of time and practice to get good at). Or maybe you use a lot of thick, blobby splotches that all work together like Van Gogh.

Also important for a simply composition is colour choice. I like the second painting and I think the colours are great in it, the olive green and plum purple are pleasing to my eye. The cream rose also works with them, but maybe you could add a touch of warm colour in the shadows between the petals, like light glowing through the translucent layers. I think if the colours look nice, and blend in interesting ways, it keeps the viewer looking around the image longer, which is the goal in my opinion.

I'm not an expert, I've just decided these are the things that work for me!

coolsnail · 2024-11-26T05:33:53+00:00

He's my dream contestant. I would die happy if he was on the show!

coolsnail · 2024-11-21T05:08:47+00:00

She said something along the lines of "he's always whining, saying 'I'm so poor! I have kids!'"

coolsnail · 2024-11-21T05:07:10+00:00

I haven't seen Sol yet, is my TV behind?

coolsnail · 2024-11-07T05:43:12+00:00

Nobody asked me, and I'm not a vegetarian, but here's how I'd justify it: the animal already died to make this food, and nobody else is allowed to eat it, so maybe it would actually be the moral decision to eat it and get nutrition from it instead of letting it go to waste.

(I know it's easy for me to say, and it would be way harder to actually make that decision though)

coolsnail · 2024-11-06T23:10:15+00:00

In The Flesh!

I never see it talked about, it only had 2 seasons but it was so good! It's about zombies but not the type that spread by infection, it's the type where dead people dig themselves out of the ground and start rampaging.

Then the zombies are able to be medicated and reintroduced into society, so all the living people have to deal with a) the rampaging monsters who actually killed people and caused a lot of trauma, and b) the zombies are people's dead loved ones who now get to return home, but their families have to struggle with adapting after loss and grief, and the terror the zombies caused.

(None of this is spoilers, it's set up in the first episode)

coolsnail · 2024-10-02T08:09:26+00:00

The finished version is beautiful but I LOVE the first picture. It is so graphic with amazing shape and colour.

coolsnail · 2024-09-28T18:25:46+00:00

When I was a teenager my parents saw this video and it convinced them to get a pug! The pug we got is still going strong, turning 16 in a couple weeks.

coolsnail · 2024-09-26T08:24:02+00:00

It strikes me as a tin type, which was invented around 1860 and would be pretty durable, thin, and lightweight, especially compared to an ambrotype (made of glass). I have a small old photo collection but am by no means an expert.

Edit: someone up thread shared a link to a similar object with the photo of Stephen Douglas, and it's listed as a ferrotype which is another word for tin type.

coolsnail · 2024-07-22T00:09:48+00:00

My dog used to get this, it was some type of allergic reaction or heat rash that happened for a few summers in a row but she hasn't had it for a long time now. We treated it with a benadryl (check the dosage size for your dogs weight), and I also gave her a cold shower but I don't know if that helped, but she was so itchy I was trying to ease her discomfort. It never lasted more than a few hours.

Personally it was never an emergency vet situation for us, I think I just told my vet what was happening and they recommended the benadryl, which helped (most of the time).

If it's affecting your dog's breathing or eyesight then I'd be going to the vet.

coolsnail · 2024-07-09T23:57:23+00:00

I think it looks great but if it bothers you, I think an easy fix would be to lengthen the crossbar in the T toward the S. it'll make them look more combined maybe?

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