ShowerThoughts

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Sometimes we have those little epiphanies in the shower.. sometimes they come from other places. This is a home for those epiphanies.

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Pieces of tree can be beautiful individually, pieces of humans only when they're assembled. (self.showerthoughts)

submitted 1 month ago by loaExMachina to c/showerthoughts

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Like, you can see a leaf on and think "wow, that's a beautiful leaf". You may even pick it up to admire it (especially if you're a child or a biologist). You wouldn't do that with a strand of human hair, a human nail clipping, or even less with the parts that aren't supposed to come off like hands or eyes.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You might draw, paint, or sculpt a hand or an eye in isolation specifically to explore its beauty as a discrete object without making the viewer think, "jesus christ, someone died."

Photography is often used to isolate pieces of humans for viewing and enjoyment purposes.

[–] loaExMachina 2 points 1 month ago

Good point. Tho they're usually implied to be part of a whole that we can't see, as if seen through a window. They take poses that only make sense if attached to muscles in the arm...