by SalsaDoll

For as long as I can remember, I have always enjoyed cute, round, chubby, and furry little make-believe creatures. I believe we can use creatures in which we know nothing about to extinguish the negative emotions we feel. By painting this serene creature nuzzled into the safeness of this forest and tufts of its own hair, I have come to peace with several situations in my life.

This is one of my many paintings from my Creatures of Peace series. I love to share this series with people, because I feel that each painting holds such strong meaning for me, but it could perhaps convey something completely different to you. Many of these paintings in this begin with sadness, but end in joy. My strongest hope is to spread some of that joy to you. read more...

Anomonomz fangirls over her favorite experimental band.

Animal Collective has been my alltime favorite band for the past 3 years. It all started when I was browsing random music deep into Youtube. I came across a video titled Animal Collective- Merriweather Post Pavilion (FULL ALBUM). I loved finding full album length videos, made the listening experience so much easier than searching for all the songs you want to hear. Although Animal Collective is a pretty cool band name, it wasn't the name that drew me to the video, it was the album artwork! The artwork was this pop of greens, blues, and purples all jammed into one optical illusion!

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