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Hélène La Baleine 🐳 She/they @helenelabaleine.bsky.social · 2h

Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings.

#blueskyartchallenge #art #painting

5- "Circe Offering the Cup to Ulysses" by John William Waterhouse.

The painting depicts a scene from the Odyssey. Circe, a sorceress, offers a cup to Odysseus (commonly Ulysses in English). In the cup is a potion. Circe seeks to bring Ulysses under her spell, as she has done with his crew. Two of Ulysses' crewmen have been transformed into pigs; one can be seen beside Circe's feet on the right, while the other is peering out from behind her throne on the left. Ulysses' reflection can be seen in the mirror which is behind Circe's throne.

Description from Wikipedia.

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Hélène La Baleine 🐳 She/they @helenelabaleine.bsky.social · 1d

Finally, someone said it!

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Hélène La Baleine 🐳 She/they @helenelabaleine.bsky.social · 1d

#thanksgiving *-* Let's listen to Indigenous artists.

Riit - "Imiqtaq"

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Imiqtaq

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Hélène La Baleine 🐳 She/they @helenelabaleine.bsky.social · 1d

#thanksgiving *-* Let's listen to Indigenous artists.

Native Nenn - "Land Back"

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Land Back

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Hélène La Baleine 🐳 She/they @helenelabaleine.bsky.social · 2d

#thanksgiving *-* Let's listen to Indigenous artists.

Iskwē, Tanya Tagaq - "The Unforgotten"

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The Unforgotten

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Hélène La Baleine 🐳 She/they @helenelabaleine.bsky.social · 2d

"Trump the peacemaker" 😅 ...sure, until we find out what he's getting out of it.

Illustration by Ben Jennings

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Hélène La Baleine 🐳 She/they @helenelabaleine.bsky.social · 2d

#thanksgiving *-* Let's listen to Indigenous artists.

The Jerry Cans - "Nameless"

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Nameless

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Hélène La Baleine 🐳 She/they @helenelabaleine.bsky.social · 2d

#thanksgiving *-* Let's listen to Indigenous artists.

Elisapie & Joe Grass - "Wolves Don't Live By The Rules" (Song and Lyrics by Willie Thrasher)

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Spotify – Web Player

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Hélène La Baleine 🐳 She/they @helenelabaleine.bsky.social · 2d

"find respect"???
You mean not writing shit or spreading hatred against a group of people?
Not spending 80k to harm them and support/push policies that would harm them?
I'm very curious what type of respect you had in mind when you said those things Keira, otherwise you could also ferme ta gueule?

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🧡 [ BAMBII ]🔻🏴🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @ildeenach.bsky.social · Sep 8

We all pay the price for childism.

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Hélène La Baleine 🐳 She/they @helenelabaleine.bsky.social · 2d

You learned one word today and it shows.

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Hélène La Baleine 🐳 She/they @helenelabaleine.bsky.social · 2d

Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings.

#blueskyartchallenge #art #painting

4- "Our Lives are in the Land " by Christie Belcourt.

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Hélène La Baleine 🐳 She/they @helenelabaleine.bsky.social · 2d

#thanksgiving *-* Let's listen to Indigenous artists.

Drives the Common Man - "Night Vision"

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Night Vision

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Hélène La Baleine 🐳 She/they @helenelabaleine.bsky.social · 2d

#thanksgiving *-* Let's listen to Indigenous artists.

Anachnid - "Sky Woman"

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Sky Woman

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Hélène La Baleine 🐳 She/they @helenelabaleine.bsky.social · 2d

#thanksgiving *-* Let's listen to Indigenous artists.

Jayli Wolf - "Child Of The Government"

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Child Of The Government

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Hélène La Baleine 🐳 She/they @helenelabaleine.bsky.social · 2d

#thanksgiving *-* Let's listen to Indigenous artists.

Cris Derksen - "Sorry"

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Sorry

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Hélène La Baleine 🐳 She/they @helenelabaleine.bsky.social · 3d

#thanksgiving *-* Let's listen to Indigenous artists.

Aysanabee - "The Way We're Born"

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The Way We’re Born

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Hélène La Baleine 🐳 She/they @helenelabaleine.bsky.social · 3d

Me every time a DR is announced! 😍💎🤩

a woman wearing glasses and a watch is raising her fist in the air

ALT: a woman wearing glasses and a watch is raising her fist in the air

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Hélène La Baleine 🐳 She/they @helenelabaleine.bsky.social · 3d

Oh 😅 indeed!

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Hélène La Baleine 🐳 She/they @helenelabaleine.bsky.social · 3d

Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings.

#blueskyartchallenge #art #painting

3- "In the Distance" by Andrea Kowch.

Painting of a pale, tired-looking woman standing in a dim farmhouse kitchen, her face blank and distant as she kneads dough on a flour-dusted table scattered with bread, eggs, and baking tools. Flies hover near the food, and a cat perches on the open windowsill, hissing toward golden wheat fields outside. In the distance, two men work as a single tree burns beneath a dark, stormy sky. The scene blends domestic stillness with unease and surreal tension.

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Hélène La Baleine 🐳 She/they @helenelabaleine.bsky.social · 4d

Long weekend in Canada means Thanksgiving for many. Not for us.
Today’s lesson with kids was about truth, history, and empathy: why we, as settlers, don’t celebrate but instead mourn and honour the land and the peoples who’ve carried its stories for thousands of years. 🌿
#landback #truthbeforethanks

Hélène La Baleine 🐳 She/they @helenelabaleine.bsky.social · 4d

Tu vois, ça me fend le cœur ce qui lui est arrivé, sa souffrance au point de vouloir abandonner sa vie 💔. Lui et les autres. Et sans amoindrir l'horreur du 7 octobre, j'espère que les journalistes vont aussi faire des reportages pour montrer combien de palestiniens se suicident et ont ptsd.

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Hélène La Baleine 🐳 She/they @helenelabaleine.bsky.social · 4d

"I'm not afraid to speak my mind, even if it's unpopular" - Bad Bunny.

Ay el Super Bowl 🔥 Aqui viene fuego.
¡Que tiemblen los MAGA!

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Hélène La Baleine 🐳 She/they @helenelabaleine.bsky.social · 4d

I second this!

Hélène La Baleine 🐳 She/they @helenelabaleine.bsky.social · 4d

Me! Her voice!!! 🤩😍🤩

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