Del @WelshPixie@mastodon.social

When I joined masto, I gravitated towards following creative peeps and noticed a thing that's pretty common to all of us: we feel guilty for promoting places that people can buy our work or otherwise support us financially. So I started the #CreativeToots hashtag for that very reason. Got an Etsy page? Online store? Patreon? Selling a piece of art? Throw that tag on it. Do it with unfettered abandon. Everyone else: Look at that tag for artists to support. Buy their stuff. Help them create. <3

I create line art for colouring, digital mandalas, photography, writing, crochet and jewelry. Places you can find/support me:

http://delsdoodles.com/
https://www.amazon.com/Meditative-Garden-Mandala-Coloring-Serene/dp/1454710284
https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheCrochetyPixie
https://screwylightbulb.itch.io/how-to-draw-mandalas
https://www.patreon.com/welshpixie
https://www.redbubble.com/people/welshpixie
https://www.facebook.com/delangharad/
http://instagram.com/welshpixie
https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/welshpixie
https://500px.com/welshpixie
https://www.paypal.me/delsdoodles

#MastoArt #CreativeToots

Swishy swooshy fractal circles #MastoArt #fractal

Rendered in Chaotica

(#cc0, use it for whatever you like :) )

Oh, and the guy in the original video ranting about 'this is where our tax money is going' - the trucks that deliver to supermarkets and stuff around here are all insured, and when things like that happen, it's a tax write-off. They encourage people to take whatever falls out, and had any police been present, they wouldn't have stopped the looting.

Then she replied 'I'll change the word to 'mammals' then.' Like, wtf. >.>

- their circumstance and ANYONE who's a product of that circumstance, living in a country with a HUGE economic divide who can't afford to buy seven up at supermarket prices might loot a pack from an overturned truck, regardless of where they're from - sure maybe they were just being greedy, maybe they wanted a treat for their kids - they're still people. Understanding that, recognising that, would help solve the cause of the problem.

Like, I have a choice. Which gets me even more mad, because I have that choice. So I say something. The worst that's going to happen to me is I get unfriended and if I ever run into her again it'll be mildly awkward for a couple of seconds until I walk away, I think that's a minuscule price to pay for being a voice for people who aren't in a position to defend themselves? Gave her this mini essay about 'they're poor people and a product of-

and she replied asking 'did the Jews and Mexicans ever behave like this?' And I'm reading this, like... fuuuck. I'm wondering whether I want to say something - or rather, I WANT to say something, and I'm wondering if there's a point, if it's worth it. Then I start thinking, I'm sitting on my sofa all comfy in front of the computer asking myself if I want to get involved in an argument about racism, and that's privilege right there. -

- 'this is where our tax money goes' and 'this is the state of the country we live in' and various other scornful remarks as he drove past judging these people who were grabbing six packs of seven up. They were all PoC. An acquaintance (met her briefly twice, friend of a friend) shared the vid on FB with the caption 'animals'. Someone replied that they're people, not animals, and 'animals' is how Nazis referred to Jews & Trump to Mexicans.-

A little truck carrying crates of soda overturned on some road here, a taxi driver (there are minibus taxis here run by the people who live in townships that ferry the township people around at prices they can afford - they're usually maligned for various reasons but I won't go into that now) pulled over to let the people he was carrying get out and loot the drinks. This was filmed by a presumably white guy who was narrating about (cont)

Video here https://www.facebook.com/delyth.angharad/videos/10156655872004703/

Made a friend on our hike today!

But I am le tired

*falls over, slithers off into a dark crevice*

Type out the first line of some song lyrics then switch to auto-complete;

"I see a red door and I want to colour in the middle of the sea to see if I can keep the weight under the Mughal rule."

Hai here is my legs I have four of dems #mastocats #cat #catsofmastodon

Blep