Does anyone else head straight to The DU Lounge?

[Marthe48]

lately, I can hardly read a headline, let alone a whole story. I wonder if people in other eras felt so woeful?

[Donkees]

1. 💐🌺 🌸

[LakeArenal]

2. Beautiful. Can't tell if it's a photo or a painting.

[Donkees]

3. 'Hyperrealistic Pink Peonies Oil Paintings'

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10181638205

Hyperrealistic Pink Peonies Oil Paintings

In Maria Marta Morelli’s luxurious oil paintings, delicate peonies almost bloom through the canvas. The works represent the Buenos Aires-based artist’s fascination with the cycle of time and how flowers convey youth but also the “unbearable finitude of life,” she tells Colossal. “With their incredible beauty and freshness, although transitory, they fill us with hope and convince us that life is worth living.”

Morelli will exhibit her works at Art Revolution Taipei in May 2022, and you can follow her practice on Instagram. (via My Modern Met)

https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2022/03/maria-marta-morelli-peonies/

[mnhtnbb]

4. Hoping to have some real ones in bloom

this year in my garden. Planted last year, but no buds.

Beautiful images!

[Marthe48]

5. My Mom made my wedding bouquet of her peonies and roses

So pretty. Thank you.

[LuckyCharms]

6. These are stunningly beautiful!

[LuckyCharms]

7. Sometimes, yes.

We all have days when we know we're not going to be able to handle bad news very well.

I do whatever I need to do to keep myself relatively sane.

Nothing wrong with avoiding the news for awhile.

[Harker]

8. Eight years is my record.

I'm thinking about starting a new streak.

[LuckyCharms]

9. Kudos for staying away from news for 8 years.

I would bet that your mental health is better than most for doing so.

I'm a news hound. I don't watch TV too much, but I read a lot on the internet. It's not the healthiest thing to do.

[Harker]

13. I'm not certain about my mental health, Lucky...

but I was happier.

Bad times compel me to pay attention, and the stakes are high now.

[abqtommy]

10. I always make The Lounge my last stop when I read through DU. I like to save the best

and most useful for last!

[rurallib]

11. me too - after all the trials of a day, I come to the Lounge to

destress before bed

[True Dough]

12. It depends

I only head to the Lounge if I'm wearing proper Lounge attire.