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"Country Doctor (Night Call)," Horace Pippin, 1935.

I've talked about Pippin (1888-1946) before; he was a self-taught Black American artist who took up art as a sort of therapy after being injured in WWI. He painted scenes of everyday Black American life, and what he lacked in formal training, he made up for with passion, depth, a remarkable eye for design, and a flair for storytelling and depicting people's lives.

Here we have a scene in a wooded area in the midst of a snowstorm....but a man is slowly leading a horse, pulling a wagon, through the storm. It's not just a mere depiction of a winter scene, but a tribute to the resilience and dedication of a rural doctor, trudging through the storm to someone in need.

Pippin's most popular work are his depictions of Black life, many drawn from his childhood. He also did religious paintings and some historical paintings, mostly of his WWI experiences, but also a noted depiction of John Brown going to his execution, based on descriptions from his grandmother, who witnessed it. I find his work delightful.

From the Museum of Fine Arts Boston.

#Art #HoracePippin #BlackArtists #Primitive #SelfTaught #OutsiderArt #BlackHistory #AmericanArt

Did I ever publicly mention I've been (slowly) working on porting my #Asteroidians codebase from #Unity to #Monogame ?

Apparently that started June. 🙄

I spent today working on my replacement Coroutine sys, which has gotten some 👀❓from the Monogame discord.

I have specific needs for Coroutines though, for running game-simulation code over-time with my "deterministic lockstep sync" based #multiplayer architecture.
And it keeps code tidy!

#selftaught #gamedev #indiedev #programming #csharp

Hành trình học, quên đi, rồi học lại trong ngành phát triển web. Mục tiêu không phải là cuộc đua tìm việc, mà là niềm vui khi sáng tạo và khao khát thấu hiểu thế giới công nghệ luôn thay đổi.

#HọcTập #PhátTriểnWeb #TựHọc #CôngNghệ #LậpTrình
#Learning #WebDev #SelfTaught #Tech #Relearn

https://dev.to/sjtech123/learn-un-learn-re-learn-repeat-588h

3D Art By Odeith (20 Photos)

https://streetartutopia.com/2025/11/04/3d-art-by-odeith-19/

no. there really isnt such a thing as "#exclusive #skillsets", only denial of access to the materials and #knowledge needed to learn those things.

no. #selftaught and #homeschooled are not "lesser" forms of #education. in fact, they can be, in my experience, faster and even more advanced ways of learning than "waiting your turn" to learn in crowded, inattentive #institutions that are more focused on their own agendas and testing for #compliance with outdated measures and standardized #thinking.

Sewists advice please !

I often need to mark pattern outlines onto dark / black and stretchy fabrics.

Examples: back of crushed velvets, jersey knit, fleece, and lycra blends.

What *reliable marking* method can I use that is NOT tailors stitches.?

Every time I try chalk I end up with a smudgy mess and water / erasable ink markers seem to only come in the colour blue? 🤷🏿‍♀️

Thanks in advance.

This feels like simple stuff but I'm confused and frustrated.

#Sewing #SelfTaught #Patterns #Fabric

Using mostly #Golang & #Javascript these days but I’m so grateful that #Python was the first language I learned.

Also, I know the #Python 2 to 3 transition was a pain but it definitely taught me about bytes 😅

Me initially: Bytes… what are those 😭

#SelfTaught #PythonTheDocumentary

Hey Mastodon! I'm a struggling #ActuallyAutistic looking for part time work to sustain myself

I'm a #selftaught #csharp #programmer of 10+ years:
📝 Skills: Backend architecture, quick learner, attention to detail, project management, #linux
🚗 Engines: #Unity #Monogame #Godot
🔧 Tools: #git #rider #dotnet

▶️ Portfolio: https://bamboy360.com/portfolio/
I'm also open to consulting/coaching if you're trying to learn!

Boosts appreciated, tysm ♥️

#FediHire #FediHired #getfedihired #hireme #gamedev #indiedev

🎉 Oh joy, another "let me tell you about my math elective" saga where Greg discovers stats are cool after 20 YEARS! 🤓 Meanwhile, his self-taught knowledge arrives fashionably late, one drib at a time. 😂
https://blog.foletta.net/post/2025-07-14-clt/ #mathsaga #statsarecool #lifelonglearning #selftaught #humor #HackerNews #ngated

Tech is full of “nontraditional paths.” That’s what makes it strong. Don’t let gatekeepers tell you otherwise.

#SelfTaught #independent #DIY #lifelonglearning #techeducation

I should start organizing the backlog for my home lab. First up will be figuring out what hypervisor I want to run; then some permanent infrastructure that won't be containerized such as a git server and pipeline runner; then making a VM template; then actually standing up the prod cluster.

Then comes the "migration" from my current instance to the new k8s cluster. That will be some combination of k8s deploys from YAML files and restoring some files from backup.

I plan to have a way to deploy new VMs on demand, including randomized hostnames and DNS entries, then assemble a whole group of them for k8s. Maybe I can even tinker with Ansible's dynamic groups?! Haven't done that for a while.

#homelab #kubernetes #learning #selftaught #infrastructure #it

🚀 In today's episode of "Captain Obvious Discovers Gravity," we learn that people who teach themselves a skill might actually be good at it. 🤯 Check out Michael's "Interactive Resume" to see how he single-handedly reinvented the wheel... with a PowerPoint presentation. 😜
https://michaelbastos.com/blog/why-self-taught-engineers-often-outperform #selftaught #skills #innovation #InteractiveResume #HackerNews #HackerNews #ngated

You don’t need to know everything to begin. Start where you are—one step, one page, one terminal window. That’s how we all grow.

#SelfTaught isn’t a lesser path. It’s the real one.

#CodeNewbie #Coding #startrek

So, this is an interesting thing from the Browser Company, dia. It did generate this article based on my blog and believe me, it does sound like me.

Scary, right?
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Coding #RustLang #ProgrammingHumor #DevLife #Productivity #TechTrends #Automation #LearningToCode #Debugging #BorrowChecker #TechReflections #selftaught
(even the tags are ai generated!)

"Tree of Paradise," Séraphine Louis, 1926.

Louis (1864-1942) was a self-taught painter inspired by her own intense religious faith, and stained-glass windows in her local church.

A domestic servant, first at a local convent and later by assorted bourgeois families in the town of Senlis, she painted privately on various objects until 1912, when one of her employers, an art collector, stumbled on her work and was greatly impressed. He encouraged her to work more and supplied paints and canvases for her to work on. She was launched into a world of critical and financial success...but was ill-equipped to handle it and lost most of the money she made.

By 1932 her mental health, which was always wobbly, deteriorated to the point that she had to be institutionalized. She spent the rest of her life in an institution, sadly denied any sort of artistic outlet. Today she is remembered as a significant outsider artist.

From the Museum of Modern Art, New York.

#Art #WomenArtists #OutsiderArt #SeraphineLouis #SelfTaught #SadStory

Path to a free self-taught education in Computer Science

https://github.com/ossu/computer-science

#HackerNews #freeeducation #selftaught #computerScience #openSource #learningPath

Master of Illusion!: 19 Jaw-Dropping 3D Graffiti Pieces by Odeith

https://streetartutopia.com/2025/04/19/pics-object-transformations-by-3d-art-master-odeith-collection/

Self-taught based careers are the future. The vast amount of information available makes it so that there should be less excuse to be anyone and do anything ❣️💻 #datascience #Selftaught #Discipline