scott anton

wet plate collodion photographer/farmer

[scott anton @themachine_23]

wet plate collodion

[scott anton @themachine_23]

@lisaeverhar Very nice

[WikiVictorian @wikivictorian]

'In the Daisy Field'. Photographed in 1908.

[🧬Maxpein🧬 @maximumpain333]

Carl Jung wrote: "The more intelligent and self-aware a person is, the more they suffer from the general unconsciousness of society."

This is not a badge of honor. It is a recognition of the weight carried by those who cannot unsee what they have already seen. This is the psychology of the deep thinker and if you recognize yourself here, this one is for you:

The architecture of alienation. It starts early. The child who asks why adults say one thing and do another. The one whose questions are always labeled as "overthinking." Nietzsche described these people as "free spirits" — essential for progress, but wandering in a wilderness everyone else refuses to enter.

Research by Dr. Elaine Aron suggests approximately 20% of the population processes information more deeply and notices subtleties others completely miss. In a world that rewards speed, this depth can feel like a disability.

The frequency of truth. Deep thinkers operate on a different wavelength, the frequency of truth rather than the frequency of comfort. Most people live without ever questioning the fundamental assumptions of their own existence. But the deep thinker has glimpsed behind the veil.

Like Plato's prisoner who escapes the cave and returns to share what he saw only to be rejected and called a troublemaker—the deep thinker carries the burden of the witness. They see the masks, the exploitation, and the pain that everyone else has agreed to ignore.

The emotional sponge. Deep thinkers do not just observe emotions, they absorb them. They feel the anxiety of a stranger as if it were their own. They perform enormous amounts of invisible emotional labor — checking in on people, listening, supporting, acting as the unofficial therapist of every room they enter. And yet the relationship is almost always asymmetric. They give at a depth most people cannot match. They live with the quiet loneliness of being the strong one, the one everyone leans on, but no one thinks to ask: "Are you okay?"

The mask of normalcy. To survive, many deep thinkers learn to wear a mask, laughing at jokes they do not find funny, feigning interest in conversations that feel hollow, modulating their intensity to avoid being too much. This is not deception. It is survival. But the cost is enormous.

Maintaining the split between the complex private self and the simple public self is exhausting. And the mask, while protective, makes true connection nearly impossible. You cannot be fully known while hiding.

The wounded healer. Jung wrote about this archetype; the person who transforms their own brokenness into a source of healing for others. The wounds of rejection and misunderstanding become sources of deep compassion. The person who has felt most unseen becomes the most gifted at seeing others. But the challenge is learning to give without emptying yourself completely, to love others without losing yourself in the process.

The alchemy of solitude. For deep thinkers, there is a crucial distinction between loneliness and solitude. Loneliness is the pain of disconnection from others. Solitude is the joy of connection with yourself. In solitude, the deep thinker finally breathes. The noise of the world falls away. The internal landscape becomes clear. Isolation transforms into introspection and that is where the real work happens.

The revolutionary act of authenticity. In a world that profits from insecurity, choosing to be genuinely yourself is a radical act. When a deep thinker chooses authenticity over performance, it creates space for others to do the same. It gives people permission to be real in a culture that rewards shallow.

If you recognize yourself in any of this, stop apologizing for your depth. You are not broken. You are not too much. You are not too sensitive. You are awake in a world that prefers to stay asleep. Your sensitivity is a superpower. Your intensity is a strength.

✨🙌🏾💫

[scott anton @themachine_23]

@joeybtoonz Well the good news ani blackrose is up to ove 8k in followers 😀

[Tiffany Savage 🇺🇸 @patriot_savvy]

This beautiful woman decided to take her leave at 101 years old. What an incredible story and now historical legend of the Great United States.

Rosie the Riveter 🇺🇸 💪🏻 🎀

[scott anton @themachine_23]

@HumanityChad I do this all the time for people, about half the time I don't even get a thank you, nice to see the guy thank him

[Dr Helen Fry | WWII Historian @DrHelenFry]

RIP hero:

[Voices of WW2 @VoicesofWW2]

US Marines on Iwo Jima, Japan, 19 Feb 1945

[Military History Now @MilHistNow]

You're looking at newsreel footage of U.S. Marines under heavy fire after landing on on Iwo Jima. It happened on this day in 1945.

[scott anton @themachine_23]

@elonmusk @Space_Station I watched it as dragon 12 passed maine on its way just 5 minutes after lift off, truly amazing

[Undiscovered History @HistoryUnd]

A hen takes two kittens under her wings after their mother passed away while giving birth to them on the farm, 1960.

[Irena Buzarewicz @IrenaBuzarewicz]

February 4

[WikiVictorian @wikivictorian]

Autochrome portrait of an unidentified woman. Photographed in 1910.

[J&L Historical @Jason_R_Burt]

In January of 1945, Pfc. George Guckenberger of the 101st Airborne Division smokes in his foxhole near Bastogne. 🪖

He was killed in action 81 years ago today at the age of 22. 🪦

[scott anton @themachine_23]

@bo66ie29

[History with Waffles @CwNewbie11]

Wait until you see the damage in these walls, this is what the Civil War looks like! Historian Joseph Ricci collaboration

[Joker @BachelorJoker]

One day, you'll realize you've already lived through some of the best days of your life, and you didn't even know it at the time.
You were too busy chasing what's next, busy worrying about what's missing, thinking happiness was something you'd arrive at one day, once everything finally made sense.
But while you were waiting, you were laughing with people who won't always be around. You were making memories in places you'll one day drive past and feel something you can't explain.
You were standing in moments that didn't feel like the good old days till they were gone. That's the thing no one tells you. You rarely recognize happiness when you're standing in it. It feels too ordinary, too small to matter, till it becomes a memory you'd give anything to experience again.
But right now, you're still in it. You still have the people, the moments, the chances, the ordinary days you'll one day call some of your favorite. So stop waiting for life to start. You're already living it.

[the pantomathwar @pantomathwar]

Arthur Wasse , Sunday Morning (1854 - 1930)

[ChiseledAdonis @ChiseledAdonis]

Might be the greatest video I've ever seen