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Welcome here. I am Sorrel, your local guide to the magical beauty and madness of planet Earth, our home. Videos TBA
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I apologize for my consistent absence. Life is throwing a lot my way these days. I feel deeply unaligned and tired beyond what words can express. On top of my physical disabilities, I've had immensely bad luck ever since I moved away from an abuser, and it has been challenging.
Being a sensitive gnome in a human's world that favors dominance over gentleness and empathy is eating away at my sensitive psyche. Being seen, despite wanting to connect with others, makes me recoil and feel weak.
I made this space as a haven for myself. To express my true inner being, but I've felt empty as of late. Ten of swords, if you will. I clawed myself out of an unsafe living situation only to be thrown into yet another challenging, painful circumstance that is, at least, a great deal safer. Working twenty-days straight to try to keep myself afloat with peanuts for pay when, in earnest, I don't want to be participating in any of this. I just want to make art. I just want to uplift others. I just want my mud hovel in the woods where human currency is worthless. Land, however, is not free. Not even close. So, for now, it feels as though I must work and dance for the powers that be, who continue to strip rights from us on the daily or dub us a terrorist threat for being transgender. I won't give up hope that I, and others, will escape this suffering. As of right now, though, I am exhausted.
Iโve been building a little browser-based digital grimoire / webgrimoire for my site, and itโs finally at the point where I want to let other people try it.
https://shrine404.neocities.org/grimoire
Itโs still in beta, so im basically just asking people to poke around, play with it, and tell me what works, what feels clunky, and what youโd want added.
It's not a productivity app so don't go in expecting that. I wanted it to feel personal, decorative, a little old-web, a little devotional lol..
I worked really hard on this so if you can give me feedback and maybe reblog I'd be so happy. Again it is FREEEEE.
What it can do right now:
โพ create entries for different sections like spells, materia / correspondences, dreams, lore, links, journals, divination / omens, and more
โพ has an altar / webshrine area where you can make little devotional pages with things like:
shrine images
candles
offerings
blinkies / extra shrine images
shrine frames / styles
relics / decorative bits
โnow playingโ style details
guestbook / shrine personality features
โพ has a practitioner / about area so you can personalize it with your own path, signs, beliefs, deities, tools, icon, etc.
โพ includes writing tools so entries can be more than just plain text โ invocation blocks, prayer cards, omen / warning boxes, poetry formatting, ritual steps, foldaway notes, dividers, and other little text charms
โพ lets entries link to each other, so it can work more like a tiny personal web or wiki instead of just isolated notes
โพ has optional ritual metadata / seals for entries, but they can also be turned off if they donโt fit the page
โพ has backup / export options all grouped together, including a full HTML export option
โพ has different palette / theme options in settings, including lighter and darker modes for readability / vibe
โพ has a header image option and other little personalization settings
A few important notes before using it:
๐นญ it is still a beta
there may still be bugs, odd save issues, awkward layout moments, or parts that need smoothing out
๐นญ it currently saves in your browser storage
so if you use it a lot, please export backups regularly
๐นญ itโs meant to be a little expressive and decorative
so some features lean more โdigital shrine / personal archive / weird old web objectโ than โminimal serious appโ
If you try it, Iโd especially love feedback on:
โด๏ธ anything confusing or unintuitive
โด๏ธ bugs / things not saving properly
โด๏ธ sections or features you wish existed
โด๏ธ readability / accessibility issues
โด๏ธ whether the altar / shrine side feels fun enough
โด๏ธ whether the writing tools feel useful or too much
โด๏ธ anything that feels especially charming, broken, annoying, inspiring, messy, or missing
Basically: if you use it and have thoughts, I want them.
This is my weird little beta grimoire child and Iโm trying to make it genuinely beautiful and fun to use, not just functional.
Also, if you like strange personal websites / old web things / occult tools / shrine pages / browser toys, you may enjoy it just for that alone.
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