Key's Sanctuary

I'm Key. 30 years old, she/her. I'm an artist, an early childhood education and special education major, and dragon furry.

[willfullwanderer]

deceptively delicate

[hemipenal-system]

oh to coil my tail around my mate and do this

[keysylvani]

Me and Joe in another life

[vympr]

i love reading sad books bc when your own grief is stopped up inside you like a clogged drain you can grieve for a character on a page and understand that you're also grieving for yourself a little bit

[petrichara]

‘There is a theory that watching unbearable stories about other people lost in grief and rage is good for you—may cleanse you of your darkness. Do you want to go down to the pits of yourself all alone? Not much. What if an actor could do it for you? Isn’t that why they are called actors? They act for you. You sacrifice them to action. And this sacrifice is a mode of deepest intimacy of you with your own life. Within it you watch [yourself] act out the present or possible organization of your nature. You can be aware of your own awareness of this nature as you never are at the moment of experience. The actor, by reiterating you, sacrifices a moment of his own life in order to give you a story of yours.’

-Anne Carson, ‘Grief Lessons: Four Plays By Euripides’

[quantum-witch]

This may well be one of the reasons theater itself is sacred to Dionysos. He is a god of transformation and madness and ecstasy and liberation. Sometimes this is achieved through wine or other substances, sometimes through observation of others acting out what is deep inside us all. And sometimes being the actor yourself, which, when you lose yourself in a character, can feel like madness. Grief and sorrow can be just as ecstatic as joy.

[moirasgrimoire]

Welcome, wanderer 🔮✨ 

You can call me Moira, I am a traditional witch, hereditary, born under the sun of Italy, where old spirits still whisper in olive groves and forgotten ruins. My path is rooted in traditional witchcraft, passed down to me by my elders — made of herbs, fire, dreams, and silence.

My most profound and arcane creations are shared exclusively on my Ko-fi, with most content accessible only to my subscribers — safeguarding both my work and my energy.

Feel free to ask questions, send thoughts, or share your own path.

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[plushefemme]

not to be a hedonist but. pleasure IS the whole point, my loves. we are made for pleasure. humans have not survived out of spite or sheer grit or simply to make more humans. we live for pleasure. the pleasure of licking the last delicious crumbs off your fingers and feeling sunlight on your skin and massaging a loved one's shoulders. we're made to fill our bellies with delicious food, to nap in soft grass, to touch each other in joy and comfort.

there is no shame or guilt in our bodies doing what they were made to do. and we are made for pleasure.

[cultkinkcoven]

I actually have so much to say about this in regards to my practice with deities and ecstatic trances but I don’t have the time to yap but yes.

Hedonism is a spiritually nurturing way of life and finding pleasure in everyday existence is the closest we can possibly get to transcendence in the flesh.

[jimbr549]

The reason there are over 7 billion people on this planet. It's fun, and it's how we all got here.

[malefixium]

the trees you grew up with have not forgotten you. their branches still whisper your name in the breeze and their roots remember the paths your feet once traced through their shade.

[nephritebabie]

oof

[captainjonnitkessler]

When I was a kid I had a book of like, "fun physics experiments for kids". And one of them was an "experiment" where you hold an object by a string and just by focusing on the direction you wanted it to swing, it would start to move in that direction even without your input. The book of course explained that this was the ideomotor effect, a phenomenon where your thoughts can create minute, unconscious movements in your body.

Then a couple years later I got a fortune-telling kit that included a pendulum. You hold the pendulum over a piece of paper that says "yes" and "no" and ask a question, and whichever way the pendulum moves is the answer.

At which point I was like "hey WAIT a minute", and in hindsight I think that experience explains most things about who I am as a person

[queer-folk-witch]

that's actually the entire idea behind pendulum divination: you subconsciously know the answer to your question already, but you may be holding back from believing it due to self-doubt, or your conscious mind may be too cluttered to sort out your intuition from your hopes and anxieties. your subconscious mind orders micromovements in your hand, which causes the pendulum to move in the right way. the crystals that pendulums are made of are for the benefit of the diviner - rose quartz to help you make decisions with love, clear quartz to give you clarity, etc - but ultimately anything on a thin chain or string will work. It's only "magic" because you are magic and your intuition is partially derived from your psychic senses.

[rosieandthemoon]

Lithuanian Grass Weavings

[thecupidwitch]

Herb's Properties

Basil:  money, luck, prosperity, happiness

Bay Leaf: energy, cleansing, can be charged with almost any intention

Camomile: Caring, kindness, luck, growth, self-love growth, confidence, avoiding negativity, happiness

Cinnamon: passion, quick success, fire magick

Chia seeds: Growth, health, kindness, Property

Chilli flakes:  Pride, confidence, power, strength, Passion

Cumin: Courage, bravery, protection, loyalty

Dandelion: wishes, charisma, success, good luck

Dill: sexual love, luck, protection

Eucalyptus: cleansing, healing, purifying, relaxing, comfort

Fennel:  hate, anger

Flax seeds: Prosperity, growth, new beginnings

Ginger: fiery passion, success, and personal power

Jasmine: love, dreams, sensuality, luxury and kindness

Lavender: love and attraction, purification, relaxation, restful sleep

Nutmeg: luck, Health, Fidelity, Love, Prosperity, comfort, loyalty

Oregano:  comfort, love, warmth

Paprika:  Pride, confidence, power, strength

Parsley: Cleansing. purification

Peppermint: healing, purification, love and energy, cleansing, prosperity

Poppy seeds: protection, intuition, self-assurance, hexing and cursing

Rose: love, beauty, harmony, romance, attraction

Rosemary: cleansing, purification, wisdom, protection

Sesame seeds: Prosperity, growth, health, nurturing

Spearmint: love, cleansing, renewal, blessing

Sunflower seeds: happiness, growth, joy

Thyme: beauty, strength, courage

Turmeric: confidence, creativity, energy

Vanilla: love and sexuality

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[chipper-smol]

fun behaviors to give dragons that aren't feline/canine based

cause as much as i love dragons purring and roaring i wish there was just more variety in how they would act

clacking their teeth together to show contentedness/happiness (budgies)

using tails as a defensive weapon in a whip like fashion (iguana)

twitching to express that they're not a threat to members of their species (hognose snake)

feeling calm when eyes are hooded/covered (birds of prey)

head bobbing as a threat display (anoles/bearded dragons)

flattening neck or sides to appear bigger (snakes/lizards)

mantling over food to protect it from hatchmates (birds of prey)

wiggling neck as a courting maneuver (budgies)

audibly grinding teeth as a warning (macaques)

maintained eye contact as a challenge (gorillas)

pounding wings against sides as a threat (gorillas)

slapping other dragons with their claws when their personal bubble is invaded (seals)

hoards used as a site to impress mates (birds of paradise)

snorting when undergoing heightened stress (horses)

making repeated loud noises with surroundings to establish territory (woodpeckers)

loud constant arguments with other dragons when roosting (bats)

building lairs that cause a domino effect of change in the land around them (beavers)

slapping their tails against the ground/water as a warning (beavers)

wiggling tail tip to attract prey (various animals)

wiggling tail tip as a warning (snakes)

plucking or scraping off scales as a sign of stress (parrots)

raising spines/frills as a response to danger and carrying on with their usual business as they believe they're protected (lionfish)

and im not saying canine and feline behaviors are wrong or bad to give a dragon (people wouldn't write dragons with those behaviors if they weren't fun in the first place!) but i feel for creatures that are mythological giant winged lizards that you can do more and get experimental with it. often the more unfamiliar behavior the more dragony the dragon feels

[red-izak]

Snep

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[endivinity]

Saguaro redraw from some years back! good ol long cactus

[aisla229artblog]

unfinished wip

[michaelmilkers]

"can men be lesbians?" bestie in 100 countries women can't be lesbians is this really the most pressing issue rn

[keysylvani]

I've been developing this style blending traditional watercolor and pencil with digital art and I'm really enjoying it. Here's a little practice piece I did last night.

[keysylvani]

selling this chimera adopt for $25 or best offer :) (crossposting)