Mary Meadowsweet

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[marymeadowsweet]

ootd #333

[sacred-portal]

[soracities]

Susan Sontag, "In Plato's Cave", On Photography [transcript in ALT]

[treasures-and-beauty]

Antique Early 19th C. French Perfume or Scent Caddy, Mother of Pearl, 1852-1870

[simnostalgia]

The Sims Isn't A 'Virtual Dollhouse,' It's A Fascinating Human Life Sim

The Sims turns 19 years old today. If you’ve ever pooh-poohed it for just being a “dollhouse” aimed at women and girls, maybe it’s time to g

You know, I really like Gita Jackson and her reporting on The Sims franchise. I do, however, have to disagree with the line of thinking that it's not a virtual dollhouse. That isn't because I'm discrediting it as a life simulator (even though I am somewhat, it's complicated) but because I believe that it being a virtual dollhouse is just a valuable as it being a simulator.

I know that people tend not to like how gendered the community can be, but I think that we sometimes tend to over correct into trying to make the community into something it's not. The game has a heavy female/gay bent, but it doesn't mean that we don't have heterosexual male players. Isn't it condescending to them on some level to try and treat the game like a dwarf fortress type strategy game as if straight men can't (or shouldn't) be interested in a virtual dollhouse?

While I think that many of the straight men in the community tend to be more interested in the technical aspect of things such as modding or building, those are still people who produce content and are well known. Just because they're not YouTubers doesn't mean they aren't well known within the community.

Additionally, I think people tend to forget that The Sims is actually just a modernization of a dollhouse/doll culture that's been around for centuries.

Women and gay's love of dollhouses is, ultimately, as universal as it is timeless.

[simnostalgia]

Oh! Also, interesting note, that history of dollhouses goes back way farther than you'd think! As just one example in the 1700s, women were gifted dollhouses as wedding gifts that they'd arrange and have pieces made specifically for. This meant that some of the dollhouses made during that period could cost as much as an actual house. It was *serious* business. There was a historical fiction book about this (and PBS series) called The Miniaturist.

Funny how the culture built around The Sims isn't so very different from something that's been popular for several centuries.

[myhermitage-deactivated20230321]

Grigoriy Myasoyedov (1834-1911) Forest creek. Spring (1890) oil on canvas, 75 х 56 cm Irkutsk Regional Art Museum

[astrosoeur]

the signs as pieces of classical music

Aries: Tännhauser Overture - grand, dauntless, conflagrant, triumphant. Taurus: Le Poeme de l'Extase - languid, sybaritic, easeful, entranced. Gemini: The Moldau - volatile, nimble, scintillating. Cancer: New World Symphony - solacing, unfeigned, tender, utopian. Leo: Piano Concerto No. 1 - majestic, resplendent, climactic, gaudy. Virgo: Cello Suite No. 1 - immaculate, trenchant, robust, taut.  Libra: Symphony No. 5: Adagietto - ethereal, lightsome, blooming. Scorpio: Danse Macabre - enigmatic, shadowy, overflowing, profound. Sagittarius: Waltz No. 2 - impish, effervescent, whimsical, unfettered. Capricorn: Valse Sentimentale - solemn, wistful, imposing, disillusioned. Aquarius: Daphnis et Chloé - transcendental, contradictory, uncanny. Pisces: Claire de Lune - demure, fanciful, nebulous, lulling.

[444moons]

cows!!🐮🌱🌸🍄🦋

[altonzm-deactivated20170213]

french recipes: if you’re not making this in paris then what’s the point. fuck you

italian recipes: use the left leg meat of a pig from one of three farms in this specific area of tuscany, or from this day my grandmother will begin manifesting physically in your house

[thirdtimecharmed]

american recipes: buy these three cans of stuff and put them in a pan congrats you cooked

[svynakee]

chinese recipes, as handed down from mother to child: season it with a pinch of this and some of that. you want to know the exact amount? feel it in your heart. ask the stars. yell into the void. 

[orriculum]

English recipes: boil and salt it. Okay that’s it enjoy

[digitalfare]

Greek recipes: You followed all the right steps but this isn’t quite right. I don’t know what to tell you.

[jamesandlilys]

Australia recipes: chuck it on the barbie

[monsterhighalumni]

Latinx recipes: you will never make it better than your abuela, face the facts

[wereyoulookingforsomething-deac]

Armenian recipes: spend eight days laboring over the stove. the food will be flavorful with the sacrifice of your sanity. no one will appreciate it.

[moldychesee]

Canadian recipes: It either needs more bacon, more maple syrup, more gravy, or an unholy combination of the three

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Polish recipes: you have to toUCH THE DOUGH, FEEL THE PIEROGI IN YOUR HEART, TOUCH IT. LICK IT. SMELL IT.

[beckyhop]

Every time I see this post, I learn more about how different countries’ cuisines AND neuroses.

[visionssofgideon]

Indian recipes: there are 500 cuisines and that means 500 versions of this dish that has 500 spices so gl 

[onceuponamirror]

ashki jewish recipes: no, no. no. more onion. 

[jumpingjacktrash]

internet recipes: here is a heartwarming story about my baby sister’s third birthday that i completely made up, and a copypaste from alton brown.

[fuocogo]

West african recipes: Hot pepper. Rice - listen Just go to the wedding or funeral you’ll bring enough food home to feed you till the next wedding or funeral. Auntie makes it better than you.

Southern US Recipes: Fry it. Collet Green. Serve with tonic. Pray.

[weltenwellen]

Fernando Pessoa, A Little Larger Than the Entire Universe: Selected Poems

[ghibli-collector]

The Floral Art Of Studio Ghibli

[flowerais-deactivated20211031]

gentle reminders in case you need it:

it’s ok to start “late”

drink water if you haven’t for hours

it’s ok if u need more time than other people

it’s ok to feel what you’re feeling

you have a cute smile

you make people happy

you have plenty of good traits

you are loved

you deserve all the good things

it’s ok if you relapse, it doesn’t make u weak

bad days are just temporary

tomorrow is a new day

you can heal again

I’m proud of you

[michaelmoonsbookshop]

gilt detail of the cover of Wild Flowers Where to Find Them and How to Know Them by Spencer Thompson

published c1870

[orriculum]

🌛🌕Full Moons of the Year🌕🌜

the full moons of the year have a variety of names and were originally used to track the seasons and year, often used by farmers for planting/harvesting reference. each full moon may have various different names, the names used are the most common ones currently. 

🐺 WOLF MOON -  full moon of january. influences spells that strengthen and renew you, self care, prosperity and healing spells, as well as spirit work. 

❄️️ SNOW MOON - full moon of february. influences family related magic, domestic magic, spells that benefit others, and psychic abilities

🐛 WORM MOON -  full moon of march. influences preparation, planning, and time-intensive rituals, prosperity and healing magic, and tech witchcraft

🌸 PINK MOON -  full moon of april. influences spells that encourage growth, green witchcraft, potential, new beginnings, and working on relationships. 

💐 FLOWER MOON -  full moon of may. influences commitments, strengthend foundations, green/herbal witchcraft, spirituality and working with spirits.

🍓 STRAWBERRY MOON -  full moon of june. influences love spells, friendship spells, magic that instigates changes and introspection, and travel magic.

🌩️ THUNDER MOON -  full moon of july. influences grounding and cleansing, magic that works with higher powers, and storm/rain witchcraft. 

🐟 STURGEON MOON -  full moon of august. influences magic that gives back to others, magic that deals with emotionality, sea, river, and water witchcraft. 

🍎  HARVEST MOON -  full moon of september. influences kitchen witchcraft  completion, harvesting collecting debts, some interpret to be cursing. 

🏹  HUNTER’S MOON -  full moon of october. influences money, home, and protection spells, the search for guides and spirit work, astral traveling.

🐀  BEAVER MOON -  full moon of november. influences home and hearth, and preparation for the winter, cosmic/celestial witchcraft, astrology, revealings

❄️️ COLD MOON -  full moon of december. influences  protection spells, self care spells, renewal and prosperity spells, ending and casting curses. 

🌛 BLUE MOON - happens usually every 2.7 years. it is the second full moon in one month because the 12 full moons do not always divide evenly over the year, the month it happens in changes. best for magic that encourages wisdom, healing, logic, and studying, 

[will-o-the-witch]

How Magic Works

These are just some of many different theories about how spells work. For anybody who really enjoys “magical theory” like I do or is looking for validation that there’s something to all these weird spells! None of these serve to discredit magic, but rather add a deeper level of understanding to it. The success of a spell could be credited to more than one of these, or something else entirely!

Law of Attraction. Basically, the idea that you attract what you focus on. A popular example is focusing on the color red, and seeing how much red is around you that you didn’t notice before. This is most effective for spells involving personal matters and success, by formally opening your eyes to details and opportunities you may have missed otherwise. 

The Placebo Effect. It’s a proven fact that our bodies can heal ourselves merely by belief that what we’re doing helps! This can extend beyond health spells to things like confidence, performance ability, and other things that aim at personal improvement. The placebo effect may be all that spell needs to be successful ( and it wouldn’t have happened without the spell!)

Direct cause/effect. Something about the spell and the way it was cast directly affects the outcome. Example: a sigil designed for protection, when looked at, serves as a constant visual reminder that you are protected, subconsciously strengthening your wards.

Science/chemistry. This is most true for kitchen witchery and herbalism. Chamomile, lavender, and other herbs aren’t corresponded with calmness and sleep for nothing… they’re made up of chemicals that have been scientifically proven to calm the nerves and aid in sleep!

Quantum physics. There’s a phrase called “Quantum Woo,” where people use quantum physics (often incorrectly) to explain any type of magical thinking or practice. While the ultimate theory behind quantum physics was recently disproven, the discoveries made through research still hold true. Basically, we know particles behave differently when observed, and our energies can effect this. We just don’t know why that is. This is the baseline behind a lot of energy work.

Divine string pulling. Ask and ye shall receive. This is where we depart from the physical to the spiritual side of magic. Many people do magic by appealing to divine forces, Mother Earth, God(s), the Universe, whatever you want to call it. This could be with an offering, a ceremony, or even just bedside prayer. The divine force hears the request, and grants it by affecting change and “pulling strings” to cause the desired outcome.

Spiritual string pulling. Very similar to the previous point, but with entities that are not worshipped or seen as divine. Many believe that spirits can still affect change “behind the scenes.” A spirit worker may make a deal with a spirit for luck or protection, or someone may ask their ancestors for good fortune and health.

Personal string pulling. Instead of asking an outside entity, this is the idea that we, as the practitioner, pull the strings. This is most seen through the “cone of energy” method of casting, where we raise a lot of concentrated energy and intent in a space, then release it all at once to do its thing. You also see it with sympathetic magic, where by doing something to a poppet, we actively affect that change on the target. No middle man included.

[peachblushparlour]

Flower Teapot, Strawberry Teapot, Roses Teapot, Cabbage Teapot, Pink Roses Teapot, Lemon Teapot, Grape Teapot, Strawberry Basket Teapot

[capvenus]

it kinda feels like the only thing we're meant to be doing this year is internal healing and letting things go. there is so much pain this year so let's not feel bad if we don't do anything 'productive'. just being alive is enough