#alicatskratching

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A happy Martini Snail! I am tentatively thinking of doing a series of snails/slugs with beverages on their backs! (It’s funny because I’m not a fan of alcohol, but that’s okay. They can carry whatever they like. They are valid and I love them.)

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Whisk whiskers!

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“Create” My work in progress on a wood-burned spell tag! My wood burner is missing somewhere in my house, but here is the preliminary outline. (You can find more of my art at Alicatskratching if you are interested!)

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Sketchbook warm-up! Spider Melonhead.

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Open Water

I want to call out into the empty oceans that have grown inside of me

since the conversation we had last night.

I want to wrap myself in my echo,

and find comfort in the fact that,

no

I am not okay

but that is okay.

I want to wrap myself in the comfort of my own yearning,

I want to find solace in my anguish,

I want to cling to myself and float in this endless ocean,

where the dark shapes in the water linger

where the sunset is enough to hold them at bay

until dusk.

I seek the comfort of the jaws of a shark,

of serrated teeth in rows that chomp

and shake, and shake, and don’t let go

until my frail little body gives out,

of something bigger than me,

of something other than just me.

I want my mutters to do more than fall in a flat echo,

I want my reassurances to do more than remind me I have been hurting,

I want so many things and

           yet only want to do nothing more than wait here for it all to stop.

 My wish is for comfort for a me that can’t be comforted,

and I yearn for those illusions, however they may find me

on my tiny sinking lifeboat in these sunset waters

as the long shadows caress the last glimmers of our afternoon.

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Inktober Witch Prompt 1: Seasonal Witch! In honor of fall coming, her tattoos are some of my favorite autumn leaves. (Apologies for the low quality of the scan--I will be setting up my actual scanner tomorrow!)

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The first pendants that I had made, I tried to photograph in the common room. The overhead lights were not the best for photography, but hey! I still did a thing! (My next photo documentation will be better quality, I promise!) Necklace pendants made from upcycled Pokémon cards. These were the first ones I ever made: Charmander, Omanyte, and two eeveelutions (Vaporeon and Flareon).