Have you posted about spirals before, or would you be willing to? I’ve been drawn to the spiral motif recently and it’s shown up across different things I’m interested in. Also very symbolically relevant to my journeys in life! So just based on your blog title I’m interested in what you have to say :)
๛Máithe, hello, welcome!! Nice to meet you :) Thank you for the excellent question! I don't believe I have ever explained my blog title.
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It's hard to know where to start with this. Spirals represent so many things for me. At the most fundamental level, it's a circle that is constantly expanding and contracting. It is an implied infinity, one with a specific perspective, that cuts off where we can no longer see.
We can only see from our own position and perspective in the universe. From our position in the present, our past exists inside of us and our future spirals outwards in front of us. Most of life is this way.
I believe time is a cycle, a wave of infinitely smaller and larger fractals, depending on different factors. There's the cycle of one's life, the cycle of ups and downs, the cycle of the seasons, the cycle of progression and regression, etc. etc. There's so many different cycles inside the full cycle of time. Some believe the time cycle is a perfect circle, always starting and ending the same way, with no possibility of change or progression. Personally, I disagree. I think with each cycle we (meaning all beings during all of time) have the opportunity to turn the spiral inwards or outwards. Time marches on, and while it circles back on itself, (I personally believe) it is different each time.
Time is a progression of cause-and-effect. Each choice made creates a spiral outwards of changes and adjustments made to the rest of the universe, like ripples in a pond. This is what creates and shapes fate (or wyrd).
I believe in the transmigration of the soul (reincarnation), which means I believe that our souls are immortal, spending each life in a different body. This inherently means life cannot be a circle, it must be a spiral, as the soul changes its position in the universe to begin the circle again.
As we learn and grow, our knowledge and talents begin spiraling outwards, cycling through the same systems of absorption, synthesis, interpretation, and application, growing larger in scope with each cycle. This is just as true for personal growth, emotional maturity, social skills, recovery, etc.
As we touch each other, and the world around us, it creates a feedback loop that either pulls us together or pushes us apart. We feed off of each other, what the other brings into our lives and how it affects us, but it cannot be in a straight line. Because as the other changes us, so do we change the other—cycling back and forth as we shift together in expansion or regression. There is no better symbol for this than two intertwining spirals, each pulling the other into itself, each shaping the other's next move.
Spirals are binding, not only on an occult/symbolic level, but literally—in the material world. Three-dimensional spirals are particularly binding. Vines wrap themselves in a spiral around another object, pulling it close to them and using it for stability. We wrap rope around and around two things we want to keep together, creating a spiral up and down the objects. To keep hair out of our faces, we spiral it around itself, either a simple two-strand twist, or three (or more!) sections in more intricate patterns, but its all still fundamentally spiraling around itself. Spirals are strength, spirals are security, spirals are reinforcement.
Spirals to me are the rounds we take on sacred sites, or to reinforce boundaries. It is an ancient Irish tradition to circle our friends or sacred sites in greeting, three times in a sunwise (clockwise) direction. On sacred sites, there are usually concentric circular banks, with depressions in the bank to move from one to the next. This inherently means that in walking each round, you spiral closer to the centre. It is most polite and/or auspicious to make these circles in a sunwise direction, with anti-sunwise being used for cursing. I personally (along with many others) believe that anti-sunwise circles bring us closer to the Otherworld, while sunwise circles moves us closer to this world. On a sacred site, anti-sunwise could be used to reach the Otherworld yourself (which is dangerous, leading to a taboo). Sunwise could equally be used to pull Others here, to visit us in this world. If my theory is correct, then spirals are perfect for this, as they draw things together.
I connect all of these concepts with the Ogham fid of Uillenn, whose symbol is a spiral— ᚗ. Uillenn means "elbow" and is connected to honeysuckle (uilen in Old Irish, and uilen can also mean "the whole, everything"). That is probably outside the scope of your question, however😅
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I hope this was at all helpful or relevant, or at the very least—interesting! Honestly, I could go on and on, but this answer is long enough😮💨
Lá Fhéile Bríde sona duit (& daoibh)! (Happy Imbolc!)
I’m so mad I’ve been dying to Roquefort tons only to realize that if I just stay airborne he has a hard time hitting me😭
Also this clip from the other day still drives me insane idk if my game bugged or if it’s because I didn’t hit a just timing parry but why the heck did I get knocked back and dealt so much damage despite hitting the parry sobs
I've heard so many negative things about the Armada and especially the Energon dub how are you surviving this I want to watch them so bad but the idea of bad dubbing scares me
Hahah. I'm old at 30 and watched so MANY 80s anime dubs as a kid. Armada and Energon's dubbing is CHEESY anime in all my favorite ways.
Its also cheesy in that way that you don't notice the dark underbelly. Its silly in that way that when it sneaks up on you it hits hard and fast and you're left wondering how they got away with it.
The Armada Dub is a bit better handled and Gary Chalk + David Kaye have amazing vocal work that puts them on par (personally) with the original VA for Op and Megatron.
Energon was sadly very mishandled. But I watched it through the lens of "Oh this is no worse then all those old video game dubs" plus we have Light Yagami's va voicing Kicker Jones and I am beyond delighted by this. He really brings a nice charm to Kicker's nature. (No I don't care what others say, I believe Kicker is a wonderfully complex written human companion with so many unique takes on him. Boy is a traumatized pile of phobias and the Autobots had to earn his trust.)
And most important of all.
My biggest secret. I focus on what I like about a story. I see what they did and what they were trying to say. And I am still of the highest belief that The Unicron Trilogy could of been as beloved as Prime or Animated if the show was given any respect by the higher ups and allowed polish instead of being rushed out to the door.
There's so much nuanced story telling here and honestly. Once you start noticing the good work put in despite how much rushing the animators and writers were pushed through. You start to see the diamond in the rough.
"#and can we talk about how palpatine called ahsoka ashoka in world between worlds" I've been thinking about this for the past 2 years!!! Palpatine says Ahsoka in The Wrong Jedi so he clearly knew her name at some point... Is he just forgetful in his old age??? Is it deliberate disrespect???
palpatine definitely didn’t like ahsoka so we’ll justify it as him being disrespectful sdjfjskfd. i guess some people just have difficulty pronouncing her name:
oh yeah related to the last post, oranges are my least favorite citrus. i like orange juice and creamsicles and thats it. i hate anything flavored with orange other than a beverage. and i HATE their smell. when someone leaves an orange peel in the trash it makes me gag
