There are darker things at work here, child.
Things more mischievous, deviously murky — wild, nameless, and raw. As scraggly and bedraggled as archaic undergrowth. Deceptively and damningly cunning, charming, evocative. Simultaneously seductive and disconcerting. Gnashing teeth betwixt gnarly brambles and winding tendrils. A haunting, eerie faery song. An air that suggests you step carefully in these woods, that you ought to carry silver and would be foolish not to take care. The lands are stirring, breathing, humming.
There is something stirring in your bones, a spirit song half remembered. You’re reminded of stone, of soil, of blood, of bone, of soul, of root. You’re taken back; back to old ritual, old voice. Your blood runs hot with eyes flashing, belly churning and skin pulled taught in response to the call. This is an activation of ancient memory.
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Presenting the beginning of an ongoing, collaborative, artistic project headed by @niiv and myself. This is a project roused by the deeply earthy and primordial aspect of the Fae, the feral ones of their race, and our magnetism towards them. Our project aims to draw upon the darker, less humanized, less glamorous, less prim and tamed aspects of Faery. The facets with more teeth in hiding, suspicious lore, and dubious presence. This is a project to artistically capture and visually represent the old forest gods and bring them to the foreground. This is for the creatures more suited to darkened meadows and unending caves — the horned, the winged, the hooved and potentially nasty.
Our project is done in respect to chaos. This is a gesture to honor and make wholesome the faery creature community — to acknowledge the dark aspects of Faery often sidestepped in favor of the lighter, more modernized and glimmering concepts. With this project we nod towards the woodland ones residing in the shadows.
The sigil above is representative of the call for those who heed the voice of the primitive wilderness.
This project is titled #TheFeralForest and is an open project. What that means is that, if you feel provoked by this project, please share your visions of the energies or creatures that were called forth. There are no timed restrictions for this project and it will be added to overtime. Whether aspects of the dark woods or a specific creature of old lore itself, it’s welcome here.
My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/trolltail/
Niiv’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ni.iv/