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Eyes Are Mosaics - A mix of dream pop old & new

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This mix feature songs containing elements of or similar to the original themes of dream pop/’ethereal’ music (e.g. effect laden voices; manipulated guitar; emphasis on overall immersive atmosphere and (optionally) electronic, gothic and/or ambient elements). The phrase ‘dream pop’ has become a bit overused and loose recently, and on occasion made it too easy to forget the heights the music actually fitting the phrase has reached. Thus with this mix I wanted to channel the enveloping, lush sounds dream pop and it’s related styles were initially associated with. In addition to some 80s favorites, I included plenty of modern interpreters.

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Grimes

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Witch bloc in Portland, OR at the Women’s March on 1/21/17. #witchpdx

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The magical bogs of Estonia 

Image credit from the top (please don’t remove): 1. Urmas Haljaste, 2. Ragnis Pärnmets, 3. Margus Muts, 4. Anton Hallik, 5. Elvis Antson, 6. Jan Lepamaa, 7. Marek Metslaid

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my masterpost ref for astrology

sun: about the basic self, who you are when you’re not surrounded by other people. your general traits

moon: the unconscious side of your personality. it explains why you do what you do. represents your instinctual self

rising: the face you put on in public, the sign that is the general first impression on others. it is expressed in your image and features, your style and your mannerisms

medium coeli: (mc/midheaven) gives insight to what you need to do to realise your place in life. can be used to help understand your personal and spiritual goals

imum coeli: (ic) base of your personality, influences your attitude towards your home and family life (your ic is the opposite sign to your mc)

venus: how you act in love and relationships. feminine energies

mars: sexual attraction, passion and anger. masculine energies

mercury: planning and reasoning skills, connected to communication, interacting and awareness

saturn: restrictions, limitations and delays. influences achievements, helps you mature

jupiter: luck, its an optimistic planet that gives inspiration and improves your life

neptune: reaches spirituality within you, there is mysticism and compassion, about divine love

uranus: change, associated with technology and discovery. about enlightenment and creativity

pluto: secrets, personal power and powerlessness. about transformations and self empowerment

chiron: health and disease and how they affect your spiritual path

ceres: how you best provide love and comfort, shows how you best feel nurtured

pallas: creativity, arts and justice, father/daughter relationships, personal power

juno: qualities of your soul mate, deals with marriage, fashion and beauty

vesta: focus, metal clarity and self respect

first house: self image

second house: self worth, money

third house: communication

fourth house: family + home

fifth house: self expression, creativity and romance

sixth house: work and health

seventh house: partnership and marriage

eighth house: transformations and sexuality

ninth house: belief and higher learning

tenth house: career, responsibility, reputation

eleventh house: aspirations and personal goals

twelfth house: soul growth, privacy and secrets

basic earth qualities: practical, reliable, realistic

basic air qualities: unpredictable, intelligent, independent

basic fire qualities: passionate, intense, impulsive

basic water qualities: sensitive, empathetic, emotional

earth dominant: practical, productive, patient, reliable

earth lacking: disorganised, messy, impulsive, irresponsible

air dominant: sociable, independent, curious

air lacking: unsociable, dependent, distant

fire dominant: energetic, impulsive, confident, adventurous

fire lacking: unmotivated, pessimistic

water dominant: empathetic, sensitive, nurturing, creative

water lacking: insecure, reserved, unemotional

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(photos via Hukulou Coffee)

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i.  can’t.  even.

[instagram]

Ghostly Muses: The Otherworldly Embroidery of Carrie Violet

To see more of Carrie’s art, follow @memorialstitches on Instagram.

Inspiration floats all around embroidery artist Carrie Violet (@memorialstitches). Literally: Her muses are ghosts. “I lived near a very big stately home and its lady had a jilted lover,” says Carrie, an English illustrator who learned how to stitch her delicate, ethereal pieces only a year and a half ago. “She walked into a lake, so ever since she floats around haunting passersby. Another lady got her head chopped off and she rides headless through the glen on horseback,” she says. “You have to watch out for her!”

Though Carrie’s artwork often begins with death, it’s less spooky once it’s stitched. “I’ve had comments saying, ‘Your work makes me think of the fragility of human existence, but there’s also a real sense of hope there as well.’ I think that’s really nice.”

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Father and Son Beholding the Shadow of a Day (1962)

Roberto Aizenberg

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[sagansense]

Cosmos: A Personal Voyage

[exgynocraticgrrl-archive-deacti]

I once attended a symposium on journalistic ethics where the keynote speaker, a well-known journalist, talked about journalists’ special role in society as guardians of democracy. Because of this, he said, journalists are sometimes allowed to do certain things that other citizens are not, such as intrude into people’s private lives. This is much like doctors who are allowed to cut into people or soldiers who are allowed to kill, he explained. Then he offered another analogy: it’s like police who “have the right to beat people.” I sat in the audience, momentarily stunned. I nudged a friend next to me. Had he actually said that police have a right to beat people? Yes, she said, I had heard it right. I looked around at an almost completely white and generally middle-class audience in the auditorium of the private college where the symposium was being held. No one seemed too upset by what he had said. The speaker went on to say a lot of other reactionary things. Later, during the question period, I went to the microphone, intending to focus on another stupid point he had made. “But before I get to my question,” I said, “I want to say that it seems to me that anyone who can say that police have a right to beat people is presumptively excluded from discussion about ethics of any kind.” The audience squirmed, unsure of how to react. The speaker winced but never responded to my challenge. Later, during the reception, I talked to a colleague who was unclear what point I was trying to make. Surely, the speaker just misspoke, he said; what the speaker meant to say was that in certain situations, police have a legal right to use force, sometimes even deadly force. Yes, I understood that, I replied. But my point was that he used the phrase, “the right to beat people.” The language reflects his relationship to power. No one who comes from a class of people subject to being beaten by police would ever think of using such a phrase. Only people who don’t have to worry about being beaten would make the “mistake.” Beyond that, I argued, it’s not implausible that the speaker and lots of other folks like him are glad they live in a world in which police sometimes beat people; it keeps the “dangerous classes” in line. "Try to imagine if he were black, even a black person with a professional career and a middle-class life,” I said. “Think of how different interactions with police are for black people. Do you think he would have said that?” My colleague shrugged and said I was overreacting to an admittedly careless, but harmless, choice of words on the speaker’s part. The colleague turned, never really understanding what I thought was a simple point, and headed off to talk to someone less contentious. I was left standing there, full of anger, wanting to scream, and feeling incredibly alone. I looked around and realized that all around me were people just like me - white, middle-class, educated academics or professional journalists. And I hated them. I don’t just mean that I was frustrated with them. At that moment, I hated them. Not just the speaker, but all of the nice middle-class white folks in the room who were too polite to say anything, to hold the speaker accountable. I even hated the three or four white people who had come up to me after the talk and thanked me for speaking up. I bit my tongue and didn’t ask them the obvious question: Why didn’t you speak up too, instead of leaving my comments to hang in the air, to wither and die without support?

When Race Becomes Real: Black and White Writers Confront Their Personal Histories, by Robert Jensen

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(via dadgenes)

[nevver]

The fantastic fungi, Steve Axford

[sweetvisage]

Art Nouveau Doors

(Photos uncredited as I collected them on my hard-drive a long time ago!)

[sweetestsecrets]

Aries - safety is a balance; being too safe can be dangerous sometimes. Taurus - I think that when something terrible happens, it’s important to let yourself be sad for a little while; I think that you have to really let yourself feel what you feel before you can begin to heal. Gemini - I hope that someday you can be as kind as you pretend to be. Cancer - I don’t think I know how to slow your hummingbird heart; I have been practicing being gentle for so long, but you are making me realize that maybe I am not as soft as I thought I could be. Leo - you are a revolution in the body of a sunny sky; this means that you will have to work twice as hard to make people notice when you are kicking up a storm. Virgo - you carry so much on your shoulders that you don’t have time for your own problems; you shouldn’t carry everyone else if they are not willing to take some of your weight as well. Libra - you are so full of want that I don’t know how you have room for anything else. Scorpio - turn off your phone for a night; learning how to be okay when you are given nothing but silence from the people in your life is the most important thing you could do. Sagittarius - you are proof that being fragile doesn’t mean you can’t be strong. Capricorn - you are poisonous, and you can either use that to protect yourself or you can let it destroy everyone around you. Aquarius - it is possible to outgrow yourself and that is something worth celebrating. Pisces - I wish I knew how to unfreeze you.

next week’s horoscopes, maria s.  (via sweetestsecrets)

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The Milky Way from Utah Photo by Brett Webster

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Artwork by KuldarLeement