Witchery and Wonder

Witchcraft is the weapon of the oppressed. Watch me use it. Magick . Witchcraft . Art . Beauty . Lore . History . Mythology . Poetry . Dance . Joy . Death . Spirits . Stories . Mental Health . Fae . Fantasy . Ideas . Spells . Life . Collecting images, witchcraft, magick, inspiration, and fantasies. Practicing magick, rehearsing magick, making magick. Disabled, queer, trans, mixed-race Latinx. Writer, poet, dancer, artist, scholar, faerie. Kitchen witch. Eclectic, Jewish. Anti-appropriation. Anti-racism. Anti-ableism. Social Justice Mage, +3 to ranged weapons, +4 to snappy comebacks.

[thekimonogallery]

Said to be the Shinto graveyard of the Oshu Soma family. By Japanese photographer “Monnmo”

[tirodiritto]

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[caughtinorbit]

[cosmiqrxse]

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[higgsboshark]

The thing about knitting is it’s much harder to fear the existential futility of all your actions while you’re doing it.

Like ok, sure, sometimes it’s hard to believe you’ve made any positive impact on the world. But it’s pretty easy to believe you’ve made a sock. Look at it. There it is. Put it on, now your foot’s warm.

Checkmate, nihilism.

[cheskamouse]

This is a powerful positive message..

[pluckyredhead]

I’m literally reading a book right now (Burnout by Emily and Amelia Nagoski) that says this is scientifically sound.

There have been studies done on rats and dogs where they develop learned helplessness in the animals by giving them impossible tasks. Eventually the animals stop trying, even when the task stops being impossible. (I.e. put a rat in a maze with cheese it can’t get to until it develops learned helplessness, then put the cheese somewhere it can get to it and it won’t even try.) But once they show the animals they CAN do something - i.e. physically moving the rat to the cheese - the learned helplessness goes away.

No one can move you to your cheese for you, but the book says DOING something - which they define as “anything that isn’t nothing” can help. Make a food. Work in the garden. Clean a thing. Do a favor for a friend. Call your elected officials.

Knit a sock.

If you feel overwhelmed by existential despair, do something. It doesn’t have to be big. It just has to be anything that isn’t nothing.

[adhd-informative]

This is really good advice for ADHD people because when executive dysfunction gets bad it’s easy to fall into this pattern of thinking. Do just one thing. It doesn’t have to be your homework, or a chore. It can be something small, it can be something you enjoy. But do just one thing to remind yourself that you can.

[hyperactivehedgehog]

This is what “humans want to be productive” really means

We want to make things. We want to do something and at the end of the process see that something has changed. We want physical proof that we did something. We want to be able to point at something and say “I made this”. We want to be creators

[hometoursandotherstuff]

[tiktoksthataregood-ish]

[jauntylittlefrillyboy]

I think I can confidently speak for all of us when I say we were all expecting a cat.

[witchery-and-wonder]

The board game that will test our friendship https://bk.jellybtn.com/3zzTYjb

[witchery-and-wonder]

Working endlessly on hands, the bane of every artist's existence. . . . #art #sketchdaily #sketching #drawing #draweveryday #mysketchbook #hands #studies #anatomy #dailyart #dailydraw #dailysketching #instaart #instaartist #artstagram #artistsoninstagram #artistatwork #artstudent #leda #practice #art🎨 https://www.instagram.com/p/BrFGy6NgNes/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=6bb6ctftspj0

[witchery-and-wonder]

"Light one candle for the terrible sacrifice justice and freedom demand, but light one candle for the wisdom to know when the peacemaker's time is at hand..." 🎶💙 . . . #hanukkah #hanukkahsameach #hanukkiah #hanukkah2018 #chanukah #light #candles #menorah #hope #judaism #jewish #ritual #spirituality #holidays #holidayseason #jewishholiday #winter #peace #shalom #chagsameach #chaghanukkahsameach #happyhanukkah #fifthnight #fivecandles #freedom https://www.instagram.com/p/BrEGlygAJzn/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=6q15kah1vgyu

[witchery-and-wonder]

"Said eight nights and eight lights, End these fights, keep me right, And bless me to the highest heights with your miracles..." 🎶 . . . #hanukkah #hanukkahsameach #hanukkiah #menorah #hanukkah2018 #chanukah #jewish #judaism #rituals #spirituality #candles #light #miracles #peace #hope #shalom #holidays #holidayseason #festivaloflights #fourthnight #chagsameach #chaghanukkahsameach #hanukkahsameach https://www.instagram.com/p/BrBeSo3AjnN/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1vswqvucj99l

[witchery-and-wonder]

"What a miracle that a spark lifts these candles out of the dark, every evening, one by one, until the end of Hanukkah..." 🎶 . . . #hanukkah #hanukkah2018 #jewish #judaism #menorah #candles #light #hope #peace #holidays #spirituality #rituals #happyhanukkah #chagsameach #shalom #jewstagram #holidayseason #love #joy #jewishholiday #hanukkahlights https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq_Gv54ABKz/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1l0nezg0evh7c

[witchery-and-wonder]

My beloved Charlottesville Ballet's Arabian divertissement in their Nutcracker. I worked on the Nutcracker every year I was in C'ville and it was an utter delight. I've never been in a more positive, encouraging ballet environment and I miss it all the time. . . . #ballet #charlottesvilleballet #nutcrackerballet #nutcracker #arabiandance #arabiandivertissement #coffeedivertissement #dance #balletdancers #dancers #pointe #maledancer #dailyballet #dailydance #instaballet #instadance #balletstagram #dancestagram #balletlover #dancelife #balletstudio #nutcrackerseason #worldwideballet #балет #балерина #танец #щелкунчик https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq8nozJnSVm/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=fdis0lz8zass

[witchery-and-wonder]

"Light one candle for the strength that we need to never become our own foe. Light one candle for those who are suffering pain we learned so long ago..." Night 2. Chag Hanukkah Sameach. . . . #hanukkah #hanukkahsameach #menorah #jewish #judaism #chagsameach #hanukkah2018 #chanukah #light #candles #hope #holidays #resistance #peace #secondnightofhanukkah #spirituality #love #shalom https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq8VKj2HTgp/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=k0r0unoy8lxg

[witchery-and-wonder]

Chag Sameach! Our first night of Hanukkah, watching the light in the darkness slowly grow, because no matter what, the Jewish people live, and we are not afraid of that darkness -- not the darkness of winter, not the darkness of the world. Happy Hanukkah, friends. . . . #hanukkah #chagsameach #menorah #light #strength #jewish #judaism #firstnight #hanukkahsameach #hanukkah2018 #spirituality #ritual #life #resistance #holidays #holidayseason #shalom #candles https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq5xiwGnZeC/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=r0w02dhkoklx

[witchery-and-wonder]

Shabbat lights. It comes so early in winter, like a reminder to rest more, hibernate, recharge for the year to come. . . . #shabbat #shabbatshalom #candles #light #shalom #peace #jewish #judaism #rituals #fridaynightlights #spirituality https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq0dU3lAfFq/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1amhuvp7ibzos

[witchery-and-wonder]

Marcelino Sambé in the Royal Ballet's production of "The Sleeping Beauty," dancing the Bluebird variation. He has such vibrance when he dances, such joy. I would love to see him live. . . . #ballet #marcelinosambe #theroyalballet #thesleepingbeauty #danseur #bluebird #jete #dance #balletdancer #instaballet #instadance #balletstagram #dancestagram #dailyballet #dailydance #loveofballet #dancelife #sleepingbeauty #variation #dancer #balletmen #worldwideballet #mendancetoo #балет #танец #танцор https://www.instagram.com/p/BqwOKSqARjc/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=18j896sk7oy76

[witchery-and-wonder]

Noodling around with ink and watercolor, and playing with the sigils used on "Supernatural." I love the Enochian script, the language of angels, developed by John Dee in the court of Elizabeth I. I'd forgotten how much I missed the early seasons of this show. . . . #supernatural #spn #spnfamily #spnfanart #art #enochian #devilstrap #watercolour #ink #dailydraw #dailypainting #dailysketches #artistsoninstagram #artistatwork #fanart #drawing #painting #sigils #draweveryday #instaart #artstagram #dailydrawing #sketchbook https://www.instagram.com/p/BqvbutpAoGW/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=3qm2xzf68213