Sword, Korea, 17th-19th century
from The National Museum of Korea
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Sword, Korea, 17th-19th century
from The National Museum of Korea
ABARAT (GENERAL AESTHETIC) paper dolls, requested by @blubbingbeautifully .
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Untitled © Peter Solarz
Desdémone (1871) by Alexandre Cabanel (1823-1889)
under-the-observatory replied to your post “Sorry I’m not done w aquamation…”
Yes! It’s unsettling for at least two reasons: 1. It is basically what I do when I make chicken stock, but human stock, and 2. There’s something more horrifying about the idea of a dead body in water than a charred corpse, I think due to notions of contamination? A body in a pond = bloated, smells, can’t drink the water. Charred body is horrific, but less connected with disease
Absolutely, I’ve been thinking about this too! The way water bloats the corpse, distorts it to a sort-of-recognizable mockery of what it was in life, and then yes, the corpse contaminates the entirety of the water it inhabits. The awful image of a body you knew and loved becoming a seed of contamination. (Bc this is tumblr yes, water can be lustrative and is often used ritualistically to cleanse corpses, but prolonged submersion is different!) I’m thinking of the predominance of water in Asian horror specifically, how repulsive that scene in The Ring is when she cradles the decaying corpse in the well, the obvious metaphor of the community’s water supply being “poisoned” by improper treatment of this child, and that contamination radiating outwards until the remains are removed from the water and commemorated properly. Miasma.
A lot of body horror has to do with liminality, the violation of corporeal boundaries, and water literally dissolves the boundaries between your body and not-your-body. Where you start and end is no longer clear. It’s annihilation. Being slowly dissembled/transformed by water feels like cosmic horror in a way that other methods don’t! Nothing of him that doth fade / But doth suffer a sea-change / Into something rich and strange.
Meanwhile, re: cremation, beyond Stoicism I’m thinking immediately of Greek sacrifice, the gods enjoying the fat transmuted into “sweet savor,” sacrifice being a communal celebration, the theme of identifying positively with the sacrificial victim being cemented by Christianity, the cleansing fires of Purgatory. All that combined with the historical power of fire to purge plague, imagery of people in hazmat suits using flamethrowers on zombies, there’s so much more but this is already too long!
Again, this has almost nothing to do with the reality that a dead body, in any form, involves unpleasantness. There’s just a million reasons to feel on some visceral, hard-to-articulate level that fire cleanses and even exalts and water must be kept separate from the dead!
“I believed not in God (…) but in mermaids.”
— Sylvia Plath, from Johnny Panic & The Bible Of Dreams; “Ocean 1212-W,”. (via parasoli)
Two more curio collection charm necklaces, these with prosthetic eye centerpieces, just added to my Etsy (link in bio).
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Gray wolves (Canis lupus) by Jim and Jamie Dutcher
Disney Song Aesthetic: Jolly Sailor Bold
My heart is pierced by Cupid I disdain all glittering gold There is nothing can console me But my jolly sailor bold.
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Sapphic Moodboard: The Arctic Mermaid and The Selkie
In the cold waters of the north, they found each other.
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Freshwater 🌱 Merfolk
The ancestors of these merfolk risked the journey into the freshwaters. They now make their homes in the major rivers, lakes, and ponds of the world. Their appearance varies as much as the local fauna but they tend to be duller in coloration than their marine cousins.
Freshwater Merfolk love the independence and solace that fresh water brings. Most build their own homes and are very friendly with the neighboring wildlife. They can make some of the best dishes from the wide array of plants and algae they are surrounded by, some have even been known to makes sturdy fabrics and bake their foods in the sun. Unfortunately due to recent droughts and pollution, many have been forced to abandon their homes and seek refuge along coastal areas.
~Merfolk Types~
{Tropical} {Subtropic} {Open Ocean} {Temperate} {Polar} {Deep Sea} {Freshwater}
Open~Ocean 🌊 Merfolk
These seafolk are nomadic in nature with sleek silvery bodies that help them blend into the natural blue of the open seas. They usually live in small social groups but some couples travel together (some even go it alone). Most travel between ports, sharing food, news, knowledge, and goods. When making long treks, they visit communal algae farms that are discretely set up along the surface of the ocean.
They are some of the strongest and fastest of all merfolk and have a stigma of being brutish amongst some social circles. Despite this, they are some of the world’s most accomplished astronomers and mapmakers, some are even working on how to recycle plastic from garbage patches collecting on the surface of major oceans.
~Merfolk Types~
{Tropical} {Subtropic} {Open Ocean} {Temperate} {Polar} {Deep Sea} {Freshwater}
Polar ❄️ Merfolk
Found in the coldest Northern and Southern waters of the world, these merfolk are extreme in color; some light, iridescent, and ethereal in appearance with others having stark black and white markings. They live in some of the most elaborate underwater structures made from ice. The highest officials live in what can only be described as palaces that sit reversed on the underside of large ice sheets and glaciers.
They have become fairly isolated over the past few generations. Some see themselves as untouchable because of how few humans are able to survive the frozen waters. For this reason, they see few reasons to hide themselves. They have some of the best concerts and singers who’s performances ring heavenly throughout their icy cities.
~Merfolk Types~
{Tropical} {Subtropic} {Open Ocean} {Temperate} {Polar} {Deep Sea} {Freshwater}
River mermaid mood board -Pastel
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“On flowing water travels little paper boats; paper boats of forgiveness. Allow yourself to feel anger, allow your waters to flow, along with all the paper boats of forgiveness. Be human.”
- C. JoyBell C.