More impermanent art on fallen leaves. Here, a sycamore. It’s a bit like writing a letter then burning it. There’s something very healing in drawing on a leaf, with certain intentions and feelings in mind, and then letting it go. Under the tree that it fell from, then into the river that keeps it alive. A very meaningful little ritual I can’t recommend enough. 💚
Zu Michaeli kämpfen SchülerInnen der Waldorfschule Itzehoe gegen das Böse. Das Böse wird dargestellt als beidgeschlechtlicher, 'woker Drache' mit Barbie-Hut und rosafarbenem "Gaydidas"-Shirt.
I am rather fond of these two sets. The colors came out really well. I decided to offer a choice of "sidekicks" for the set, because some people might not be comfortable with the female figurine. But everybody know the "wise old owl" motif - and wisdom is something we all need to manifest, lol.
These are prayer / manifesting ritual items for finding or enhancing your parnasah, which is your career or how you make a living.
Every year at the solstices, the sun aligns with the Chicago grid system (the way our streets are platted). The result is that the sun sets in the center of the urban canyons of the Loop. It’s called Chicagohenge.
“Your life, right now, today, is exploding with energy and power and detail and dimension, better than the best movie you have ever seen. This is it. This is life in all its glory, swirling and unfolding around us, disguised as pedantic, pedestrian non-events.” — Shauna Niequist
This is an interesting idea: that xtian #patriarchal control of #women especially attacked and belittled or shamed use of #cosmetics. This was particularly in the heritage of the #puritans but here the author argues it developed much earlier.
The very word 'cosmetic' in English connotes superficial, shallow, trivial. Yet the classical Greek etymology connects to a notion of beauty underpinning a morally ordered universe -- cosmos, cosmology. This is a concept frequently found in #Indigenous thinking.
Since our #FemaleCosmeticCoalitions theory argues for women's #ritual use of #bodypaint as fundamental to human #symbolic#culture, we think this suppression of body art is a likely pathway to patriarchy. Where women have power and freedom, they use cosmetics and adornment -- especially in solidarity -- to express that.
The Chicago Board of Trade building anchors LaSalle Street in the financial district. It serves as headquarters for Bruce Wayne Enterprises in Batman:The Dark Knight.
“When you show up as your authentic self, whatever that may be, you allow others to do the same, creating the world we all deserve.” — Shanna Katz Kattari (they/them)
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🌘TOMORROW 🌑
Tues May 7, 18:30 (BST)
with Will Buckner
LIVE @UCLanthropology and on ZOOM
'The sensory ecology of deception in human societies'
Everybody welcome FREE, LIVE and online! Just turn up!
Evolutionary anthropologist Will Buckner will be speaking LIVE in the Daryll Forde Room, 2nd Floor of the UCL Anthropology Dept, 14 Taviton St, London WC1H 0BW
**NB We can now use the front door in Taviton St again **
You can also join us on ZOOM (ID 384 186 2174 passcode Wawilak)
Hoping to get back into the crafting groove soon - this winter has been rough. Feeling a bit better. My goal is to have enough materials to do a craft show this fall, for the holiday season. Don't know if I'll make it, but I'm going to try, lol.
Here's one that I have in stock, and materials for one or two more. Of course, the fabric can be any design or main color. Just let me know!