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Art by  Hashiara

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Painted dragons

Grim and somber Hircine enb

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Snowy creek by Frank King

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Avebury, Wiltshire.

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West Kennet Prehistoric Long Barrow Interior, Wiltshire.

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Gold belt buckle from the Sutton Hoo ship-burial. Early 7th century. Anglo-Saxon. Suffolk, England. Via British Museum

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Arch Fragment, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Cloisters

The Cloisters Collection, 1925 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Medium: Marble

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/470801

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Pearsoney Falls, Oregon; 2/2/2021

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Some of this year’s paintings; all dragons, all the time. descriptions are on the images (click to read them)—I love painting these beautiful characters

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Types of shifts

These are the general types of shifts that have been recorded in the therian and otherkin communities. Some of these require a belief in astral projection and auras. It is important to consider other explanations before resorting to the fantastical.

Astral shift/As-shift: When your astral body changes into your kintype, usually during sleep when one enters the astral plane. Not everyone believes that this is possible.

Aura shift/A-shift: When your auric field or energy field takes, on ther shape of your kintype. Not everyone believes that this is possible.

Berserker shift/B-shift: When you enter a berserker-like state of mind, such as an extreme M-shift or a regular shift combined with mental illness. B-shifts are highly discouraged, and there exist multiple methods to keep these shifts from happening.

Bi-location shift/Bi-shift: When your kintype ‘leaves’ the human body behind, such as with astral projection or astral travel. This is very similar to an out-of-body experience, with the exception the the non-coporeal body takes on the shape of your kintype rather than your physical body. Not everyone believes that this is possible.

Dream shift/D-shift: When you dream that you have the body of your kintype. Some otherkin have these shifts every night while others have to resort to lucid dreaming techniques to experience them.

Mental shift/M-shift: When you take on part of the mentality, instincts, and/or impulses of your kintype.

Phantom shift/Ph-shift: When you get supernumerary phantom limbs that resemble your kintype’s or when your own limbs feel like those of your kintype.

Sensory shift/S-shift: When you perceive some senses stronger than usually or are more focused on some senses that you wouldn’t normally focus on. Note that this is a change in perception, not in your physical capabilities.

Shadow shift/Sh-shift: When other people perceive your shadow to look like your kintype, usually explained by the aura or astral body. Not everyone believes that this is possible.

There’s also physical shifting/P-shifting, which is a literal change in the physical body. This is impossible as it breaks all known laws of physics and biology, which you can read more about here and here.

For the sake of this list, I left out catalysators (emotional shifts) and categories (cameo, voluntary, and involuntary shifts).

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shore things

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Fog on Passo Feudo, Latemar by Erin Johnson

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Forgot I made myself a moodboard!

I’m not taking requests for anyone else - I have too much schoolwork and this was just a fun thing for me to do for myself. 

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A PERFECT PLANET - 1x03 - “Weather”

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In the forest

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“Forests are mysterious places.”

Jessica Marie Baumgartner, The Magic of Nature: Meditations & Spells to Find Your Inner Voice

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Sometimes first person, sometimes third. I have a difficult time... Processing memories. I get brief flashes most of the time, but if it's something coming back via dreams it's usually third person. (Almost always flat realism, too.)

I asked my friend this so I figured I’d ask here too. 

If you have any, how do you experience memories from your identities, whether they be spiritual or psychological? By that I mean, in 2d, 3d, from your perspective, 3rd person, someone else’s perspective, etc? I’ve seen a lot of variation and I thought it’d be interesting to see how other people experience them! Anyone who experiences memories can answer.

Personally mine vary. The most common ways I experience memories from my identities are in a 2d, drawn style from the third person. I also experience this-life memories in the same way for the most part. I have a terrible time visualising things in detail in general so my brain tends to default to a simpler “style”. Though today I had a very realistic looking memory from the first person which was weird, so like I said with me it varies.