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Ink, gel pen, and acrylic over a risograph texture I printed. 11x14 on bristol.

I did a walkthrough of the process on my website.

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Every few steps she looks back to check on her little kitty cat 🐈🥺

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Those "modern fairy tales where the princess saves herself" types of books not only misrepresent the gender roles in fairy tales (there are tons of stories where girls get to save the day), but they fundamentally misunderstand the entire genre.

Fairy tales aren't about saving yourself.

These aren't epic myths or heroic legends about the great warriors who slay every monster in their path because they're so awesome. Fairy tales are almost always about ordinary, even incompetent, people who get thrown into strange situations where they only succeed because of the help of others.

It's not a gendered thing. The boy who goes off to seek his fortune is usually the dim-witted third son whose older brothers are the strong, smart ones. The third son succeeds because he is kind to the magical helpers who then complete the tasks for him--and the exact same thing happens when a girl is the main character.

The characters in a fairy tale rarely succeed because they embrace their own strength and take their own path. Much more often, they are told step-by-step what to do, and they succeed because they obey--respecting the wisdom of others.

The core virtue of a fairy tale is not pride, but humility. It's not a story about the strong, but those who are weak, small, helpless. The people who can't do it all on their own, but can recognize the worth and wisdom of others.

Turning this story into a "girl power" (or even a "boy power") story warps it into something that is fundamentally the opposite of a fairy tale, and it has nothing to do with the gender of the main character.

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poem made in pokemon white 2 message constructor

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Happy femslash february

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Touhou sex

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The Conquerer [5 of swords tarot] this evil knightess is for https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/novaandmali/star-crossed-a-queer-tarot project! go get yours <3

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Is there anything about hypnosis that you wish more people were aware of, or that you'd just like to talk about?

I suppose one bit of hypnotic dogma which I find people is a surprise for people is that repetition is conditioning.

That sounds obvious but it's true. Everything that a person does in hypnosis play is acting upon their suggestibility and being conditioned in. Subtle little things like tones of voice, scents in the air, settings and such can create associations.

This is a beautiful and wonderful thing and something an experienced hypnotist can use to heighten sessions. More often than not it can be something which becomes so background noise that experienced couples forget it. I cannot note how many times I did not intend for a routine to become actual conditioning but my repeated use made it so there were associations and expectations.

Daja likely has stories of times I was less than perfect at cleaning up because I neglected to treat every session as a potentially long lasting impact.

In classes we have a phrase "what if your hypnotist was hit by a bus" and it is a good bit of warning that says we always need to be aware that the nature of what we play with can lead to habit forming, deep associations and psychological anchors which could be tricky if they are not tended to effectively.

Hypnosis is wonderful and fun but it's so easy to forget that the more framework and rapport that is built with a hypnotic relationship the more easily potential detriments can slip in.

Always take your hypnotee for regular tune ups. Keep them smiling and happy and blissfully brainwashed in the most delightful way.

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clown graveyard and its just one grave

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common moth archetypes I’ve encountered

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500-pound stained glass crab sculpture by the late Jackie Leatherbury Douglass and her husband John Frederick Douglass, on display in Baltimore's airport

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Available for a limited time! Wind-up dolls seething in infinite hatred! Watch them stomp their little feet and pout cutely from the helplessness of their pitiful existences!

(pat her little head at your own risk, she may bite)