#gluebook

[naturedways]

our moon

pictures from a vintage astronomy book i picked up in berlin few years back

[junkjounral]

[hms202]

[maximastrange]

First page in my new Ugly Book journal.

[poefic-art]

St. Patrick's Day Collage in my rainbow altered book.

Process video up tomorrow, hopefully.

[cringe-towne]

[swamprelics]

Medieval-ish inspired spread

[demyleigh]

Made by Demy Leigh

Instagram | Youtube

[darktwistdchaos-blog]

forever is a long time...

[davekatzdefensesquad]

7•14•23 || 2023 gluebook

[naturedways]

having such a good time with this 😌

[junkjounral]

June 14, 2023

ואהבת לרעך כמוך

V'ahavta l'reiacha kamocha, Love your neighbor as yourself

Under the read more are translations and transliterations for all the Hebrew, and more info abt this journal entry.

In the center: V'ahavta l'reiacha kamocha, Love your neighbor as yourself.

Top left: Sh'mirat halashon, Guarding one's use of language

Bottom left: Shalom bayit, Peace in the home

In the apple: B'tzelem elohim, In G-d's image

Bottom right: Al tifrosh min hatzibur, Do not separate yourself from the community

Middle right: Kavod, respect

Top right: Kol yisrael arevim zeh bazeh, All Israel is responsible for one another.

I normally don't give any explanations of my journal entries when I post them, even the ones that were v special and meaningful to me, bc i want ppl to bring whatever they have to it (or just have fun looking at stuff on the internet!). but this is one i thought long and hard abt posting at all, and i decided that if i was going to then i'd like ppl to know what it means for me even if they see smth else when they look at it. going into every little detail would be overkill, but i'll give the highlights.

i'm a trans jewish person who is hella involved at my shul, helping organize events, starting new initiatives, and being in various leadership roles. i have been openly trans there for a number of years now (basically since i first discovered it myself). important to the story, though, is i haven't taken part in any sort of medical transition yet. someone else trans and jewish who has also been at my shul many years is leaving bc of harassment they've faced since coming out and transitioning. a lot of ppl have come outta the woodwork to make their disapproval known and to just be disrespectful overall, and i think i no longer have a place in that community.

so, while making this journal entry i was thinking about intersections btwn judaism, community, transness, and transformation/change. and grief i'm feeling at this loss. and irony abt this all coming to a head during pride month. how are our jewish values being neglected, and where are they present? what does it mean for me to be jewish as a queer person? what does it mean for me to be jewish if i'm leaving this community? where am i going to go? what if i don't go to a diff shul and only engage w community elsewhere? what ramifications does that have for my practice?

it was a lot of wrestling. and i'm gonna continue to wrestle.

[hms202]

[maximastrange]

New pages in MY LITTLE GOTH JOURNAL III.

[poefic-art]

Process video up later!