#magic of objects

[flotsam-gazette]

Many of us have been—or will be—called upon to clean out the home of a loved one or cull our own possessions when moving or downsizing. When the antique-dealer parents of writer and professor Julia Ridley Smith passed away, they left behind a house chock full of furniture, books, artifacts, and paper. Smith wrote about the huge task of going through it all in her first book The Sum of Trifles. Her thoughtful, tender, and often funny memoir explores

the strange magic of objects,

what they mean to us, and

how hard it can be to let them go.

Smith... discusses how material culture shapes our identities, and how we often think of our possessions as defining who we are and even what we can do.

She talks about the challenges of tackling a house clean-out when grief makes it difficult to give up cherished objects. While the topic can feel heavy, she approaches it with humor, reminding us that there’s also room during a house cleanout for finding joy, discovery, and human connection.

There are  layers of meaning surrounding specific objects her parents owned... and she turns to literature that illuminates how her inheritance shaped her notions of identity and purpose. It's a curious, thoughtful look at how we live in and with our material culture and how we face our losses as we decide what to keep and what to let go. A wonderful exploration of grief and the joy left behind.

What does it mean to reckon with the trifles and treasures left behind by her parents, former antique store owners and perennial, opinionated collectors?

An examination of profound loss,

first the loss of beloved parents,

then the loss of the world they created, and

then, by extension, the loss of the myths that world embraced. 

This is for lovers and wranglers of ephemera, for amateur epistemologists, and for incorrigible musers. 

Book.

[bigfatbreak]

Birds of a Feather previous / next (tw: blood)

[dapper-lil-arts]

this is how their first meeting went right

[weirdlookindog]

Franz Sedlacek - Lied in der Dämmerung (Song in the Twilight), 1931

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

i am thinking how much poorer, how much less colorful the world would be if art was only made by "professionals." if all the music, all the stories, all the sketches & paintings & craftwork of the world was created only by the small category of people able to make a decent living from their art. imagine if the only people allowed to create were the experts & the renowned & those aspiring to the top. what a grey world that would be. how much joy would be bleached away! i love you people who create for the sake of creating, i love you artists who do art for tiny audiences, i love you people who make things even just for one person, even just for themselves, even if no one's watching, thank you thank you thank you for decorating the world in which we all exist

[deepwaterwritingprompts]

Deep Water Prompt #3138

“They call her sword Belladonna.”

“Is it poisonous?” I asked.

“Not in the traditional sense. Cut someone once though, and the cut will spread unstoppable. One nick is death sentence.”

[hychlorions]

i wanted to see jealous klavier (,,>﹏<,,)

[lolottes]

Ida pendant

Ida Manson is Constantine's ex

that ended badly and she created magical distancing pendant and a silencing spell that prevents him from talking about her

When Justice League Dark sends Constantine to Amity Park, he can't even enter the city

he sighs, how is he going to be able to explain this without mentioning ida

[prompts-in-a-barrel]

"Where's your sword?"

"Threw it into the ocean."

"What."

"Turns out it was cursed."

[389]

Details (pt.2) from Dirty Laundry exhibition by Youri Johnson showcased at KeivAthens

[thatonedudeinthecorner]

[putting two fingers to my head] The spirits….they….they’re telling me that…..you’re GAY….

[dansimsfantasy]

The sims 4. Objects

Objects to decorate a counter at the reception of a business based on the sale of plants, herbalists, potions or nurseries. In this second part you will find 7 objects that contribute to a warmer, even magical appearance.

VIRIDI BOTANY _ OBJECTS FOR STORE PART 2

[ninjautistic]

I found out some stuff about Oni's and I have a whole bunch of new headcanons for Lloyd and Garmadon..

[dapper-lil-arts]

One of my favorite scenes i've ever written lmao, from "The Princess and the Peasant"

I seriously strongly recommend reading this if you're a fan of Rarijack like me. It's got action, romance, comedy, drama, all of the above and more; It's a three course meal and also the whole fucking menu

[weirdlookindog]

Franz Sedlacek (1891-1945) - Gespenst über Den Bäumen (Ghost Above the Trees), 1928

[krmayerillustration]

And as all things are & arise from One, by One Dreaming. So all unique things are born from this oneness by adaption.