#notebooks of wb yeats

[fionabrennanartist]

John O’Leary, 1900

President of the Irish Republican Brotherhood

Poem: September 1913 by WB Yeats. The poem provides insight into Yeats' detestation of the middle classes whilst also glorifying figures such as John O'Leary (an Irish republican and a leading Fenian.)

[hyba]

2, 14, 24?

Hellooooo! Thanks so much for sending in this ask! ^^ I especially had a lot of fun with #14! 

2. Favourite part of writing - Probably the first stages, where it’s just raw motivation and your mind bursting at the seams with this idea that you must get down on paper, regardless of how late at night it is or how much you need to be doing something else. That’s the part of my process where I pants it all, like I’m doing now with the scifi book, and it’s the funnest part! When it’s time to actually give my story some logic and I have to think about plot and character arcs and other sorts of elements, it kind of dampens my moon about writing, even though I still love all my WIPs and am really proud of how far I’ve gotten with them! ^^

14. What’s the most research you ever put into a book? - So, some of you may have noticed that for my fantasy novels The Fall of the Black Masks and The Pirates of Sissa, there’s a decidedly MENA-inspired aesthetic in terms of architecture and fashion, and even setting to a degree. The Pirates of Sissa also has elements of Indian and Persian aesthetics in the mix, too. In order to get the perfect words for a lot of these architectural things - like mashrabiyya and muqarnas, because there are no true English equivalents to those and many other words - I had to go back through my old Islamic Architecture books & notes and do some Googling (some of them I knew but wanted to spell correctly, while others I’d completely forgotten the names of!). I also did a lot of research pertaining to the lives of princes and emperors and kings of the region, and this was perfect because I really got to go back and delve into a class I took in uni that really was one of my all-time favourites! Of course, since my books are fantasy, I love using a mish-mash of all of these elements from different places and creating something that, in my mind, is truly gorgeous. ^^

Along the same vein, I’ve been compiling a lot of references and articles and books and research in general about Ancient Egypt. I’m still very interested in wrting that mystery/thriller set in Ancient Egypt, and the idea is that it follows a common girl as she enters the world of nobility and becomes embroiled in a streak of murders that have been happening. So, there’s a lot of research to be done here, especially as I need to find out what commoners lived like in Ancient Egypt in addition to all the information we already have about how nobility lived, and then there’s the issue of breaking from Ancient Egyptian norms in the sense that while the girl’s family are very religious, she doesn’t actually believe in their gods and goddesses - something which of course she can’t go around saying, especially at that time, but something that will definitely require that little bit of extra research!! ^^ I’m really excited for it! I’ve started writing bits of it, but the truth is I want to hold out until I’ve cleared one or two of my other projects off my plate so I can really give it its due and have it be as historically accurate as possible.

24. Poetry or prose, and why? Both. Both, both, both! ^^ While I personally am not a very poetic person, I admire poetry so very much. My all-time favourites I have written down in a notebook where I only record poems I love ^^ There’s Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe, Do Not Stand at my Grave and Weep by Mary Elizabeth Frye, Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley, A Poison Tree by William Blake, Alone by Edgar Allan Poe, Always Marry An April Girl by Ogden Nash, Dust if You Must by Rose Milligan, The Cloths of Heaven by WB Yeats, and Villanelle by Roland Leighton. I admire poetry immensely, and deeply regret that I haven’t focused my efforts on such a skill as it takes to create such wonderfully intricate pieces. One day, I think, I’ll be able to write poetry, but that day is a very long way away. For now, I want to spend all my efforts on writing prose, on writing stories that can hold people for hours and give them a chance to escape for just a little bit. Of course, I’m trying very hard to give my prose more of a poetic charm to it, and I’ve been working on expanding my vocabulary in order to do that, but it’s a skill that needs a lot of nurturing. I think putting them both together creates a truly marvelous result!

Thank you so much for sending these in! I really, really appreciate it - and I had such fun answering them! You picked great Qs ^^

If anyone else wants to send me asks, this is the game I’m currently playing.

[diondecarnate]

Is it weird to get both my dads the same Christmas gift

Other details: what can I say my mom has a type and that type is depressed hipster poet/ depressed hipster philosopher

Other other details: the gift in question is a book of wb yeats poetry and a notebook/pen set

Also they don't ever talk to eachother so there is very little risk of them finding out about this

[terrasu]

Screenshot Info I

Sorry mobile users...

But I screenshot/take photos of a lot of stuff: companies, advice, word definitions, products, quotes, books, plaques at museums, some songs, plants- so here it is, volume 1 at least. Don’t take a mention of a company or product at face value; I have not thoroughly vetted everything on this list. (Also, this spans more than five years, so)

Company

All made apparel- clothing for a living wage

Airoptix colors- colored contacts?

Airstream- mobile home/carriage thing

Arteza- always seems to have great sales on art supplies

Beta Brand- comfortable fancy pants

Brilliant Earth- customizable engagement rings

Brevite- light camera bag

Cora Women- Pads delivered

Croochet- adorably crocheted pokemon

Dim Crystal 2100- laser-engraving cube

Drinkdripdrop- hydrating powdered mix

Dropps- Laundry something

Flare: bracelet with a button to call your phone

Function of Beauty- personalized shampoo/conditioner

Grove Collaborative: sustainable paper goods

Interior Define- pet-proof furniture (fabric?)

Karst Stone paper

Kin custom- create & sell clothing

Life token- jewelry; “write a message that stays with you”

Mini Man Studios- Create lego figurines based off of photos

Moon Magic Jewelry- Pretty jewelry

MonQ- customized edible essential oil

Mozart supplies- art supplies

Mylunarly- plant, wellness items + more every new moon

My thera box- self-care centered subscription box

Nurx- free birth control

Park and Diamond- compact bike helmet

Powr Co-   charger for a phone in a car

Pretty Litter Cats- changes color to tell health

Rocketbook- reusable, cloud-connected notebook

Rose and Abbott- customizable face moisturizer

Sand and Sky Aus(tralia?)- pimple reducing face cream

Scholarship Owl- “apply for 1000s of scholarships”

Shopetee- Replaces plastic wrap

Sipsby- four teas subscription box based on preferences

Skinsei Skincare- personalized skin care

Solstice- a bracelet that saves an acre of forests

Sucstu- succulents sent to you

Talkspace- online therapy

The Love Box- messages to loved ones

The original scrap box- ultra compact crafting cabinet

The Real Blu print- sewing lessons

Ubiome

Unidays- student discounts

Wear Atom- Shoes in quarter sizes for each foot

Websites:

Ecosia-  plants trees for every search

Written word

“The best way to predict the future is to create it” -Peter Drucker

“Education is not the filing of a pail, but the lighting of a fire” -WB Yeats

“Roses are red/violets are blue/you have bed head/but I still love you” -mom

“If it’s terrifying and amazing then you should definitely pursue it” -erada

“Far too many people are looking for the right person instead of trying to be the right person.” -Gloria Steinem

“How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?” -Satchel Paige

“Loving you was the most exquisite form of self-destruction” -SJ

Why do photojournalists do what they do? “One feels he has a responsibility to cover the events of his time, that he has a strong feeling that this is a moment of history that should be recorded.” -Carl Mydans

“Everyone is wise until he speaks” -Irish proverb

“But who can remember pain once it’s over? All that remains of it is a shadow, not in the mind even, in the flesh. Pain marks you, but too deep to see. Out of sight, out of mind.” -Margaret Atwood

Songs

“Winter Dreams (Brandon’s Song)” - Kelly Clarkson

“What do the skies see?” -Agora

“Stitches” -Shawn Mendes

“New Bohemia” -Transviolet

“Jubel” -Klingande

“Till the sun burns out” -Sebell

“Afterlife” -Ingrid Michaelson

“Alright” -Walk off the Earth

“Ohio” - Crosby Stills Nash & Young

Tricks

Packing

Put jewelry between two layers of plastic wrap

Pill compartments for small jewelry

String necklace through straws

Put stud earrings through buttons

Put shoes in a shower cap

Animals

Allergies:

Bath pet regularly to remove allergen build-up in coat

Furniture w/o fabric

Air purifier

(cat): keep the litter box clean

Words

Absquatulate: to flee

Ad Hockery: Reliance on temporary solutions rather than on consistent, long-term plans

Alexithymia: difficulty experiencing, expressing and describing emotional responses

Argy-Bargy: a vigorous discussion or dispute

Brobdingnagian: of huge size; gigantic; tremendous

Clinomania: excessive desire to stay in bed

Collywobbles: A feeling of fear, apprehension, or nervousness

Dalles: the rapids of a river running between the walls of a canyon or gorge

Dépaysement: the disorientation felt in a foreign country or culture; the feeling of being a fish out of water

Doggo: in concealment; out of sight

Effulgent: shining forth brilliantly; radiant

Fata Morgana: A mirage consisting of multiple images, as of cliffs and buildings, that are distorted or magnified to resemble elaborate castles

Foudroyant: sudden and overwhelming in effect; stunning

Gew-gaw: a showy thing, especially one that is useless or worthless

Hortatory: urging to some course of conduct or action; encouraging

Lachrymose: given to shedding tear readily; tearful

Mauka: towards the mountains; inland

Magniloquent: speaking or expressed in a lofty or grandiose style; pompous; bombastic; boastful

Mauerbauertraurigkeit: the inexplicable urge to push people away, even close friends who you really like

Nabob: any very wealthy, influential, or powerful person

Nodus Tollens: the realization that the plot of your life doesn’t make sense to you anymore

Ogdoad: the number eight

Onism: the frustration of being stuck in just one body, that only inhabits one place at a time

Predilection: a preference or special liking for something; a bias in favor of something

Sastruga: ridges of snow formed on a snowfield by the action of the wind

Snickersnee: a knife, especially one used as a weapon

Thaumaturge: a worker of wonder or miracles; magician

Tenebrific: creating darkness

Weltanschauung: a comprehensive conception or image of the universe and of humanity’s relation to it

Yugen: A profound awareness of the universe that triggers a deep emotional response

Books + Poems

Gene Shuford- Selected poems 1933-1971

“Last Confession” by WB Yeats

“The Third Kingdom” by Terry Goodkind

Artists

Alexandra Manukyan

Alex Katz

Augustus Edwin John

Brenna Morgan

Britta B.

Carlos Alfonzo

Cherie Fruehan

Christiane Pflug

Daniel Moulden

Dennis Oppenheim

Enrico Donati

Florian Maier-Aichen

Forrest Aderholt

Franklin Carmichael

Gustavo Perez

Harriet Whitney Frishmuth

Jacque Forsher

Jean Debuffet

Jean-Paul Riopelle

Judith Dunbar

Justin Archer

Kehinde Wiley

Kelly Stellar Hrad

Ken Byler

Ken Wesley

Laura Helms

Laura Millard

Mary Shaffer

Maureen Botello

Nikolai & Simon Haas

Nubou Kabuto

Pamela Van Laanen

Ralph Goings

Raoul Dufy

Rem Denizen

Reylon Nurse

Rita Letendre

Roy Lichtenstein

Terry Parshall

Flowers:

Silver-laced Primrose

Protea

Scabiosa

Products

CBD - via Lucy Litman’s story one day

Dram Apothecary Sodas

B-Chill Honey (Clean Market)

Apothecanna Lotion (Clean Market)

Super You (Moon Juice)- normalize cortisol levels

Vagus Nerve oil (Osea)

[the-poison-tree]

The Grimoire and Yeats

With my book finished, here will explain my decisions when making it. Included is a prayer at the start, as was used to bless magic books. The images from Yeats’ Golden Dawn Notebooks were found online and have been displayed at the National Library of Ireland. My information has been taken from this article in the Irish Independent ( https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/wb-150/magic-myth-and-secrecy-wb-yeats-and-the-occult-31207213.html ). Also shown are images of his wife, Georgie Hyde-Lees automated handwriting that her and Yeats conducted many sessions on.

The poems I left in the book include Sailing to Byzantium and other poems mentioning prayers and Irish legends. 

I debated with covering the front of the book but decided to leave it uncovered to have an experience of thinking it is just a book of his poetry but to be meet with his occult notebooks when opened. It is half a normal poetry reading experience and half an insight into his writings and drawing on the occult and his experiences. I feel they merge incredibly well and this additional information adds to the reading experience and understanding of certain poems.