#one for sorrow two for joy

[spookdoodles]

Another print I made for Sunnycon this year! They'll be available in my online shops after the con.

[justarandombrit]

I did the thing!

Can you tell I didn't know what to do for the last one?

[omnybus]

One for sorrow, Two for joy,  Three for a girl,  Four for a boy,  Five for silver,  Six for gold, Seven for a secret never to be told Eight for truths, Nine for lies, Ten for large cheeseburger and fries

[roguepen]

One for Sorrow Update

I have the final chapters of One for Sorrow, Two for Joy in a quick summary format, aside from a few in the middle that have not been formalized, the chapter summaries are essentially finished.

Meaning we have a total of roughly 80 chapters in total!

There is an epilogue planned as well.

[seeeilis]

Magpies

[darksapphademia]

the power seeing two magpies together has over irish people

[allmpoems]

Only 1 Crow [8/19/23]

one for sorrow.

I sit alone,

my head hanging low

my feet kick the short stone wall I sit upon

one for sorrow.

my back faces the busy town

my front faces nothing good

I won't bother going in that direction

one for sorrow.

I feel it in my heart

all I know ar lonely memories

as I'm being ripped apart

[selfindulgenttwaddle]

Here come the dinosaurs! 🦖

[thorne-witch]

Counting Crows

One crow for malice,

Two crows for mirth,

Three for a marriage,

Four for a birth,

Five crows bring silver,

Six crows bring gold,

Seven for a story that never should be told

Eight for a heaven,

Nine for a hell,

Ten for the devil, wherever he may dwell.

This can go on for a while, i’ve seen up to 20. It’s an old folk poem/ superstition based in seeing birds that aren’t native to the area. There are a quite few variations (this link has some of them listed), the most common one i’ve seen being One for Sorrow (A Magpie Rhyme). For the most part they’re pretty similar, and worth looking into.

[topshelf2112-blog]

I startled them into flight

[justarandombrit]

For some reason I decided to make the old rhyme about the magpies Ride The Cyclone themed.

…

🥀 One for sorrow, Noel 🥀

🧁 Two for joy, Constance 🧁

♀️ Three for a girl, Penny ♀️

♂️ Four for a boy, Ezra ♂️

🥈 Five for silver, Virgil 🥈

🏅 Six for gold, Ocean 🏅

🤫 Seven for a secret, never to be told. Jane 🤫

🔮 Eight for a wish, Karnak 🔮

💋 Nine for a kiss, Monique 💋

🌆 Ten for an evening full of bliss, Talia 🌆

🏥 Eleven for health, Ricky 🏥

💲 Twelve for wealth, Mischa💲

👹 Thirteen, beware it’s the devil himself. 👹

…

I might do art of this at some point? Idk. Also, this is just the version I was taught, so some lines might be a little different.

[theartofbipolar]

I seem to be in quite a long period of sorrow at the moment , I haven’t felt depression for this long in a while, about 2 months now of mainly just feeling sad, down, tears and fatigue but I can’t sleep so no wonder I’m fatigued

I’m not in a really bad state of depression that makes you not get out of bed or function thankfully, I’ve been there all too often. This feeling is just enough though to suck the joy out of everything, apathy and just a general feeling of can’t be fucked

A lot of the days I’m able to get through my illustration work with ease, it helps…thats how I know its not rock bottom because when that happens my head is blank, the switch has literally been flicked off But the want or need to do anything else other than draw and zombie out on the internet, isn’t there …who needs food This is one of the reasons I have started up this blog. I have been meaning to for years for my illustration work but never got around to it, sounds familiar….. I thought I’d combine it with my bipolar, on a whim ..umm that’s familiar too. Hopefully it gives me another escape in the middle of the night instead of scrolling through FB reading and wading in on arguments with complete strangers!

[spaceagebachelorstan]

i may not believe in god but i sure as hell believe in the magpies. whether i see one or two makes or breaks my expectations immediately and my mood will change accordingly. i take one for sorrow two for joy very seriously

[roguepen]

I'm planning a fight scene in a couple of chapters. The imagery is very strong, I'm just struggling to get the picture together as a greater whole.

[claypigeonpottery]

a single magpie with purple hyacinths, both signifying sorrow

and a secret second magpie on the back to ensure you have some joy

[blorbologist]

giggling in delight kicking my feet