Me

Some sage advice that many people need to hear right now.

What happens when anxiety and depression takes over and you just can't write anything? I wanted to use lockdown to my advantage but I'm not well and I'm sad. Any advice?

Just know you aren't alone in this. I've written a fraction of what I should have written, over the last 4 months. The anxiety is real, there are many things to be anxious and depressed about.

So be kind to yourself. Set yourself small targets and goals. Be happy when you succeed, and forgive yourself when you fail.

This is such a motivating message.

These are so cool.

Stained Glass Suncatchers

Elena Zaycman on Etsy

See our #Etsy or #Stained Glass tags

On Portals and Trees...

So, the general consensus I’ve found concerning lore with trees and portals concerns faefolk! This made a lot of sense to me actually, as I’ve always associated this concept with the fae. There are more natural structures (like faerie rings) that once a mortal steps into or passes through, they are thus thrusted into another realm unlike our own. I found in a post on the internet that “an entrance to the faerie lands can be found at the trunk of a tree.” With that, many people often leave offerings to the fae at their favorite trees, usually an oak or hawthorn tree. Hawthorn trees are especially important to the Celts and the lore concerning fae folk. (I may make a post about this later because it was interesting). I also found other folklore of odd structures made from trees, and people claiming they are portals to the devil and whatnot. Nonetheless, people are seemingly fascinated but fearful of these structures, and consider them portals into other realms and a nexus of supernatural occurrences. Trees in a span of mythology and humanity are hubs of knowledge and creation, so the origin of these myths and folklore are not unusual.

Sources; https://www.paganspath.com/meta/faeries.htm

https://backpackerverse.com/heres-why-locals-call-the-devils-tree-a-portal-to-hell/

Gorgeous, have you ever seen a piece of artwork you wish you could walk into? This is one of those for me.

Uncharted Heaven by Lorenzo Lanfranconi

So cool, looking at her work is like looking at a dream.

Star Catcher, Remedios Varo

Ilton Temple, Masham, Yorkshire, 14.8.17.

“A book must be the ax for the frozen sea within us.”

Franz Kafka

The Morrigan by Jen Delyth

Still not over this. . .

J.K. Rowling apologizes for killing Dobby in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows [x]