Jean-Michel Basquiat Painting Untitled (Fallen Angel), 1981.

I kept thinking how much nesting dolls remind me of Easter eggs. So I made a set in Easter colors with spring flowers. For the heck of it. :)

The Triumph of Time by John Elliott

Blessing for the Longest Night

All throughout these months as the shadows have lengthened, this blessing has been gathering itself, making ready, preparing for this night.

It has practiced walking in the dark, traveling with its eyes closed, feeling its way by memory by touch by the pull of the moon even as it wanes.

So believe me when I tell you this blessing will reach you even if you have not light enough to read it; it will find you even though you cannot see it coming.

You will know the moment of its arriving by your release of the breath you have held so long; a loosening of the clenching in your hands, of the clutch around your heart; a thinning of the darkness that had drawn itself around you.

This blessing does not mean to take the night away but it knows its hidden roads, knows the resting spots along the path, knows what it means to travel in the company of a friend.

So when this blessing comes, take its hand. Get up. Set out on the road you cannot see.

This is the night when you can trust that any direction you go, you will be walking toward the dawn.

—Jan Richardson from The Cure for Sorrow: A Book of Blessings for Times of Grief

Twitter Thread: Inuit Shares Insane Food Prices Up North

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Twitter Thread: Inuit Shares Insane Food Prices Up North

Seventy dollars for a watermelon? What is this, Japan?

Please check this out. WTAF??! I had no idea Inuit and extreme northern people were price-gouged so insanely, for what in my privileged diet are basic nutrients. Lettuce for $17. Water for $104. $70 for a veggie tray. Of course they hunt! My basic two-week grocery list would be in the $100,000's.

@shublies Oh, hey! I know you! 😄❤️💜💙 Thank you so much, Shelby, for bringing her to life for me! 😘

I had a great time working with @lunam0sity

This is her finished commission which I loved every part of.

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So, I’ve started this new thing of incorporating texts into my paintings and basically using them as an art journal, writing down my thoughts, ideas and such. I’m allowing the words to mix and merge with other patterns and elements of painting so they are not really legible. But in case you’re curious what it says on the image here is the text:

He wore black on black.

Black on black never as a fashion statement. Black on black but never a minimalist. Black on black but not emo.

Black on black but not as a shield, not for protection. Black on black as a source of personal power, as owning his messy, complex, raw self. Black on black as raw power focused and channeled into something constructive.

Black on black as there are no other options. Black on black as Lilith, dark side of the Moon and owning his rage. Black on black as self-mastery.

Black as black ink, incaustum nigrum. Black on black as being fiercely independent. Black on black as being to Hell and back several times and surviving. Black on black as being his own savior.

The Setup for my Home D&D game, table was built on New Year’s Eve 2016, with two of my players and myself, the TV is a 40" Samsung smart tv connected to a dell precision 5720 27" 4K touchscreen workstation running Fantasy Grounds to manage campaign details, display maps and use tokens onscreen to represent characters.

Total cost not including the tv or workstation was about $120.