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mscota · 1 month
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The symbolism of flowers
Flowers have a long history of symbolism that you can incorporate into your writing to give subtext.
Symbolism varies between cultures and customs, and these particular examples come from Victorian Era Britain. You'll find examples of this symbolism in many well-known novels of the era!
Amaryllis: Pride
Black-eyed Susan: Justice
Bluebell: Humility
Calla Lily: Beauty
Pink Camellia: Longing
Carnations: Female love
Yellow Carnation: Rejection
Clematis: Mental beauty
Columbine: Foolishness
Cyclamen: Resignation
Daffodil: Unrivalled love
Daisy: Innocence, loyalty
Forget-me-not: True love
Gardenia: Secret love
Geranium: Folly, stupidity
Gladiolus: Integrity, strength
Hibiscus: Delicate beauty
Honeysuckle: Bonds of love
Blue Hyacinth: Constancy
Hydrangea: Frigid, heartless
Iris: Faith, trust, wisdom
White Jasmine: Amiability
Lavender: Distrust
Lilac: Joy of youth
White Lily: Purity
Orange Lily: Hatred
Tiger Lily: Wealth, pride
Lily-of-the-valley: Sweetness, humility
Lotus: Enlightenment, rebirth
Magnolia: Nobility
Marigold: Grief, jealousy
Morning Glory: Affection
Nasturtium: Patriotism, conquest
Pansy: Thoughtfulness
Peony: Bashfulness, shame
Poppy: Consolation
Red Rose: Love
Yellow Rose: Jealously, infidelity
Snapdragon: Deception, grace
Sunflower: Adoration
Sweet Willian: Gallantry
Red Tulip: Passion
Violet: Watchfulness, modesty
Yarrow: Everlasting love
Zinnia: Absent, affection
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mscota · 2 months
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I made an OC for @glitchy-squidd 's fanfic, Frighteningly Intriguing! These two have been running circles in my brain for weeks. Love this story. I've never had a fanfic genuinely creep me out so bravo. Love their dynamic. On that note, don't you just hate it when your sinister plans get foiled by the power of friendship? Anyway, can't wait to make more art!
Gitchy-squidd I'm offering this as a sacrifice. I hope it's tasty.
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mscota · 4 months
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mscota · 5 months
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Link probably at some point
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mscota · 6 months
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NOT MY ART BUT THIS SO COOL 🤩🤩🤩
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Ive been drawing sun a lot lately so now its his turn
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mscota · 6 months
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Beautiful art (not mine). Happy Ace week!!!
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Happy Ace Week!!! 🖤🤍💜
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mscota · 6 months
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Dawg I have never done digital art in my life but when you read a good fanfic you gotta do what you gotta do. No but fr this took me so long & my wrist has doubled in size. Still, it just makes me so happy to see it and I can't wait to make more. Ya'll this blog is mainly just gonna be fanart of solar lunacy and maybe other stuff. I don't make the rules here.
@bamsara I offer you another sacrifice, I hope it's tasty. *buries self underground*
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mscota · 7 months
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I consider every passion, hobby, hyperfixation a return of love. Something that I cash in for every love that wasn't directly returned. Because in the end, it really is these things that keep me going. It's not my accomplishments, not my materials, not the people I meet, it's these things that no one else can see that keep me alive.
And yet the irony is that these things came from people. Courageous people who created something, and to create is an expression of humanity.
I am filled to the brim with humanity
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mscota · 7 months
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i call this one “nobody likes you when youre 23”
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mscota · 7 months
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Reminders for the Anxious/Depressed Creatives
You’re more than what you make.
Your productivity does not determine your value.
It’s okay to do nothing sometimes.
Not everything you do has to result in a product.
Not everything you make has to be important, significant, or even good.
You can make things just for yourself.
You can keep secrets for yourself, whether it’s not posting some of your projects or not sharing your techniques.
You’re allowed to say no.
You’re allowed to rest.
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mscota · 7 months
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this is advice I've given friends directly before and I've probably also posted it but I really like giving it so here it is potentially again: do not create something for an imaginary bad faith reader.
there will always be someone who finds fault in your work. there will be people who read the messages on it wrong. there will be people who will take every compelling aspect about your work off of it so they can put in their own.
you cannot make art for these people.
you will never write a story that is free from criticism. you will never draw a piece that everyone finds appealing. you will never compose a song that everyone enjoys hearing. you cannot, fundamentally, set out to create something and only think of how you can avoid someone not liking it.
because, and this is key, there will be someone who sees every angle of your story and feels its intent in their heart and gushes to their friends about it. you will draw someone's favorite art and they will make it their phone wallpaper because they want to see it every day. someone will fall in love with your song and loop it on their way to work because it gets them through the day. and THOSE are the people your work is for. THOSE are the people you have to care about, because they love what you make for what it is - because it's itself.
if you set out to create something and file off every sharp edge, prune every thorn, you will be left with something fragile and weak, and it will be fragile and weak for the sake of someone who does not exist but that you were scared of anyway.
sharing art is complex and tangled and powerful, and anything you care enough to create deserves to flourish as itself. get sillay.
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mscota · 8 months
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@bamsara I'm ready for the Joe route
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mscota · 8 months
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elon musk should kill himself elon musk needs to kill himself elon musk would make society as a whole better if he killed himself now
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mscota · 8 months
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i would like to ask for good vibes and manifestations (prayers also acceptable) for my family right now as our landlord is yet again being the worst person on earth and a meeting tomorrow morning will determine whether or not we become homeless. we're so desperate that we outright offered to raise our own rent so that he stops terrorizing us
if you'd like to help make things a little easier for us, here's my kofi and my patreon. i would like to stress that patreon would be the best way to support especially in the long run, should our landlord allow us to stay in exchange for higher rent
i know this is the hundredth time i've posted about this man being evil incarnate, but i wish i was bullshitting. yes, we know we have to get out. no, we can't afford anywhere else, and we're in unique circumstances involving extended family that would stop us from going elsewhere even if we could afford it. we can only barely afford the raised rent offer we're trying to give him. yes, we've been taking the legal route, but we have still ended up here
if you make a donation and would like something in exchange (other than patreon rewards or what is in my kofi shop), i'm willing to take on tattoo design commissions, hand crocheted blanket commissions, and/or sketch commissions. just DM me either here or on kofi and i'll be glad to work something out
i hate making these posts as much as other people probably hate seeing them, but we're less than twelve hours away from the discussion that will determine whether we get to stay in the place we've lived for a decade or go out on the streets with nothing but what we can fit into a few backpacks
thank you for your time and all previous generosity. shares/reblogs are appreciated and encouraged. please remember you are loved, you matter, and you belong here
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mscota · 2 years
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“We are dominated by everything with which our self is identified…Some people get their identity from their feelings, others from their thoughts, others from their social roles. But this identification with a part of the personality destroys the freedom which comes from the experience of the pure ‘I’.”
— Roberto Assagioli
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mscota · 3 years
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dont ever hesitate. reblog this.
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mscota · 3 years
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“Be of good heart.”
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