Her own person haunted her⁠—

Elizabeth Bowen, Chill Tidings: Dark Tales of the Christmas Season; from ‘Green Holly’, ed. Tanya Kirk

Me: I'm color-coding it! [Explains system]

My sister: [chokes on a laugh]

Me: What?

My sister: Nothing, I was gonna say something but it's really mean.

Me: What is it? Like the suspected autism, or--?

My sister: No it's just, dude you're color-coding a cookbook. Get a job.

Started some Maine animal, holiday-themed seamless designs a little late in the game this year. Chickadees and Winterberry is the first of a few, and will be available on fabric, as cards and more for Christmas, 2024.

Sanji birthday? Birthday boy Sanji??

Updated some sims

a new beginnings jar for yule 🕯️ by potionssandpoetry on ig

In neopaganism the horned god is seen with two different faces representing the duality of nature and the changing of seasonal cycle. The theory of these two aspects of the god was debated by Sir James George Frazer in The Golden Bough and by Robert Graves in The White Goddess.  

According to these theories old religions were fertility cults that revolved around the worship and periodic sacrifice of a sacred king. Frazer based his thesis on the pre-Roman priest-king Rex Nemorensis who was ritually murdered by his successor. The king was the incarnation of a dying and reviving god, a solar deity who underwent a mystic marriage to a goddess of the Earth. He died at the harvest and was reincarnated in the spring. This legend of rebirth is central to almost all of the world's mythologies. Some examples of this archetypical figure are the gods Dionysus, Osiris, Tammuz, Dumuzi, Adonis, Janus, Attis. 

 The two aspects of this figure take the names of Holly and Oak king. 

The Holly King is seen as an old version of the green man, ruler of winter, death and darkness. He starts his kingdom at summer solstice when, after the longest day, ruled by his opposite king the oak king, the days start to get darker and shorter entering in the dark half of the year. The holly king is so called referring to the plant that is fruitful during the winter season.  The holly king is also referred to as a black knight and is also connected with the dark aspects of many pagan gods. 

Counterpart of the Holly King is the Oak King that is usually seen as a young green man, ruler of summer, life and light. He starts his kingdom at the winter solstice, when after the darkest night a new light is reborn, signing the beginning of the light half of the year. The oak king is called over the name of the plant that is fruitful during the hot season. Opposite to the Holly King, the Oak King, relates to the light aspect of many pagan gods and its sometimes referred to as a white knight. 

According to the theory these two kings may be seen as two brothers fighting for the throne or as a father and son passing the kingdom to each other in a perpetual cycle of death and rebirth. This cycle of life and death represents the seasonal cycle of death and rebirth of the sunlight and vegetative world.

Look at my boi, he is glorious.

You all liked Realms last time. So I figured you would enjoy some more! It is coming up to holiday time and my Spooky drawing of him ended up turning into a festive one. So he ended up being adorn in holly for this as he looks like holly pallet wise and fetures red orbs in his design.

I also wanted to show these progress shots today because why not. It is in reverse order so it goes final, Finished Flat with coloured lineart, unfinished flat with black lineart, line art, Sketch 2, and Sketch 1 with my refernaces of Realms. I relise now that I forgot the glitter on his "hair" and tail, also most versions of his hat have a gradient on the tip that I also forgot. Oh well, I already posted this and that bee too much effort to change.

world’s worst polycule

🚂 !!

She was left with⁠—nay, had become⁠— her obsession. Thus it is to be a ghost.

Elizabeth Bowen, Chill Tidings: Dark Tales of the Christmas Season; from ‘Green Holly’, ed. Tanya Kirk

I’m on vacation but that will not stop me from drawing, have some fairies

holly (start of the roll) - pentax spotmatic & 400 speed color film - developed at eliz digital & scanned with minolta dimage dual iii

HD wallpaper: Water Dew on Green and Brown Leaves, close-up, color, dark green | Wallpaper Flare

"the holly king" portrait by natachachohraart on ig