Tag: Nature
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Fairy Archetypes and Mythic Consciousness
All art by Sophie Gengembre Anderson There are some very interesting fairy connections within Alan Garner’s classic novel, The Owl Service. I won’t spoil the story in case people want to look it up and read it themselves but the premise behind it is interesting when it comes to examining both fairy lore and fairies…
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Finding Your Voice
Finding your voice is a key part of development for any creator working with language. In non-linguistic arts, finding your own style is just as relevant, so all of this can be applied more widely. Give me a keyboard or a pen, and voice is not an issue for me. I started looking for my…
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The Rose: An Enduring Symbol of Love
“But he who dares not grasp the thorns should never crave the rose.” Anne Brontë, The Narrow Way, 1820 – 184
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A Bit Worried or Suffering Anxiety?
A bit back I wrote about the differences between depression and sadness and the problems that arise when people think that their brushes with melancholy mean they know what depression is. You can read that here – https://druidlife.wordpress.com/2017/05/15/depressed-or-melancholy/ The issues for anxiety are similar in that an experience of fear is not the same as anxiety…
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The Sheela-na-Gig: An Ancient Goddess of Life and Death
All art by Emma Florence Harrison “Magic is the first language of the world. It was the language before words, before mathematics. Humanity can accept concepts like space travel to other galaxies, and yet magic can only be real in the minds of those who believe it, or in the imagination of children.” Rosella Testa…