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SFX artist, writer, editor, filmmaker, designer, monster mistress, general Swiss Army Knife, and Elite Level Snapple Cap.

◇ she/her ◇ bi/pan ◇ demi

[Micah Ulrich @micahulrich]

I caught a fish thiiiisssss big.

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Legendary filmmaker AKIRA KUROSAWA with some great advice for aspiring writers everywhere.

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@otherhappyplace These people who choose to shit on others for doing things solo, or choosing to do ANYTHING by themselves really just showing off how uncomfortable they are with their own company.

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@otherhappyplace Let the countdown begin!!! <3 <3 <3

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@otherhappyplace You can also make something based on healing plants and flowers! I have a linocut print from @thistlethistle_ that has plants and herbs to ward against anxiety. Jasmine, sage, dandelion, lavender, verbena, mullein, yarrow... there are so many from different cultures.

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@otherhappyplace For health and healing, you could use Sowilo (ᛋ), Kaun (ᚴ), Kaunan/Cen (ᚲ), Thuriaz/Purisaz (ᚦ), and Eihwaz (ᛇ).

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@otherhappyplace I've crafted sigils from the Younger Futhark runes before - you take runes that mean a combination of what you're hoping for, then find a way to combine them along their lines for a personal sigil.

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

There is an orchid called the Gomesa Jiaho Queen Orchid, and this is what it looks like

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They will literally use this man in economic textbooks for years and years to come to demonstrate the implosion of a multi-billion dollar platform.

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@otherhappyplace When I see amazingly colored insects/critters, I always wonder what those amazing patterns look like to their eyes, and how they perceive the world. What do these festive bbs look like to each other?

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@otherhappyplace Ergot isn't too terribly flashy, but it packs a punch! (St. Anthony's fire!)
Stemonitis fusca also has some really neat textures up close.

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ffs I drew her whole right hand backwards. thumbs kinda suck. I'll fix her later 🙃

today's @otherhappyplace inspired doodle practice, brought to you by weird reference poses in my office chair

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@otherhappyplace she's on printer paper and still sketchy at the moment - i keep taking photos of myself arched in my desk chair making horrendous faces as reference - the joys of being the only one who has to be in office lol

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Doodling anguished women and centipedes and busted up eyesockets on this summer Friday. (thinking of you, @otherhappyplace! sending love and skitters)

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@otherhappyplace Every culture in the world has ghost stories, monsters in the unknown places, and a deep ingrained fear of darkness. Horror stories are a safe, curated way to dig into the psyche and face those things, to feel the thrill of terror and learn. Horror is NUANCED and CULTURAL.

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@otherhappyplace I could write a thesis about this shit. Horror is such a universal human experience, and exploration of that primal sensation and understanding our fears and humanity through it is so essentially HUMAN. We need horror to understand ourselves - we have always told horror stories.

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@abbygov my employer has a summer home on the east coast, a winter home on in the southwest, and a summer weekend home in Cape Cod. it's the most egregiously cartoon villain bullshit, while I cannot afford to have an apartment on my own.

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@otherhappyplace I've made a physical list of all the artists names and handles who I've found on Twitter, so I can hopefully keep track if things keep going sideways. This shit is so stupid. <3

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@otherhappyplace This flick got me real good, really unexpectedly, too.
"I don't understand the play."

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@MarisasHorror My dad was on the ground, and he wasn't bleeding at all. But when I got close to him, his entire face was rearranged - his features were scrambled like a Picasso, but he was still blinking and moving his mouth trying to speak.

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@MarisasHorror At 3 or 4 years old, dreamed in b&w that my dad was leaving work. I was across an empty street, waiting for him, and it was raining. Several dark figures attacked him out of nowhere with wrenches and tire irons - I cried and ran to help him and they scattered 1/