† know your devil †

No mask. No mercy.
A heart like a clenched fist.
Winged. Scaled. Unrepentant.
Love me? Then bleed real.

Do what thou wilt. Do no harm.

🜍

[† know your devil † @knowyourdevil]

When someone tells you, “Your words make my life better,” writing stops being a choice. It becomes obligation. A duty to carry the fire, even when it burns.

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@SilentRaven00 I do too. I go out socially occasionally, but it takes a lot of bandwidth and I would rather just stay home. I no longer care about public life.

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I would be fine in complete isolation. To me, that seems like heaven.

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@ghostcatting I do too! I miss that time period. It was actually five years ago. Wow! For gold, it was Qatar. I know people there as well 😂

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Some of my interests.

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@ghostcatting My jeweler had $250,000 worth of diamonds he just unrolled, lol. We got him into the US. He's in Orange County, CA last I heard. Picking out rubies in the second photo.

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@ghostcatting No, they're for my own puposes. I got a case for Christmas and wanted to fill it with semi-precious stones. I collected gemstones when I was in Kabul four years ago. My friend was a jeweler before becoming an ATF agent/Deputy US Marshal and showed me what to look for.

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@ghostcatting @PromotionD99780 and the dice in the collage, many are gemstone dice. Labradorite, Peruvian Pink Opal, Lapis Lazuli I got in Afghanistan, Obsidian, Yooperlite that glows under UV, amethyst etc.

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@ghostcatting @PromotionD99780 That's what I do. I can't meditate really, so this allows for intense focus. Sometimes brushstrokes as fine as a human hair. Others as a technique such as a wash or dry brushing. There are some really good painters out there. I'm decent enough for my purposes.

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@PromotionD99780 @ghostcatting Nice!

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@PromotionD99780 @ghostcatting To clarify, the high definition ones I buy, the others I buy in bulk but some have amazing detail. I accidentally discovered Hellmarch, a table top war game that's adaptable for RPG's and now I'm making/buying terrain, battle mats, painting bridges, lmao.

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@ghostcatting I gave my 3D printer to my son in law. I'll pick it back up later but for now I buy them already printed.

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@ghostcatting I actually have hundreds painted, lol. I know, I'm insane but love it!

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@ghostcatting Thank you, I appreciate that. My skills are improving. The last two I painted yesterday.

[𝔊𝔥𝔬𝔰𝔱𝔠𝔞𝔱 @ghostcatting]

oh how the quiet is devastating
breaking up foolish thoughts
and cracking through walls
until it’s just me alone
with the dark things
of the heart

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About to go on a candle shopping spree.
It’s the little things that make life good.
When you’ve dealt with post-traumatic stress, controlling your environment matters.

Light. Scent. Order. Silence.
Art. Music. Immersive hobbies.

Peace starts with the room you’re sitting in.

[A. L. Crego @ALCrego_]

As above...

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Mephistopheles could show Faust every pleasure of lust.

But not love.

That was beyond his power.

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@SilentRaven00 Chosen isolation is not loneliness.
It's quarantine from noise.
No performances to manage.
No shallow appetites to feed.
No false intimacy to cosplay.
Just silence, order,
and the slow return of yourself.

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You perform who you wish to be.
I reveal who I must be.