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megancharland:

NEVER APOLOGIZE FOR SELFIES

As an artist who works mainly in self-portraiture, I find this post a little demeaning.  I agree with the sentiment behind it.  Selfies are great, and I’m glad that people have the means to photograph themselves and places to showcase them to the world. 

However, the picture you just took with your phone in the mirror or in Photo Booth lying in bed isn’t even remotely comparable to a piece of art created by an artist.  When I take a self-portrait there is so much work that goes into it.  Conceptualizing an idea, finding an appropriate location, selecting props, doing hair, make-up and wardrobe, emoting, posing, framing the shot, etc.  When you consider artists that work in other mediums like painting there’s even more that goes into it. 

So I agree, never apologize for selfies.  But please don’t compare your selfies to art.  They are two very *very* different things.

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soloontherocks:

Rebloggable as requested.

yes yes I know about the typo

“Times Solo Says The Things I Wish I Could Put Words To”, part 3.

Yeah I learned about Amaterasu from “Okami” but that’s beside the fact, considering the resulting research made her my favorite deity for years. Later I finally realized “oh shit She’s calling me” and actually researched the hell out of everything, and above all, I knew from the start that “Okami”s portrayal is pure fiction.

I actually was introduced briefly to Bast through an educational program called “Cluefinders”. She was a goddess who bestowed wisdom to one of the team, and I’ve never forgotten it.

Thank you for reminding me that my first introduction to Anglo-Saxon legends was through Wishbone the talking Jack Russell Terrier.

I recognized Hecate througha series called Daughters of The Moon, obviously its fictional, but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t a valid starting point.

my deity is also a doctor who villain  although i havent listened to that audio adventure yet, i learned about him shortly after i bought it.

I do pop culture worship so trolololololo

I think I’m worse than you, devotee. I learned about Amaterasu from Naruto. 

Hell, I’ve invoked several pop culture characters in magic. 

How the fuck would you even get into magic WITHOUT something in the media/tv/movies/book nudging you in the right direction?

You know what started me? Age of Mythology + this one greek mythology book my parents would read me since I was four, and I got into ceremonial magic after getting into alchemy from Harry Potter (Nicholas Flamel) and the fact I was Catholic (exorcisms and all that).

If you somehow approached the occult without a media reference in your life, I beg you to come out and speak up and tell me, because I’m genuinely curious.

Question: was the mythology book this one? Lots of colored pencil illustrations inside?

Yup. That’s the one. I wanted to fangirl about the book when you posted about 3ish weeks ago because it was a massive, overwhelming part of my childhood to the point I still use those drawings as a basis for images in my personal grimoire of the deities  but that was like the day after we had argued so I thought it unwise.

Reposting this here because I just missed your response.

I asked because, no exaggeration, a solid 50% of the non-Wiccan pagans I know first got interested in paganism or polytheism by reading that book as a kid. And it’s a classic, too, from 1961. I’m pretty much completely convinced at this point it’s a tool the Gods (and I mean multiple pantheons) are using to set kids on the path to being future devotees or pagans somehow. 

I learn about Gods and Deities from cartoon, anime, TV, Movies, games! OMG! Its the reason why I still keep Age of Mythology and play it from time to time! The Mummies and its animated series introduced me to the Egyptian Pantheon (apart having to learn about them in History). Jackie Chan Adventures and lot of Chinese Dramas like Journey To The West taught me about the Jade Emperor and Guanyin and the Buddha and the Celestial Gods. I have Charmed to thank for confirming my belief in magic. 

So thank you for reminding me that They call us in so many ways. <3

Yes, I love source text but belief is fluid and if people wish to see Tom Hiddelstone when they think of Loki, well there are worse looking versions and he has the androgynous elements down (much more than any other Marvel version of the Sky-Walker in fact).

Hell I’d not be married to a Lokiswomen without The Avengers. I mean, look at the anniversary card I made last year:

http://flic.kr/p/cA8k8q

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