Art Journaling Monday!

December 21, 2020 Chris 2 Comments

Welcome back to Art Journaling Monday! Some of my recent favorites are below.

The Inner Heroine class: The Happy Forest, The Clear Path, Walking Back Through the Threshold, Journey’s End.
Found poetry.
So exhausting.
All the stickers!
Everyone should make themselves ones of these.
Art is freedom.
Fill your cup.
So true.
Feels accurate.
This IS hard.
“Reach out and touch someone“.
“Animal mothers are…“
“You fiend!“

“TOO CLOSE! Chaos, you are TOO CLOSE!” -Me

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Linkity’s nearly holding it together

December 18, 2020 Chris 3 Comments

2020 things – I’ll be meeting members of my family in a centrally located parking lot to exchange boxes of gifts with each other in a masked and socially distanced fashion. :sigh:

New releases: Smart Bitches (romance), Tor.com (horror/genre-benders)
Linkity from Smart Bitches.
Linkity from the Pen Addict.
A study of fairy tales.
“Fanfic lets us imagine a better world, together“.
Some music that pairs well with books.
Her face!! 😀
“Why social media name games are a security risk“.
Forbes, what.
The second link, comparing 1902 and 2015, is fascinating.
Animals with human-like teeth. VERY VERY VERY CURSED. CANNOT BE UNSEEN. YOU WERE WARNED.
On arthropod blood.
Some terrifying bodies of water.
Flashback song time! “Cinderella’s Daydream” by Zuzu’s Petals. (May not be a flashback to those of you who weren’t into the Minneapolis music scene in the 1990s.)
On masks, from 1918.
“Disney will stop photoshopping face masks onto maskless guests on rides“.
Some more headlines from 2020…
Have you seen the commercials about Satan dating 2020?!
Did you see the Saturday Night Live psychic sketch?
“Our New Year’s card is a pop-up, light-up dumpster fire with dancing raccoons“.
The difference between Renaissance, baroque, and romantic painting styles.
Hokusai’s “Great Wave” in LEGO.
Some bat humor.
California rejected vanity license plate applications. More. Apparently Maine does not care at all.
“It’s a lovely morning…” And also…
Gucci no.
On point.
Ack.
27-lb gummi snake.

*put-upon sigh* -Mayhem

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Linkity is tired of being tired

December 11, 2020 Chris 3 Comments

New releases: Tor.com (YA SFF, SF, fantasy)
Linkity from Smart Bitches.
Some nonfiction antiracism books.
“Unlearning history“.
“This Is How We Fly is the endearing love letter that Harry Potter fans need right now“.
Grab a free 2021 reading log from Book Riot.
I’m a fan of storage furniture, but this doesn’t look very comfy.
Holiday linkity from BookWyrm Knits.
“Alice Is Missing is the perfect quarantine game.“
SO REAL. Also SO REAL. And even more SO REAL.
xkcd’s Covid Precaution Level. Hover cursor/long-press for caption.
The perfect ornament for this year!
I agree with the post title.
The year’s most-searched for terms are telling.
Things are looking up in LA!
Sun bears.
A cursed bird fact.
And a cursed seal fact.
“The great flamingo uprising“.
How… do you get one out of there without causing a situation in the produce department?!
The family Felidae.
Some wonderfully surreal paintings.
And some very cool sculpture.
Oh oh.
The Midwest as Minnesota.
Twilight Zone 45.
The ongoing ice cream maker saga in the Star Wars universe.

*FOCUSED* -Mayhem

Art Journaling Monday!

December 7, 2020 Chris 2 Comments

Welcome back to Art Journaling Monday! Some of my recent favorites are below.

More from the Get Messy Inner Heroine class: Meeting the Goddess, Part Two, The Divine Within, Allies, Taming the Inner Fire, Healing the Split.
“The power of hope“.
“Tickety-brew“.
Could be the theme for 2020, really.
Down to the bones.
Down Everything.

“So disappointed that you continue to take my picture against my express wishes, Mom!!” -Mayhem

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Linkity, advanced Mayhem mode

December 4, 2020 Chris 4 Comments

“If I hold very still, I’m sure Mom won’t notice me in this box!” -Mayhem

Art Journaling Monday!

November 30, 2020 Chris 1 Comment

Welcome back to Art Journaling Monday! Some of my recent favorites are below.

The Inner Heroine: The Monster Within, Spiritual Aridity, Down to the Core, Shifting, Death, Rebirth, Rebirth Part 2,
“When your body is illegal…“
“…how can I sell my labor?“
Importance Building.

“I disapprove.” -Chaos

Linkity break this week!

November 27, 2020 Chris 3 Comments

Last few days of my two weeks of (stay-at-home, of course) vacation, so I’m going to skip a week of linkity to give my time at home that extra special something… 😉

Yes, it’s the same image from Monday, but COLORIZED.

*sigh* -Mayhem

Art Journaling Monday!

November 23, 2020 Chris 2 Comments

Welcome back to Art Journaling Monday! Some of my recent favorites are below. 🙂

For the Inner Heroine class I’m taking: Arrival; Meeting Monsters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; Boss Monster.
More wisdom from Terry Pratchett.
Clearly Unclutter.
Being brave.
“The future is inclusive“.
Menace.
Start Beast.

“Seriously, Mom, we’ve talked about this photo thing SO MANY TIMES.” -Mayhem

Linkity linkity link, Reading, Reviewettes

Linkity wonders if frazzled is my new pandemic state of mind

November 20, 2020 Chris 3 Comments

New releases: Tor.com (horror/genre-benders), Smart Bitches (romance)
Linkity from Smart Bitches.
Linkity from the Pen Addict.
New example of the importance of the Oxford comma.
“Magical Mind: The World of Terry Pratchett” (nearly an hour! be prepared before you start!).
A good point to remember, writers! 😉
Not cool, Disney.
“I’m Going Back to Minnesota Where Sadness Makes Sense”.
Turkeys, swans, kayaks, and more.
Some cursed facts about bluefin tuna.
On birds and teeth.
Another way to keep glasses from fogging up when wearing a mask.
50+ vegetarian recipes.
Cheesy chickpea bowls.
Great response to someone not wearing a mask… from 1919.
Perfect mask is perfect. And I’ve ordered one for myself! (They’re only on sale until Monday, November 23.)
UGH, SERIOUSLY.
UNSURPRISING.
ALSO unsurprising.
Be stunned, amazed, horrified by this house in Fort Worth, Texas.
Car with “a sunken rec room in back”.
Roman Colosseum LEGO set.
A character in a comic has an existential crisis.
Baby Yoda in space!
BOOM.
Oh, the revenge would be sweet.
Very sweet xkcd. Hover cursor/long-press for caption.
The tale of the cat prince…
Melted clocks, melted cats.

Reading Update
The Body Is Not An Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor. I definitely need to reread this and journal about the prompts and questions.
The Time of the Dark (Darwath #1) by Barbara Hambly. I enjoyed it as I read it, but I’m not sure I’ll read the rest of the series.

Lights on, nobody home in Chaos land.

Art Journaling Tuesday!

November 17, 2020 Chris 3 Comments

Welcome back to Art Journaling ~~Monday~~ Tuesday! (Sometimes you forget to hit “Publish”…) AND today I turned 54.

For The Inner Heroine class I’m taking: Mapping the Journey, We’ve All Got Monsters, The Crow, Realization, Pivoting, Poised on the Threshold, Transit in Layers.
Light Streamers.
Technique Noodling.
The Serpent of Eden again.
“It’s been a helluva year.”

Chaos chillin’ on my hot pink jersey sheets as my phone camera basically gives up on the color and dim lighting combination.

Art journaling, reading, knitting, and cat parenting. It's a wild life.