The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows—the book. 12 years in the making. 300 pages, 70% new definitions, including longer video-like essays, otherworldly illustrations, and some thoughts on language and the meaning of life.
Full description and specs are listed on the campaign page. However here are a few features and notes of introduction:
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The Telluric Tarot is a collection of 78 lovingly chosen minerals- each paired with a companion plant for extra earthy goodness. I carefully rendered each stone’s crystal structure and unique characteristics to fully capture their essence and message.
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This tarot is entirely based on crystals and plants’ natural and symbolic properties. It is therefore non-hierarchical (there are no mention of titles or roles such as King, Queen, Priest, etc; cards are named for their respective stone/plant) and entirely gender-neutral (including the language in the companion book). It is compatible with the Rider-Waite tradition if a reader prefers it- in number of cards, types of suits and general messages- yet it was created to stand entirely on its own as a unique voice strongly inspired by the earth and soil, just like its predecessor The Telluric Runes.
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The pricing is in CAD (Canadian bucks!) so that means it’s pretty sweet deal for US buyers.. just sayin’
☆.。.:*・ WAIT THAT’S NOT ALL since I’m also launching my BEST GIVEAWAY YET…
(as the giveaways get better, their names get worse; for universal balance)
ONE GRAND PRIZE:
Including…
-One Telluric Tarot deck with gilded gold edges
-Onesuper special limited (the ONLY one) editionHARD COVER, full- colour Telluric Tarot companion book
- A starter collection of minerals featured in The Telluric Tarot:
- 1 cerussite crystal (this one is sooo awesome it’s full of rainbowy sparkles and SO HEAVY I love cerussite ok the others are great too but I had to put it out there)
- 2 fluorite crystals
- 1 tumbled rhodochrosite
- 1 zircon crystal
- 1 epidote crystal
- 1 copal (’young amber’)
- 1 slice of watermelon tourmaline crystal
GIVEAWAY RULES:
- 1 reblog = 1 entry
- likes are not an entry
- Open to people anywhere on the planet
-Please note: This prize will be sent at the LATEST when the rest of the decks and books have arrived as well, so around mid-to-late November. Could be earlier but just in case.
-GIVEAWAY ENDS OCTOBER 14th at MIDNIGHT (the Kickstarter is on until October 30th so that I can party hard on Halloween)
I always feel like I’m forgetting something but anyway… Y’all know where to find me ☆.。.:*・
so metropolitan museum of art has a register of books they’ve published that are out of print and that you can download for free! they’re mostly books on art, archeology, architecture, fashion and history and i just think that’s super useful and interesting so i wanted to share! you can find all of the books available here!
There’s 16th-19th c. fencing stuff in here for all you swords folks. Also loads of art/costume stuff.
2:19pmSeptember 22, 2021
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