For anyone interested in a few detail photographs of the altar mural featured in my recent “Underpainting” video, here is a little gallery of semi-decent shots! The room is quite small which means the mural is difficult to capture within a single frame despite being very easily taken in, in person. This is probably for the best from the perspective of magickal integrity… it is, after all, intended to flank my altar! At any rate, I have included the Makertube link for the video below (via the ad-free, collective, non-profit from France – PeerTube)!
Here is the video…
AND here is some bonus cute kitty ‘content’ courtesy of Gurgi:
Time for some #spooky #autumnal #fallvibes! Featuring tarot and witchy shit. Call me crazy, but I think thereâs something in this group of concepts – something creatively stimulating at least!
Decks featured:
The Somnia Tarot by Nicolas Bruno
The Deviant Moon Tarot (Paradoxical edition) by Patrick Valenza
âArt Witch Chroniclesâ is a playlist/series I have created on my channel both to showcase some of my poetry (which is written largely from a numinous audio-visual personal gnosis perspective) as well as to augment the catalogue of material I post on youtube. I created the series not only to show aspects of my artistic process and way of thinking about âŚwell everything⌠but also to present a glimpse into a (single personâs) neurodivergent experience of the world and to support the visual and aural symbolism that exists elsewhere in my work. Very like my poetry, these video feature audio-visual vignettes, usually arranged around a particular theme in each installment.
âWake Not the Belle-Dameâ centres on topics like sexuality, sacred rage, death and destruction and the more monstrous qualities of our collective experience of âbeautyâ. These things form a key part of my devotional practice with the MorrĂgan but are also common themes associated with the modern concept of âthe Dark Goddessâ.
Belle-dame? Beldam? …Bedlam?
The video can also be watched/read in light of last weekâs blog post on âThe Artist, Muse, and Neurodivergenceâ but it is mainly intended to inspire or provoke thoughts or questions. My own associations for my work are never intended to prescribe the response others âmustâ have and I genuinely believe that art acquires an added life when a viewer interfaces with it or experiences it on their own terms. I have sometimes approximated what I mean by this by calling it âan energetic interchangeâ (borrowing the language of those who use or are familiar with the energetic model.) Itâs not quite how I conceive of it but itâs close enough for colloquial purposes!
Decks featured ~ Trionfi della Luna Tarot (Paradoxical); Urban Crow Oracle
The music featured in the video is an alchemical performance of âKatie Cruelâ by Karen Dalton. The song itself has a long history and is a well-known favourite amongst traditional musicians and folk singers. As far as I’m aware “Katie Cruel” is an American version of the song which can be found in other forms in Ireland, Scotland, and England. It’s Roud Index Number is 1645 (but also possibly 5701?)
Please be aware, Iâm not sure it plays properly on mobile versions of the Youtube app! Although I do have copyright clearance to use the music and it plays fine on my tablet, as of writing this post it seems not to work on my phone.
