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After rehabilitating my backyard a few summers ago, I wanted to reward myself by purchasing some unique and frightening statuary to decorate it with: durable, stone pieces that would thrive outside permanently and look peculiar to neighbors. Perhaps unsurprisingly, this is not an especially robust market. The overlap between people who want a Hellraiser Cube made of stone and people who covet investment-piece outdoor dƩcor is apparently me and me alone. However there are a few great etsy stores where I have bought a Cthulhu, a Pazuzu and a Baphomet made of very heavy stone that are still thriving outside among the ivy.
Apr 26, 2022
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dressed spell candle
I usually just browse thru them on Etsy bc I am indecisive- somebody got me a gorgeous pillar candle that was decorated and anointed one time, itās still one of my fave items in my space and makes my room smell like pomegranates
ceramic wall shelf
this one may be random and niche but again, etsys the fuckin goat at cool, handmade items. if she follows an specific practice, you usually can find a decorated one made with intention- if not, some of them are just beautiful and would be so fun to display her bear crystal and anything else her heart desires
Apr 18, 2024
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Despite reading, and then re-reading, and then re-reading a Terence Conran coffee table book as a child, I have absolutely zero interior design sense. Several years ago I started buying ceramic fruits and vegetables as a joke. Doofpot in Greenport N.Y. was a mecca for Italian ceramics before it closed in 2019; now I spend days scouring Etsy for a perfectly plump tomato. Each one is completely ludicrous and absurd, but they make me laugh. There is obviously some symbolism at play here, trying to freeze a moment of ripeness and wholeness in time.
Oct 12, 2021
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When we cleared my grandmaās house after she died, none of my cousins wanted the ceramic cabbage because they lack vision, but I am a tasteful magpie. I like ceramic greenery because it makes a space look verdant without someone dming you that youāre overwatering your cacti every time you do a story. In a way, the cabbage is annoyingly similar to the cheap trompe-lāÅilĀ you can get at Arket but it most certainly isnāt the cheap trompe-lāÅilĀ you can get at Arket. Itās not an antique, I donāt think. Nobody in my family own any real art but we have a reasonable collection of Tate prints between us. Itās just a matter of time until the cabbage gets knocked off its pedestal and smashed to smithereens and I have to re-live the loss of my grandma (we were close) and then do a massive cope. Until then, it prospers.
Jun 3, 2021
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This is hard to explain because it requires the understanding of what is was like for me to make several feature films for next to no money with a crew of friends who were being paid nothing, but it has become important to me to sometimes create work devoid of any financial consideration. I get asked to make music videos every so often and have not been paid for one in over four years. Which is fine. Doing something with the understanding that it is not a financial transaction, and thus ought to be categorized as āfor the artā forces me to remind myself why I even ostensibly enjoy creating anything in the first place, which is increasingly easy to lose sight of considering the rotten and broken state of the industry in which I have chosen to work.
Apr 26, 2022
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I try to enjoy some junk food and drink soda every day, albeit in small quantities. Junk food and especially soda are wonderful treats, and the cultural drubbing they have taken in recent years really is a shame because thereās nothing more rewarding than a daily potato chip snack or perhaps a cold can of Dr. Pepper. They make these little cans of soda that are perfect for this. Herrs potato chips are of course the best, and I have made sure to feature them in many of my movies. Iāve also become fond of these Chippea puffs that are sort of like cheese balls.
Apr 26, 2022
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I will read any book that presents either one specific story or consolidates a broad historical subject into roughly 300 pages and is presented in a paperback measuring like 8.25āx5.5ā. Sometimes these become best sellers so you know the type: Devil in the White City. Killers of the Flower Moon. Things like that. But Iāve started branching out into even more culturally irrelevant subjects that I want to learn about and will probably never find occasion to discuss with anybody else. Two recent hits were Crusaders: The Epic History of the Wars for the Holy Lands (Dan Jones) and Over the Edge of the World: Magellanās Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe (Laurence Bergeren). Please alert me to any recommendations as I am always on the lookout for more!
Apr 26, 2022