Inspired By @ayb331. Thanks For All The Encouragement And Inspiration! I Know It Doesn't Really Look

Tonight's #drawing is made possible by my #lovely #mother. Hope you guys like the #flower and have a great night! #instartist #instart #eye #markerdrawing #markerlove #bright #colorful (at Tegucigalpa, Honduras)

Phone wallpapers // Gods and modern issues

The other day I got a worried person asking “why I bring politics into this” and why I am “not going to give an apology” to them because I don’t tolerate racism, xenophobia or misogyny. It was… the clumsiest attempt at emotional manipulation I’ve yet faced. I really hope that Nazis and their friends learn to read some day, because I think I do have it written down on this blog in several places that hey, fuck off.

These are from me to you, use as phone backgrounds if you want to! Click on them on my blog or reblog them to your own (I would appreciate it if you use any!) to get the full-size pictures.

1 TYR - 2 SKADI

3 ODIN - 4 FREYJA

5 LOKI - 6 IDUN

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Got some new #markers to #sketch with. Love them almost as much if not as much as my previous ones. #markerlove (at Tegucigalpa, Honduras)

Protection Incantations

I’ve been thinking about incantations for a while now, so here are a few I came up with this evening.

To be used when scared while walking

May the light of the sun/moon shine bright

And illuminate my path tonight.

Keep those who will do me harm

Far away, I cast this charm.

Protection from an energy vampire

Those who take advantage of me

Shall be met by the rule of three

My energy is mine to share

Only with the ones about whom I care

Protection from dark thoughts

Things inside my head are rough

I must say that’s quite enough.

Give my aching head a break

Grant me clear thoughts for my sake.

When my life is looking glum

To no dark thoughts shall I succumb.

Both Latine/x Heritage AND LGTBQ+ History Month mean honoring the legacy and resilience of our queer and trans ancestors. Today, we honor Lorena Borjas and her legacy of radical, compassionate care.⁠ ⁠ Lorena Borjas was a trans Latinx s*x worker and activist in Queens, New York, focusing her work on supporting trans and queer folks on the streets. Since the 90s onwards, Borjas worked to protect transgender victims of human trafficking (which she herself had experienced) and systemic violence. ⁠ ⁠ She hosted trans women who had been ostracized from their families in her own apartment until they were able to support themselves. She would be out in the streets, handing s*x workers condoms and making sure they were being safe. She worked without pay to facilitate access to HIV testing and hormone therapy for trans s*x workers, including setting up a weekly HIV testing clinic in her home, and providing syringe exchanges for women taking hormone injections. ⁠ ⁠ When s*x workers were faced with “prostitution” charges, Lorena helped bail them out and eventually founded the “Lorena Borjas Community Fund” to help transgender people who were embroiled in the arrest-jail-deportation cycle.⁠ ⁠ Borjas passed away last year due to COVID-19 complications. She left behind an incredible legacy of building community in the streets, rooted in resilience and an abundance of care for the people around her.⁠ ⁠ Thank you to our wonderful community collaborator, @maitexnazario for creating this beautiful mural! This is the final piece of the mural, celebrating three different queer and trans Latine/x ancestors.⁠

Today, my therapist was talking about how the smallest bits of self-care — even making yourself a mug of warm tea — are a way of recognizing your own worth, and how meaningful they are when you really dislike yourself. “After all,” she said, “I don’t know about you, but I don’t often make tea for people I hate.”

And that really hit me, especially because I’m an acts-of-service kind of person and tea is one of my go-to ways to show people that I’m thinking about them, care about them, and hope their day could be a little better. So maybe when I make tea for myself, I’m saying that to myself, too, that I’m thinking of my own needs, caring for myself, and trying to make my day a little better. 

And that’s really important to me because a lot of days I struggle to do basic things to keep myself going and just feel like I’m self-destructive, only ever making things worse… but most days I still manage to make myself a mug of tea or two. And it’s good to know that that matters. 

based on a true story

i hate that every time i look for color studies and tips to improve my art and make it more dynamic and interesting all that comes up are rudimentary explanations of the color wheel that explain it to me like im in 1st grade and just now discovering my primary colors