I Tried Experimenting With A New Art Style, And I Definitely Need Some Practice But I Think It's Cute!

I think I've totally lost it....

I'm currently arguing with a cricket outside...

You are not alone my friend... 😳

Here's the thing.

I'm fully aware that he's a murder

But the things I would let him do to me..

With he's fucking hands!

Is what should be illegal.

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It's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen in my life!

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It's Dr Seuss...

It's nonsense. We're not supposed to think about it like that.

Now having said that, I do think it's his name. Or at least a nickname.

Normal people: *talking about how scary the Leatherface's are and how ugly they are, and how many nightmares the movies give them*

The rest of us: THEY ARE VERY GORGEOUS TO ME!

My mom is my rock. Without her I never would've been able to get out of some awful situations. She's always been there for.

It is because of her that I'm where I am today, happy, and knowing who I am.

She really helped me get here. And without her, I'd probably be dead right now.

I love her so much, she helped me find myself even though it took almost 21 years to do so. I know I can always tell her anything.

She's my rock! 🤗❤️💖💖💖 HAPPY MOTHERS DAY TO ALL THE AWESOME MOMS OUT THERE!!!!

Ummm... Eggs aren't supposed to be that colour right?

Just a heads up for anyone female/feminine presenting that has an interest in mushrooms.

The online mycology community is dominated by middle-aged cis men who are generally speaking, hitting retirement age, and have ample time on their hands. They know little to nothing about the online world, but they seem to know a shit ton about fungi and boy are they eager to share their knowledge with anyone who will listen (even if you haven't asked for it).

They will belittle you, they will make you doubt yourself, your knowledge and your skills because they do not like women/feminine presenting people knowing more about something "outdoorsy" than them. Even if you state you are still learning, etc. They will, for whatever reason, assume you are competing with them.

You will get spoken down to in the mycology (online) community more often times than not, but it will always be one of these middle-aged men that's doing the intellectual degrading. If they are called out for their rude behaviour, they plead ignorance under the guise of "just trying to share knowledge."

The online mushroom community is also rather incestuous. Everyone with big accounts is known by everyone, and even most of the smaller accounts all follow each other. That means little cliques within the community form. Mainly again, cis middle-aged men share and encourage, repost, and advertise each other's photography/discoveries/research but will never share a woman's work on their page or even credit a woman on their page.

They also LOVE to find young men to "mentor" but will never offer the same "mentorships" to women within the community (the exception to this being women with PHDs or degrees relating to nature sciences etc.) They will mentor women with higher educations, the woman in that case is usually more knowledgeable than them by a mile but she is made to believe she needs the man "mentoring" her to establish her space in the community or gain recognition in some way.

This is just my own observations. It may not reflect your time in online mycology spaces. But yeah, just a heads up that a lot of the online spaces for mushroom fanatics are male lead and a little bit toxic imo.

Edit: Also, in general, mobile phone photography is still a massive taboo among photographers online. If you don't own/use a camera for your photography, getting it shown/promoted within the online community is damn near impossible.

okay I actually have another piece of advice for beginner witches that I've been mulling over.

I want to talk about ✨research✨

I think when some people hear 'research', they picture people reading thick textbooks or historical documents in a library, or tower, or bedroom or what have you , and they picture these witches deeply studying then coming out of that session with a thorough understanding of what they were studying and can apply it perfectly to their craft.

Now, some people might learn well like this and more power to them, but I know I don't, and if you're reading this and you're like me, I'm here to tell you that research takes many forms.

When you buy a witchcraft book, and I do recommend reading/listening to books, you don't have to finish it before trying things. Sometimes research is reading something you find compelling in a book, then going and trying it for a week before continuing reading.

Sometimes research means being in a community of witches, whether that's two friends or a local group, and trying out techniques they've described to see if they work for you.

Sometimes not getting the results you were hoping for is research because then you can figure out why and it improves your craft.

The point of this post is, don't be afraid to include practical application to your craft. I have spent a lot of time thinking I needed to perfect the knowledge in my mind before trying anything and I'm here to tell you that more often than not, it won't work.

You can't know what works for you if you're not working it (or something idk)

you gotta do stuff and not compare yourself to the image of a perfect witch that you've created in your brain