Magic Hour Dreamcast

Let’s start with the larger tapestry of tattoos as a human story and then share our personal myths of our skin art…for we are the painted ones.

It’s something we’ve been doing for thousands of years…for many different reasons…and we really hope you enjoy this story.

Links and other information:

Tattooed Human Mummies

The Worldwide History of Tattoos (article)

The Nautical History of Tattooing (article)

Polynesian Tattoos (video)

Julie Paama-Pengelly (tattoo artist website-New Zealand)

Serpent Moon Tattoo-Kati Zmenkowski

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Tune into a meditation track that follows the arch of seasonality as we travel through the cycles of sun and moon…winter and summer at their height.

You could listen to this for Imbolc, mid-winter, or Lughnasadh summer harvest…or…you could listen to it anytime.

It is especially fortuitous to pause and reflect…and welcome in intention and renewal and ritualise your life. 

Rudo asks you to imagine a few scenarios…

What is growing inside you and calls for attention?

What would you ask of Brigid, of a goddess that tends to life, death, forges and fires and creativity!

See yourself as an accomplished being, who has earned a seat at the table…what table and who is there with you celebrating?

Where does your heart go to when you think of the world “land”? Send blessings to the land!

Enjoy!

The music track is 'Deep into Nature’ composed by Music of Wisdom - Licensed from Meditation Music Library.

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Sometimes moments in life reveal themselves to be epic quests- unlocking trials and unveiling parts of yourself you never knew were there.

This is one such tale, so join us for a little adventure into the wilds of Vanessa’s homeland and see what may be there for you too.

I also think tales of events with beloved pets is something many of us can relate to. Please share with us your stories, and let us know if you’d like to tell your tale on the dreamcast.

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We yearned to revisit this story and explore other versions more than a year later- using them as a means to gauge where we are at in our relationships to our lives, and ourselves. 

We would love to hear in the comments what this story brings up for you.

Pour some tea, and burrow in.

The magic of a storytelling spell awaits.

Links to explore:Daughter of the Forest-Juliet MarillierMartin Shaw's Retelling of "The Six Swans"Jackie Morris-The Wild Swans

Serpent Moon Tattoo-Kati Zmenkowski

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A question from Laura…what is the opposite of fear?

Ponder…as you listen to our delve with Aunt Laura…Pixie’s aunt to be precise! Laura came onto our show to share some of her magic. We felt like we were so lucky to share this moment with her…twice. We finally felt the pain every podcaster feels…losing a recording and having to tell the guest…and BEG for a re-record. She was so kind to do so!

Tune in for Laura’s chat, she shares poetry, what she feels works well for her in her daily practice of wellness (spoiler: it’s practicing self-compassion, paying deep attention, sleeping often, and more self-compassion).

The poems Laura shares can be found here:

Stars and Dandelions by Misuzu Kaneko

Deep in the blue sky…

The Color Gray

Dawn breaks — another cloudy daywith mist and fog — all shades of gray…

And lastly, one her of favourite John O’Donohue poems from A Book of Blessings

I bless the night that nourished my heartTo set the ghosts of longing freeInto the flow and figure of dreamThat went to harvest from the darkBread for the hunger no one sees.

All that is eternal in meWelcomes the wonder of this day,The field of brightness it createsOffering time for each thingTo arise and illuminate.

I place on the altar of dawn:The quiet loyalty of breath,The tent of thought where I shelter,Waves of desire I am shore toAnd all beauty drawn to the eye.

May my mind come alive todayTo the invisible geographyThat invites me to new frontiers,To break the dead shell of yesterdays,To risk being disturbed and changed.

May I have the courage todayTo live the life that I would love,To postpone my dream no longerBut do at last what I came here forAnd waste my heart on fear no more.

Also, something Pixie came across in the Stardust App:

At her first bleeding a woman meets her power.During her bleeding years she practices it.At menopause she becomes it.

It’s a native american saying but hasn’t been attributed further.

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This episode, when played near the solstice, is very auspicious indeed. 

Ready yourself for a 10 minute vision quest, to cleanse, connect, nourish, and renew.

Rudo lovingly guides us into a quiet space within, recalling some familiar symbols of our ancestral storylines:

A sacred grove.

A crossroads.

A fire.

Offerings and sacrifice.

Cleansing and calling to our ancestors and gods.

The four directions.

A journey.

A battle between the dark and the light.

Balance.

The Green Man, the god of wild things, renewal and hope.

May the solstice bring you hope and bring you home.

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A mini gremlin sketchbook session about the opening of my art show on December 1st.

Vanessa jumped on to check in with me- thank you so much for coming on Vanessa!

This show is on view until mid January.

Wick Monet-The Seabird’s Dream

I hope you enjoy hearing about this experience that is incredibly close to my heart.

love pixie.

Carlos Ferrer Imdb

Carlos Ferrer instagram

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In our next episode following Menopause like a mythic story we yearn to uncover, Dr Claire Steiner ( DNP, CRNP, FNP-BC) demystifies the medical norms you can expect…and gives us some great tips to consider to become closer to your full power while in the doctor’s office.

Did you know you can…

* Ask your doctor why they need to examine what they want to examine before consenting?

* Ask your doctor to slow down if you’re experiencing something that makes you feel unsafe?

* Tell your doctor if you have any physical or emotional trauma that would impact you during an examination?

* Write down a list of your medical facts and questions, ready yourself to be the best patient you can be for your busy and genuinely loving doctors?

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Join us for a truly magical conversation with writer and artist Caitlin Gemmell.

Musings of a Selkie Witch- Caitlin’s Substack

Support Cait by buying one of her books! (You won’t be disappointed!)

True North

Spinning Hair Into Gold

Pixie’s Deep Dive- Seeing Dragons

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Where did the concept of art movements come from? And how are they relevant now?

How can their stories be reimagined? We wanted to figure out where we as two artists stood, where our kindred souls were.

Here are many resources for you!The Art StoryArticle- Do Art Movements Matter?

Rudo’s Art Movement and artists

Surrealism

Lee Bontecou

James Turrell

Pixie goes deeper on Episode Two in her substack.

Pixie’s Art Movement and artists:

Symbolism 1880-1910

Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis

The Sonata of the Sea-find the accompanying music here.

From wikipedia….

“Čiurlionis contributed to symbolism and art nouveau. During his short life, he composed about 400 pieces of music and created about 300 paintings, as well as many literary works and poems. The majority of his paintings are housed in the M. K. Čiurlionis National Art Museum in Kaunas, Lithuania. His works have had a profound influence on modern Lithuanian culture.”

Sonata of the Serpent

Ciurlionis-Great Website about him

Ciurlionis- Article

Joseph Beuys

Great article about Beuys

Fascinating Exploration on Beuys’ connections

From theartstory.org…

“Joseph Beuys was a German-born artist active in Europe and the United States from the 1950s through the early 1980s, who came to be associated with that era's international, Conceptual art and Fluxus movements. Beuys's diverse body of work ranges from traditional media of drawing, painting, and sculpture, to process-oriented, or time-based "action" art, the performance of which suggested how art may exercise a healing effect (on both the artist and the audience) when it takes up psychological, social, and/or political subjects. Beuys is especially famous for works incorporating animal fat and felt, two common materials - one organic, the other fabricated, or industrial - that had profound personal meaning to the artist. They were also recurring motifs in works suggesting that art, common materials, and one's "everyday life" were ultimately inseparable.”

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