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Reality & Mystery from Nina Paley

I listened to a 2-hour video of this academic saying that Reality isn’t real, there is no reality without someone to perceive it, while I attempted to hand-animate a fat Earth goddess I called “Reality,” because that morning I had imagined praying to Reality, who doesn’t care about my feelings, and also to Mystery, who might. Reality and Mystery, sisters. Systery. My animation failed but I still wanted to draw Them. Is Mystery the snake that twines around the Goddess? Is Mystery Reality’s backside? Is Reality that which can be illuminated but seldom is, while Mystery cannot ...

added by Nina Paley 5 months, 1 week ago. under $100 drawings , art , essay , goddess , heresy , hundred dollar drawings , philosophy , spirituality (Comments)

My T-Shirt Got Auto-Deplatformed from Nina Paley

I launched an older T-shit design on TeeSpring over the weekend:

Minutes after I shared it on social media, it disappeared, with no option for me to re-launch.

So today (Monday) I emailed TeeSpring, and they replied:

There can be many things that may have caused your listing to be taken down. I’m unable to provide any insight about your listing being disabled, but I’ve forwarded your case over to our Trust & Safety Team for review. They’ll get back to you as soon as they can.

Good ol’ Trust & Safety. Yes indeed I can only guess why ...

added by Nina Paley 10 months ago. under argh , bullshit , goddess , handbasket , huh? , merch , seder-masochism , t shirts (Comments)

I do believe I said... from Bizarre Quilter

Did you hear me say there would be more time to stitch? Well, feast your eyes, I've had a busy few days.

I call this one Our Lady of Guadalope. I went to her shrine in Mexico and asked her to make me a mother. It worked. 13 months later, despite being in full menopause, I had met a man, become an instant mother and became pregnant. I have plans to create a large applique collage of Our Lady in bright colours. Not sure when yet.

This Sun piece is exceptional. I love it so much, it sold straight ...

added by Unknown 3 years, 5 months ago. under alice in wonderland , altar cloth , goddess , mary , sun

Wham, a new batch. from Bizarre Quilter

Whoo eee! It felt like weeks, but was probably only days between stitching... Here are my new pieces for the week.

Maat - lioness goddess Egyptian deity.

Wicked Witch of the East (Wizard of Oz including flying monkey and the Emerald city in the background).

Angel guide

Pegasus.

Zombie witch.

I've spent so much time sewing, I can hardly type.

You can find me on Etsy: SewIntuitivebyRainey

added by Unknown 3 years, 6 months ago. under altar cloth , angel , egypt , goddess , hallowitch , pegasus , witch , witches

New directions from Bizarre Quilter

Oh Tinkerbell! How gorgeous is this! Connecting to the inner child, but also connecting to wanderlust: the personal growth that comes from travel and exploration and experience! I've painted her wings so twinkly. She came up great, but I only bought one of these fabrics. So its first in, best dressed.

If you're into coffee and cats, this one is for you. Some people are buying these textile art pieces to hang behind them while they run online zooms, or classes or workshops, to show what they are all about, and act as conversation starters. That makes total ...

added by Unknown 3 years, 6 months ago. under altar cloth , cat , egypt , goddess , tinkerbell

I get shivers from Bizarre Quilter

Ooh! I get shivers from this magickal money cat! It's so much more sparkly and beautiful in real life! I wish you could see how good it looks.

This crystal bee is a deadset favourite. I bought 5 fabric prints, but I can see I need to order another 5 already.

I will need to keep one for myself.

What an interesting card draw!!

Saraswati, goddess of music, knowledge and teaching.

Ahhh, maybe this is the vampire witch. She is wearing a red cloak, and there are bats in the background. Maybe there are more than one vampire in ...

added by Unknown 3 years, 6 months ago. under altar cloth , bee , cat , goddess , hallowitch , moneycat , witch

These ones are for me from Bizarre Quilter

Ok, Ok, these ones are for me. No doubt about it. If you can see yellow/gold fabric, I have painted it so it twinkles and sparkles!

Oh the POWER in these! I am calling on goddess to help us find a place to live!

This one with the lion has so much work in it. I have fabric for one more, and I won't even order the fabric again, there is so much involved. It took a very long time to stitch, with many colour changes.

I never can tellw hich ones are going to pop in real ...

added by Unknown 3 years, 6 months ago. under altar cloth , goddess , isis , spirit animal

Winter stitchings and some wellness from Bizarre Quilter

Oh yes! This astrology/constellation theme has me under its spell.

This one could be Capricorn, Artemis or Diana.

She is sparkly silver and blue. She aims and reaches her target. What a great intention to have.

It's Winter here, so I've appliqued some details onto soft fluffy blankets. This one with the fae goddess, triple goddess charm, and butterfly background.

This one with appliqued mermaid and resin tail.

So fluffy!!

As for my Ross River Virus, I am so grateful, here I am smiling instead of sleeping in the day. I was crying at night instead of ...

added by Unknown 3 years, 6 months ago. under altar cloth , fluffy blankets , goddess

“Sound & Fury” for Chris from Nina Paley

A Hundred Dollar Drawing, depicting a Fury.

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added by Nina Paley 4 years, 7 months ago. under $100 drawings , goddess , hundred dollar drawings , wimmyns (Comments)

Muse Symbol from Nina Paley

I’m looking at and thinking about religious symbols all day – ok, I admit it, CHRISTIAN symbols, those symbols I’m surrounded by here in Western Civilization, but which have always been forbidden because I’m an atheist Jew. Well, I’ve lifted that internal prohibition recently, and my symbol-loving mind has been wallowing in symbols like a pig in shit ever since.Crosses are everywhere, including the Venus symbol, also known as the Woman symbol. Some say the O represents the womb, and the + represents a man hanging off it. Obviously the cross symbol predates Christianity, and its meaning ...

added by Nina Paley 5 years, 4 months ago. under art , design , goddess , religion , spirituality , wimmyns (Comments)

Starseed Towel from Bizarre Quilter

This handtowel is appliqued with the triple goddess in shimmery fabric. It's gone to its forever home along with the new release card deck "Goddess Dream Oracle". What a great match they are.

I've purchased a special pattern from Blackbird Designs with a quilt design "The Raven". The book contains the poem by Edgar Allen Poe, and some of my favourite ever motifs: ravens and pumpkins. I have decided to make it in muted colours to hang up in the house in October, before we decorate for Christmas.

I think we are going to have seasonal decorating all ...

added by Bizarre Quilter 5 years, 6 months ago. under goddess , the raven , towel

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