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#writing #writers #i laughed entirely way too much at this #evil cackling #especially considering my book club is about to read my book

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OooooOooOOOOOh! Very cool! And the blurb is helpful too! Very inspiring!

Brooch

Marcus & Co. (New York City, New York)

c.1900

This exquisite brooch is one of the few extant examples of plique-à-jour jewelry made by the New York firm of Marcus & Co., whose reputation at its prime rivaled that of Tiffany & Co. Herman Marcus (1828–99), a German–born and Dresden–trained jeweler, arrived in New York in 1850 and worked for a number of prestigious firms before establishing Marcus & Co. in 1892. Following his death, the company continued under the direction of his two sons, George Elder Marcus and William Marcus.

The brooch is a superb example of Marcus & Co.’s work in plique-à-jour enameling, in which the "cells" of color have no backing, allowing light to shine through the transparent enamel, thereby creating the effect of stained glass. One of the only jewelry firms of its day to succeed at this challenging technique, Marcus & Co. followed the lead of such innovative French designers as René Lalique. The sensitive 3-dimensional sculpting of the sweet pea blossoms and leaves, as well as the naturalistic coloring of the enamels, reflects the Art Nouveau aesthetic that prevailed at the turn of the century. Indeed, close parallels can be drawn with the brilliant naturalistic work of Louis Comfort Tiffany, whose oeuvre is so well represented in the Met’s collection.

The MET (Accession Number: Accession Number: 2016.107)

#feed the muse #current wip #writers #write #writing #writeblr

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That's a marvelous idea! I hope your book barn dreams come true!

Narnia Week: Day 6 The Magician’s Nephew Favourite Quotes: 3/3

“‘Creatures, I give you yourselves,’ said the strong, happy voice of Aslan. ‘I give to you forever this land of Narnia. I give you the woods, the fruits, the rivers. I give you the stars and I give you myself.’“

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@alana-k-asby me working on our current wip, right?

#writing #writing problems #current wip #wizard prison

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Wait, what's a book barn? I want one!

Narnia Week: Day 6 The Magician’s Nephew Favourite Quotes: 3/3

“‘Creatures, I give you yourselves,’ said the strong, happy voice of Aslan. ‘I give to you forever this land of Narnia. I give you the woods, the fruits, the rivers. I give you the stars and I give you myself.’“

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Narnia Week: Day 6 The Magician’s Nephew Favourite Quotes: 3/3

“‘Creatures, I give you yourselves,’ said the strong, happy voice of Aslan. ‘I give to you forever this land of Narnia. I give you the woods, the fruits, the rivers. I give you the stars and I give you myself.’“

#chronicles of narnia #the magicians nephew #tmn

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Art..."has such a power that it can draw us beyond the beautiful object itself to dim awareness of, contemplation of, not the artist but the Creator."

-Art and Scholasticism by Jacques Maritain

And suddenly, I'm weeping in the middle of this stupid book because I've never had what I adore about art (literature mostly, also music) in my heart of hearts so clearly stated.

#writing #art #scholasticism #beauty #Jacques Maritain

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"When I write I am a maker. I think about what I am making. St. Thomas called art reason in making. When I write I feel I am engaged in the reasonable use of the unreasonable. In art the reason goes where the imagination goes."

Flannery O'Conner

#writing #flannery o'connor

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FRIEND ✨😊✨

#hug

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The snow that made Rune so happy weighed heavily on Psyche’s soul. Winter dragged, the cold air bringing back memories of lying on the ground through a long freezing night, bound hand and foot, abandoned and alone. She felt like a branch about to break under the snow’s weight. And if she broke? What half-forgotten terror would smother her?

-Stoneheart

@alana-k-asby

#Stoneheart #Asby and Jones #writing #Psyche Sullivan #Rune Sullivan #If she broke #winter

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#writing #look it's me! #every time

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Chick update:

They're still a little scared of being in the run. They can't figure out how to get up the ramp from the run to the coop. But! They're definitely becoming brooder escape artists. Turned my back for 5 seconds to get them some water. Crazy things!

This is Astrid and Sif.

Sigyn and Freya both demanded that I help them out of the box to get escape time, too.

#chickens #Astrid Sif Sigyn Freya

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LORD OF THE RINGS: FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING

#boromir #aragorn #lotr #this #this is my favorite moment

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You are too sweet! Thank you!

#hugs #mutuals

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#homemaking #domestic artist #hearthkeeper #tending hearth and home #lighting the way back home #homemaking quotes #gk chesterton #being broad

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@lgbtqcreators creator bingo: blending

#masters of the air #hbo war #hbowardaily #buck and bucky #look what my friend made! #love it

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We pull upon the risers, we fall upon the grass We never land upon our feet, we always hit our ass Highty tighty, Christ almighty, who the hell are we Zim zam god damn, we're Airborne Infantry

BAND OF BROTHERS | 2001

#band of brothers #hbo war #this makes me so happy