icon: "vivacious (my face with bold cat-eye makeup, with my head tilted down and to the side, looking at the camera with a wide close-lipped smile, hugging myself)"
There is a steep learning curve for most people to be close with me because I am so different from the default in identity, values, and language.


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icon: "progressing (a deeply, vividly green forest of thick vines and trees, with a tunnel running through where unused train tracks lay)"Something that I have found very VERY helpful in achieving my goals is using a wall calendar and reward stickers. I got the idea from something similar in "Your Life Can Be Better" (a fantastic book of coping ( Read more... )

icon: "waterstar (a violet-colored digital manipulation of a thirteen-pointed star I drew, which is the symbol for my art. The arms of the star are wavy and flame-like, in mostly-symmetrical pairs except for the top center one.)"Well, I got to 20 posts for November, not consecutive but nonetheless I consider it a moderate success. As a motivator ( Read more... )

Please comment with a recent photo of your face! I am having a hard time remembering who everyone is, with all these lovely newbies ;-) this will be my reference post. I have screened comments in case you don't want to share with more than just me. Also please answer questions 2 and 3! I'd love to make portrait icons for those who want them ( Read more... )

( photos of my bedroom (from May, but there is little difference now) )

( recently (12th to now): this got long because I kept putting off posting. includes photos! )

I hosted a body-positive photoshoot at my house a lil while ago -- I have a big empty room in the basement so I set up a 'studio' with sheets and fabric and mirrors and fairy lights and lamps and a canopy, and I both posed and took photos. We had three photographers and an artist and only two models, heh. I want to do it again with more people. ( Read more... )

sabr gave me these two prompts:

March 26: The eve of my most lucrative photography event of the year, the Red Barn Run. Tell me about what you would do for a career if you could do anything?Anything... well my number one ideal would be to have someone subsidize my life as I went about offering what good I could offer to whoever needed it: relationship ( Read more... )

Sabr gave me this prompt for March 12: This is my horse, TC Nighthawk's birthday. I have a close relationship with him, and we are very close in age - I want to know more about your connection with animals, and where they fit in/shape/improve your life. Tell me about an important connection you have to any particular animal, past or present!I like this ( Read more... )

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