#Amber Newberry

[burlveneer-music]

Brendan Eder Ensemble - Therapy - the premise "what would Richard D. James do with a chamber ensemble and a church organ?" yields an utterly transcendent album

Brendan Eder is a Los Angeles composer and drummer best-known for his eponymous genre-bending ensemble of woodwinds, drumset, and bass; as well as his film scoring work, most notably on four short films for director Ari Aster. On March 3, 2023 Eder releases his third album, Therapy: a collection of meditative woodwind arrangements recorded primarily at Church of the Good Shepherd in Arcadia, California. Following 2021’s Cape Cod Cottage — Eder’s concept album under the guise of Edward Blankman, a retired dentist in the 1970s, which added elegant, understated jazz to the ensembles' repertoire — on Therapy, Eder drops the alter ego and the drumset (almost entirely) and begins with a new directive: What would ambient mastermind Richard D. James do with a chamber ensemble and a church organ? It was a question Eder had started to ask in 2020 with his cover of “#20 (Lichen).” Listeners responded with over one million streams. Appropriately, Therapy delivers two new Aphex Twin arrangements alongside eight original pieces. The result is a distinctive take on New Age and ambient music subtly interwoven with Eder’s affinity for 20th century classical and jazz. Maintaining his track record of recording the best musicians Eder can find, Therapy features special guests Nailah Hunter (harp), Henry Solomon (saxophone), and Ethan Haman on The Newberry Memorial Organ at Yale University. - Rebeca Arango  Written and Produced by Brendan Eder* Christine Tavolacci - flute, piccolo flute Henry Solomon - alto sax Amber Wyman - bassoon Andrew Conrad - Bb and bass clarinet (2, 4-7) Sérgio Coelho - Bb and bass clarinet (1, 3, 8, 9) Eric McCann - electric bass (1-3, 6, 8) Brendan Eder - keyboards and percussion (2, 4-6, 8-10) Leah Paul - flute (1, 9) Ethan Haman - organ (3) Nailah Hunter - harp (4) Logan Kane - upright bass (10) Marissa Honda - english horn (10) Recorded at Church of the Good Shepherd, Arcadia, CA** Engineered by Brendan Eder Assistant Engineering by Eric McCann Mixed by Brendan Eder Mastered by Chris Sorem Album Art by Adam Rabinowitz Album Design by Maziyar Pahlevan *#3 (Rhubarb) and #17 written by Richard D James (BMG Blue) **Organ on “Ending” recorded on The Newberry Memorial Organ, Yale University, New Haven, MA.

[tabbyrp]

Day 21: Trick or Treat

"The laughter of children filled the crisp air while off-beat rhythms of knocks and door bells mixed with a chorus of "trick or treat" that sang out into the early evening." — Amber Newberry, One Night in Salem

[nottinghillhq]

DUE TO MEMBER REQUEST, THE FOLLOWING FCS ARE NOW OPEN:

hale appleman (adrian finch)

ewan mcgregor (alistair james)

matthew sato (bram yamada)

luke newberry (bryn taylor)

tyler posey (chet gomez)

janhvi kapoor (farida khan)

elle fanning (konstantine sawyer)

phoebe bridgers (lacey sinclaire)

amber midthunder (rini roberts)

grace van dien (trinity mcdermott)

THE FOLLOWING FCS ARE NOW TAKEN:

ethan hawke (alistair james)

grace van dien (konstantine sawyer)

PLEASE CONTINUE FOLLOWING:

@drcamland

[gildedautumnvelvet]

The sky grew orange and pink, a pale ghost of the full moon appeared above Salem, waiting to glow brilliant in the velvet black hiding just beyond the twilight.

Amber Newberry, One Night in Salem (via:  gildedautumnvelvet)

[figureskatingfanblog]

Known 2021 World Teams

These are known World teams that I am aware of. Most teams will probably not be announced until later this month, as the deadline is the end of the month, or will simply be on the entries list.

Estonia

Men - Alexander Selevko

Ladies - Eva-Lotte Kiibus

Germany

Men - Paul Fentz

Ladies - Nicole Schott

Pairs - Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkle

Ice Dance - Katharina Mueller / Tim Dieck

Great Britain

Men - Peter James Hallam (Reserve: Graham Newberry)

Ladies - Natasha McKay (Reserve: Karly Robertson)

Pairs - TBD*

Ice Dance - Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson (Reserve: Sasha Fear / George Waddell)

*Pairs decision to be decided between Zoe Jones / Christopher Boyadji and Anastasia Vaipen-Law / Luke Digby (VL/D did not attain minimums)

Japan

Men - Yuzuru Hanyu, Shoma Uno, Yuma Kagiyama (Alternates: Keiji Tanaka, Kazuki Tomono, Shun Sato)

Ladies - Rika Kihira, Satoko Miyahara, Kaori Sakamoto (Alternates: Wakaba Higuchi, Mai Mihara, Riku Miura**)

Pairs - Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara

Ice Dance - Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto (Alternate: Kana Muramoto / Daisuke Takahashi**)

Kazakhstan 

Ice Dance - Maxine Weatherby / Temirlan Yerzhanov

Russia

Men - Mikhail Kolyada, TBD

Ladies - Anna Shcherbakova, TBD x 2

Pairs - Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov, TBD x 2

Ice Dance - Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin, TBD x 2

USA

Men - Nathan Chen, Vincent Zhou, Jason Brown (Alternates: Tomoki Hiwatashi, Maxim Naumov, Camden Pulkinen)

Ladies - Karen Chen, Bradie Tennell (Alternates: Amber Glenn, Mariah Bell, Audrey Shin**)

Pairs - Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Brandon Frazier**, Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson (Alternates: Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc, Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov, Emily Chan / Spencer Howe**)

Ice Dance - Madison Chock / Evan Bates, Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker, Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donahue (Alternates: Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko, Caroline Green / Michael Parsons, Molly Cesanek / Yehor Yehorov**)

** pending attainment of TES minimums

[creative-salem]

“Life After Midnight: Strange History, Salem Style” Q & A: Kristin Harris and Allison French

Q & A: Kristin Harris and Allison French on their podcast, “Life After Midnight: Strange History, Salem Style”

By Amber Newberry

In the shadowed corners of Salem, the local podcasters are whispering in the dark. As the creative community takes to the microphone, they fill our ears with unique talk-shows, old-school style radio-theater, discussion of historical tales, and explorations of everything from pop-culture and politics, to true crime and planetary science. My new favorite podcast, “Life After Midnight: Strange History, Salem Style”, features a unique and in-depth look at all things sinister. With episodes like “Murderous Purpose: Turning Murderers into Movie Stars”, I knew I was in for a trip down a morbid, and totally engrossing rabbit hole. I was pleased to have the opportunity to pose questions to local “Life After Midnight” podcasters, Kristin Harris and Allison French.

  Q: The purpose of your podcast, “Life After Midnight: Strange History, Salem Style”, is to explore the dark side and educate the masses on the macabre. What inspired you to start a podcast about the darker side of history? Why do you feel it’s important to remember morbid history and ensure stories of this nature are told?

  A: Kristin: I’ve always been intrigued by the folklore aspects of history, mainly stories that we hear and wonder about where they come from, what the origins of those stories are, and why we cling to them in our culture. From a very early age I was obsessed with ghost stories, stories about vampires and other mythical creatures, and especially those that had a darker story to them. I feel that there is something to be said for why society, as a whole, always takes interest in things that frighten us, and in some cases, almost idolize those things. They are an important part of our culture, and so Allison and I have set out to educate people about where these attachments come from, and in our research it’s been interesting to see where in human history the darker aspects or obsessions in human society have originated from. Allison: I think it’s been a long time coming for both of us, for sure. We both grew up being interested in things that were a little unorthodox. I had some bizarre paranormal experiences as a kid, but I still can’t really put my finger on where the obsession with this whole subcategory began. All I can really recall is that I’ve always been attracted to things that were on the darker side. It went from being the elementary school kid obsessed with Halloween, to being the high school kid voluntarily choosing the most tragic, eerie topic – that no one else wanted to pick – to do a project on in history class. I think part of it was sort of rebellion; there’s always something sexy about the stuff that’s controversial. But I also genuinely think I got a real high on diving headfirst into content that might give someone else nightmares. The more dark history I researched, the more I realized how important it is to know about some of these stories. I learned more about human beings & culture by studying the Manson Family than I ever learned from half of the content I was taught in grade school. And this is coming from a massive history nerd.

Ep 1 (Part 1): Welcome to Our Nightmare by Life After Midnight: Strange History, Salem Style

(This podcast is intended for adults and is NSFW.) Part 1 of our first episode, introducing ourselves to you & discussing the presence of Salem, Massachusetts in film & television.

Q: How do you plan the subject of your episodes? Is there research involved? A: Kristin: Really we just got together one day and decided that we both had so much to say about the weird shit we were obsessed with, and that we really wanted to have a go at making an academic endeavor into some of the themes discussed in the podcast. But we also wanted it to be accessible for a wider audience. Usually, to plan an episode, we think about something that has always intrigued us, whether it be Salem’s kooky portrayal in movies, serial killers who are idolized, why people believe in vampires, strange diseases people believe in, and things like that. Then we have to narrow it down a bit, and think of things within that topic that relate to each other, and then, yes, lots of research commences. Allison and myself will each pick two or three points within that topic to focus on, split up the work between us, and then come back and share our findings and fit that into an episode format, usually within an hour, but sometimes more, as we have a whole lot of crap to say. The research is very intensive, with both of us tracking down not only books from experts on certain topics, but also primary sources, court records, burial and death records, and things of that nature to make sure that we are covering all aspects of the topic from all sides. Allison: Just to add to what Kristin said – I think the most exciting part about planning episode content is the stuff you just kind of fall into. You start somewhere and then the next thing you know, the dots start connecting. For example, we were talking about our eagerness in doing an episode about some of our ‘favorite’ famous murder stories, but which ones do we pick? How do we tie them together? We sat down and basically just started having a conversation about these different examples, and suddenly one of just sort of said, “isn’t it funny how the media craze & sensationalism surrounding these crimes is what people remember the most about them?” And that was it – the episode topic just, sort of, was born. So I would say each episode is absolutely something we research heavily, but our favorite part about the episode preparation process is the details that come from discussion.

  Q: You mentioned discussing sensationalism revolving around crime and heinous acts, which was covered in your most recent episode, why do you believe people have such a strange fascination with the macabre?

  A: Kristin: I think that people use those things as an outlet to explore into their own thoughts. One of the things that I have studied in particular, while I was attaining my Master’s, was death in American culture. In studying this theme and realizing how that seems to connect with so much in our repeated popular cultural themes, I began to notice a pattern. And it is widely thought by many who study anthropology that death is one thing that is a definite for all humanity, and therefore, cultures from all over the world can at least connect on that one point. We are the first species to have a conscious awareness of the fact that we are going to die, inevitably, and out of that anxiety has come all of the ritual we see around the death of a person, all of the popular culture references to death, and the obsession in some parts of culture, with the idea of immortality. So, all of these things are, perhaps, some of the most important parts of our culture because they are, in a sense, a collective of personal beliefs that can be translated across almost all cultures. In the case of heinous acts, well, what is more terrifying than the thought that another person, possibly someone you know and love, could decide to end your life at any given moment? We already feel such a loss of control with the knowledge that death is imminent, add to that the prospect that even more control is taken away, and this intrigues people. We want to know why someone would upset that balance, and sometimes in a horrific and violent way. Allison: I couldn’t have answered that any better. I totally agree. I still can’t even really explain my own morbid fascinations. I will still read Creepy Catalog, in the dark, before bed, fully knowing that I am heading into the ‘big fucking nope’ part of the internet, yet I love every second of it. I get jumpy, and wide-eyed, and every simple creak in the floorboard is suddenly danger, but I keep reading. A sensation I’m not sure I’ll ever be able to explain.  But it’s the same thing with being fascinated by the macabre – it’s not an average part of everyday life, it’s the things that aren’t ‘the norm’, and whether we want to admit it or not, we crave that. Everybody’s a little weird in that way, they just won’t always admit it. When morbid stories or murders suddenly become high-profile, widely-reported news stories, everybody latches on, and the abnormal becomes the normal, which gives everybody something to hide behind. It’s suddenly not weird anymore because the newspapers say, “here”.

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  Q: Speaking of high profile history of a heinous nature, Salem is known for the infamous Witch Trials, but can you tell us about any other especially sensationalized crimes that took place in Salem?

  A: Kristin: In our episode “Murderous Purpose: Turning Murderers into Movie Stars,” we talk about the murder of Captain Joseph White that occurred in Salem in April of 1830. This was a highly sensationalized murder, reaching publications all over the United States. This was partly because it was a shockingly violent crime perpetrated against a well-known and wealthy member of Salem’s merchant class, but also in part, because of the involvement of Daniel Webster, who was a prominent prosecutor, to investigate the case. As this case unraveled, the Knapp brothers, who had conspired to have Captain White killed by a man named Richard Crowninshield, became stranger and stranger, which only added to the fascination. I won’t completely ruin it for you, and you can listen to the whole story on our podcast, but this case was so influential that a ballad was written about it; it was used as inspiration for “The Tell-Tale Heart,” written by the great master of Horror, Edgar Allan Poe, and some like to posit the rumor that the inside layout of the White mansion, (now known as the Gardner-Pingree house on Essex St. in Salem) was used by the Parker Brothers as the first board design for their game of Clue, when it was first released. Sadly, it’s been difficult to track down a whole lot of hard evidence about if that is true, but I guess some still think it’s a fun story to tell.

  Q: What are some of your favorite “macabre” locations in the Salem area? Is there a place in The Witch City you particularly enjoy haunting or that you find especially inspiring?

  A: Kristin: To me, as someone who had the privilege to work there for a few short years, the Witch House, here in Salem, will always be my favorite haunt. It’s one of those places that when you’ve had the opportunity on a cloudy, misty day when it’s quiet, to just sit in the house and absorb and appreciate the simple fact of where you are at that moment, it stays with you. It’s the only remaining home in Salem with a direct tie to the Witch Trials, as it is the former home of Jonathan Corwin, one of the magistrates that presided over the trials, but it is so much more than that. It’s a beautiful representation of 17th century architecture, but it has also seen almost every period in Salem’s history. It sits roughly in the same place it did, only being moved to accommodate the widening of the streets as they changed, but it is still on its original property, and when you think about all that’s transpired in Salem since the house was built and how many people have seen that house, it is pretty amazing. Allison: I’m not sure if there’s any one location within the Salem city limits that really triumphs over any others for me – there’s so many wonderful spots, it’s hard to pick a favorite. I think Broad Street Cemetery is a pretty powerful place, I always get a strange feeling of solitude when I’m there. I will admit that there are a lot of spots I’ve become a little too used to – not necessarily desensitized, but if they’re on my tour routes, they start to become, well, routine. I still get a little choked up every now and again when I’m near the Memorial, particularly when I’m standing by George Jacobs’ memorial bench & talking about him. But aside from all of this, one of my favorite things about New England and especially Salem, is how many spots you feel that ‘time warp’ effect. Salem has this magical way of allowing you to step back in time for a moment, as if the houses are trying to tell you stories.

Q: Why is podcasting important to the modern creative scene in Salem and beyond?

  A: Kristin: Salem is very much a city that clings to its history and its identity very fiercely, and there are people that cling to those things just as fiercely, but it’s also a city that continues to grow, to challenge itself and to be open to new avenues of information. There is a lot to be said for some of the interesting (to put it mildly) ways that information and history is shared in Salem, We feel that in an age where not everyone has access to some of these institutions, we are in a place that we can offer another avenue. Accessibility for history and education can come in many forms, and there are several companies here, like Creative Salem, that are really the forerunners of community engagement in the new age, and we hope that we can be the spooky side of that and continue to add to the creative and entrepreneurial movement that seems to be happening in town. Hopefully that can spread beyond the local scene, and we’d like to reach as many people as possible. In the future, we hope to have source lists for our listeners as well, so they can see this information for themselves. We try to mention all our sources in our episodes, but it will be helpful to have them written down for people.

  Allison: Once again, I couldn’t agree more. Salem is a highly creative city. Creatives don’t all listen or learn the same way. Presenting material in a podcast form is highly accessible to not just the world of so-called “good listeners”, but to a world of people – like me, honestly – who often need auditory stimulation in order for something to really be absorbed. It’s also about outreach. Podcasts from any given location are generally within reach for anyone in the world. Using this kind of creative avenue, we aren’t just getting our material out there, we’re making connections with people from all over – from one community of weirdos to the next!

Find out more about “Life After Midnight: Strange History, Salem Style” on their Facebook page    https://www.facebook.com/lifeaftermidnightsalem/

“Life After Midnight” logo by artists Kenny Harris: http://www.kennyharris.net/

Amber Newberry is Editor-in-Chief of Salem-based horror and dark poetry press, FunDead Publications. www.FunDeadPublications.com

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“Life After Midnight: Strange History, Salem Style” Q & A: Kristin Harris and Allison French

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[fall-bliss]

“The sky grew orange and pink, a pale ghost of the full moon appeared above Salem, waiting to glow brilliant in the velvet black hiding just beyond the twilight.”

-Amber Newberry, One Night in Salem

[ohmybooknessblog]

One Night in Salem By Authors Amber Newberry, Jeremy Megargee and other Various Authors Description Throngs of tourists pack the streets from Derby to Essex. Costumed children and adults visit haunted attractions and browse t-shirt shops and street vendors’ booths. A veiled figure appears, and you catch her out of the corner of your eye, but she quickly disappears into the crowd… or perhaps into thin air? The night is filled with laughter and screams as the living walk shoulder to shoulder with the dead. Halloween in Salem has expanded into a month-long celebration of all things creepy, but in four hundred years of history, October 31st has held many mysterious customs and dark events, lost and forgotten in the passing of decades. From the cursed Puritan settlers to the Great Salem Fire of 1914, and the whispers of war in 1812 to the story of a bullet hole in an alley on Gedney Street, travel through time, as ghosts mingle with the living, glimpsing the Witch City on the most important night of the year, October 31st. Product information Publisher ‎FunDead Publications (September 7, 2017) Language ‎English Paperback ‎202 pages ISBN-10 ‎0989472663 ISBN-13 ‎978-0989472661 #Halloween #anthologystories #anthologies #halloweenanthology #spookytales #spookystories #halloweenchillsandthrills #halloweenbookshelf #halloweenbooks #halloweenreads #books #booksbooksbooks #reads #readstagram #tales #stories #salemmassachusetts #salem #fictionbooks #fiction https://www.instagram.com/p/CkPTqLGMqsJ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[sinsofolympus-rpg-blog]

¡Pequeña ayuda!

Por una pequeña falla todavía no podemos poner el link del listado de pbs reservados para que se vea desde la app. Sin embargo, desde el escritorio se puede acceder a él desde la publicación de ayer, directamente (agregando “/pbslist” al final de la url) o bien desde el botón en la parte de arriba llamado “PBS”. Sin embargo, para felicitarle la visualización a todos, esta es la lista de los RESERVADOS CON ANTERIORIDAD. Las nuevas reservas se publicarán luego.

PBs reservados con anterioridad (prioridad viejo foro).

Aarika Wolf

Alessandro Dellisola

Alex Pettyfer

Amber Heard

Andy Biersack

Angelo Carlucci

Anna Christine Speckhart

Aurela Skandaj

Benjamin Kühnemund

Black Stevens

Brant Daugherty

Brock O'Hurn

Caitlin Ricketts

Camila Mendes

Camila Morrone

Carmella Rose

Chace Crawford

Charlotte Mckee

Cody Christian

Dominic Wünsch

Emily Ratajkowski

Freddie Pearson

Gabriel Conte

Gigi Hadid

Hendrik Giesler

Henrique Lima

Henry Cavill

Holland Roden

Inka Williams

Jasmine Sanders

Jess Conte

Jessica Goicoechea

Jord Liddell

Josephine Skriver

Julia Rodrigues

KJ Apa

Kristin Johns

Lais Ribeiro

Lauren Jauregui

Liam Hemsworth

Luke Newberry

Madelaine Petsch

Madison Edwards

Magdalena Zalejska

Mark Becher

Martha Hunt

Matthew Noszka

Maya Stepper

Mckeena Berkley

Michael B. Jordan

Michael Hamm

Olivia Brower

Rene Grincourt

Sara Sampaio

Sophia Bairley

Stefan Pollman

Stefanos Milatos

Stelios Niakaris

Stella Maxwell.

Stephen James

Steven Chevrin

Thijs Stenneberg

Will Higginson

Yulia Rose

Zayn Malik

Zendaya

PBs reservados por tumblr

Danielle Campbell 

Hailey Baldwin

Josh Heuston

Laura Gwyneth Butler

Toni Mahfud

Lana Parrilla

Kendall Jenner

Alycia Debnam-Carey

[atlaculture]

Re-blogging, because I’m bad at citing my sources. Here are some names and sources for each collage. Here are the people used in Yue’s “Face Inspirations”:

This first picture is of Dayle Cole, who is of Gwich’in descent. This picture was taken in 2018, when she was 13-years-old. She can speak the Gwich’in language of Dinjii Zhu’ Ginjik and hails from Tsiigehtchic, the Gwichya Gwich'in First Nation located in the Inuvik Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. The community was formerly known as Arctic Red River until April 1st 1994.

This second picture is a famous photograph known as “Madonna of the North”. The photo was taken in 1912 in Nome, Alaska by H.G. Kaiser. Unfortunately, the woman photographed remains unidentified.

This picture if of Amber Midthunder. She is an actress of Hunkpapa Lakota, Hudeshabina Nakoda,  Sissiton Dakota, and Chinese ancestry.

This picture is a famous photograph known as “Obleka”. I’m not sure if Obleka is the woman’s name or if it’s an Inupiaq word describing the picture. The photo was taken in 1907 in Nome, Alaska by Frank H. Nowell.

The final picture is of Eva Akpalialuk. In 1981, GQ (Gentlemen's Quarterly magazine) came to Pangnirting, Canada to model modern cold-weather clothing. On the last day, they did a shoot of Inuit in traditional caribou clothing. This lovely photo of Eva was taken by Nick Newberry.

Adding Quannah Chasinghorse to the face inspos! Quannah is an American model and activist. She is of Sicangu Lakota and Hän Gwich'in ancestry. She’s worked with huge brands such as Calvin Klein and uses her platform to bring attention to Indigenous issues and environmental conservation.

Not sure what to call this…Face Inspirations, I guess? Just some collages I made of Inuit/Alaska Native/First Nation/Native American people that remind me of Water Tribe characters. Think of it as reference pictures for any realistic fanart you may want to do.

[carraolphoto]

“The laughter of children filled the crisp air while off-beat rhythms of knocks and door bells mixed with a chorus of "trick or treat" that sang out into the early evening.” ― Amber Newberry. #trickortreat #streets #halloween #citydailyphoto #iPhoneography #metro_affair #xplorethestreets #ACreativeVisual #artofvisuals #creativecompositions #artmodern #canon_photo #thevisualgrams #instapassport #surrealism https://www.instagram.com/p/B4b_fm-DGLs/?igshid=1pz31ccr3v4l4

[fairytailsdesign]

"The sky grew orange and pink, a pale ghost of the full moon appeared above Salem, waiting to glow brilliant in the velvet black hiding just beyond the twilight." -Amber Newberry @eeveelit wearing our Salem dana. Happy Sunday y'all. What are your plans for today? #salem #salemmassachusetts #salemwitchtrials #forest #cattledogclubhouse #travelingheelersco https://www.instagram.com/p/B3kMTuCJY4P/?igshid=5klq0a8dtrod

[cluelessrebel1988]

A video I made of all the canon characters and OCs currently in @theconvergenceroleplay. The song is “Marching On” by OneRepublic

The Characters are as follows: 

Supernatural

Naomi (Amanda Tapping)

Jenna Winters (Odette Annable)

Sam Winchester (Jared Padalecki)

Dean Winchester (Jensen Ackles)

Charlie Bradbury (Felicia Day)

Kevin Tran (Osric Chau)

Jo Harvelle (Alona Tal)

Ruby (Katie Cassidy)

Lucifer (Mark Pellegrino)

Eileen Leahy (Shoshannah Stern)

Crowley (Mark Sheppard)

Castiel (Misha Collins)

Max Banes (Kendrick Sampson)

Andrew "Drew" Haraldson (Grant Gustin)

Harry Potter

Taylor Weasley (Melissa Benoist)

Dominique Weasley (Indiana Evans)

DJ Lake (Seán William McLoughlin)

Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint)

Fred Weasley (James Phelps)

Alexandra Summers (Idia Eisley)

Lily Potter II (Holland Roden)

Ginny Weasley (Bonnie Wright)

James Potter II (Dylan O'Brien)

Lucy Weasley (Saxon Sharbino)

Molly Weasley II (Zena Grey)

Jacob Kowalski (Dan Fogler)

Colin Creevey (Hugh Mitchell)

Victoire Weasley (Amber Heard)

Tom Riddle (Frank Dillane)

Logan Mills (Munro Chambers)

Draco Malfoy (Tom Felton)

Seamus Finnigan (Devon Murray)

Shona "Nani" Duncan (Zooey Deschanel)

Hermione Granger (Emma Watson)

Teddy Lupin (Luke Newberry)

Dean Thomas (Alfie Enoch)

Miles Thomas (Ryan Potter)

Lysander Scamander (Colin Ford)

Lee Jordan (Luke Youngblood)

Marvel Cinematic Universe

Jemma Simmons (Elizabeth Henstridge)

Natasha Romanov (Scarlett Johansson)

Darcy Lewis (Kat Dennings)

Angie Martinelli (Lyndsy Fonseca

Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell)

Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie)

Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow)

Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr)

Booker Harmon (Michael B. Jordan)

Steve Rogers (Chris Evans)

Peter Parker (Tom Holland)

Aldrich Killian (Guy Pearce)

Elektra Natchios (Elodie Yung)

Mantis (Pom Klementieff)

Leslie Shade (Kylie Furneaux)

Peter Quill (Chris Pratt)

Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan)

Nebula (Karen Gillan)

Leo Fitz (Iain de Caestecker)

Daisy "Skye" Johnson (Quake) (Chloe Bennet)

Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen)

Pietro Maximoff (Aaron Taylor-Johnson)

Sherlock

Mycroft Holmes (Mark Gatiss)

John Watson (Martin Freeman)

Sherlock Holmes (Benedict Cumberbatch)

Molly Hooper (Louise Brealey)

Anthea (Lisa McAllister)

Mary Watson (Amanda Abbington)

Irene Adler (Lara Pulver)

Greg Lestrade (Rupert Graves)

Eurus Holmes (Siân Brooke)

Doctor Who

Rose Tyler (Billie Piper)

Jack Harkness (John Barrowman)

Jayda Osmi (Nicole Bonifacio)

Jacob Robens-Osmi (Tristan Wilds)

Sky Smith (Sinead Michael)

Clara Oswald (Jenna Coleman)

Percy Jackson

Hylla Ramirez-Arellano (Eiza Gonzalez)

Annabeth Chase (AnnaSophia Robb)

Hazel Levesque (Amandla Stenberg)

Frank Zhang (Booboo Stewart)

Kaiser Jäger (Max Riemalt)

Leo Valdez (Jake T. Austin)

Nico di Angelo (Jakub Gierszal)

Rachel Elizabeth Dare (Luca Hollestelle)

Will Solace (Burkely Duffield)

Zoë Nightshade (Anjli Mohindra)

Jackie Long (Melissa Benoist)

Reyna Ramirez-Arellano (Victoria Justice)

Clarisse La Rue (Leven Rambin)

Percy Jackson (Logan Lerman)

The Vampire Diaries

Elijah Mikaelson (Daniel Gillies)

Katherine Pierce (Nina Dobrev)

Davina Claire (Danielle Campbell)

Damon Salvatore (Ian Somahalder)

Stefan Salvatore (Paul Wesley)

Lexi Branson (Arielle Kebbel)

Elena Gilbert (Nina Dobrev)

Caroline Forbes (Candice King)

April Young (Grace Phipps)

Rebekah Mikaelson (Claire Holt)

Indiana 'Indie' Davis (Lily Collins)

Jeremy Gilbert (Steven R McQueen)

Bonnie Bennett (Kat Graham)

Vicki Donovan (Kayla Ewell)

Tyler Lockwood (Micheal Trevino)

The Hunger Games

Primrose Everdeen (Willow Shields)

Clove (Isabelle Fuhrman)

Madge Undersee (Abigail Breslin)

Finnick Odair (Sam Clafin)

Dexterous LaFevers (Colin Ford)

Glimmer (Leven Rambin)

Christopher 'Kit' Odair (Douglas Booth)

Johanna Mason (Jena Malone)

Shilo Mellark (Alex Pettyfer)

Annie Cresta (Stef Dawson)

Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence)

Thresh (Dayo Okeniyi)

Willow Mellark (Emily Rudd)

Merlin

Morgana Pendragon (Katie McGrath)

Gwaine (Eoin Macken)

Percival (Tom Hopper)

Lancelot (Santiago Cabrera)

Hunith (Caroline Faber)

Balinor (John Lynch)

Mordred (Alexander Vlahos)

Merlin (Colin Morgan)

Freya (Laura Donnelly)

Rielle (Indiana Evans)

Kara (Alexandra Dowling)

Sir Leon (Rupert Young)

Once Upon a Time

Peter Pan (Robbie Kay)

Graham Humbert (Jamie Dornan)

Emma Swan (Jennifer Morrison)

Grace (Alyssa Skovbye)

Helena (Tristan Mays)

Regina Mills (Lana Parrilla)

Felix (Parker Croft)

Elsa (Georgina Haig)

Zelena (Rebecca Mader)

Aurora (Sarah Bolger)

Anna (Elizabeth Lail)

Killian Jones (Colin O'Donoghue)

Anastasia (The Red Queen) (Emma Rigby)

Fiona (The Black Fairy) (Jamie Murray)

Divergent

Christina Kravitz (Zoe Kravitz)

Eric Coulter (Jai Courtney)

Tris Prior (Shailene Woodley)

Will (Ben Lloyd-Hughes)

Fox Marvel

Kassandra Dare (Nicola Peltz)

Amily Jacobs (Elle Fanning)

Daisy Oliviera (Tori Kelly)

Jubilation Lee 'Jubilee' (Lana Condor)

Scott Summers (Tye Sheridan)

Charles Xavier (James McAvoy)

Chase Maelstrom (Asa Butterfield)

Sean Cassidy (Caleb Landry Jones)

Ajax (Francis) (Ed Skrein)

Alex Summers (Lucas Till)

Ellie Phimister (Brianna Hildebrand)

Jasper (Lindsey Morgan)

Hope Cooper (Zendaya)

Anise Lovett (Adelaide Kane)

Peter Maximoff (Evan Peters)

Brooklyn Winters (Crystal Reed)

Laura Kinney (Dafne Keen)

Jean Grey (Sophie Turner)

Star Trek

Khan Noonien Singh (Benedict Cumberbatch)

James T Kirk (Chris Pine)

The Maze Runner

Thomas (Dylan O'Brien)

Minho (Ki Hong Lee)

Elizabeth (Maia Mitchell)

Newt (Thomas Brodie-Sangsta)

Harriet (Nathalie Emmanuel)

Sonya (Katherine McNamara)

DC Cinematic and Television Universes

Kara Danvers (Melissa Benoist)

Cisco Ramon (Carlos Valdes)

Thea Queen (Willa Holland)

Felicity Smoak (Emily Bett Rickards)

Hunter Zoloman (Teddy Sears)

Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell)

Melanie Silver (Saoirse Ronan)

Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie)

The Joker (Jared Leto)

Harrison Wells (Tom Cavanaugh)

Caitlin Snow (Danielle Panabaker)

Jesse Quick (Violett Beane)

Alex Danvers (Chyler Leigh)

Chato Santana (El Diablo) (Jay Hernandez)

Patty Spivot (Shantel VanSanten)

Floyd Lawton (Deadshot) (Will Smith)

Clark Kent (Superman) (Henry Cavill)

Ray Palmer (A.T.O.M) (Brandon Routh)

Adrian Chase (Simon Morrison) (Josh Segarra)

Sara Lance (Caity Lotz)

Barry Allen (Grant Gustin)

Dinah Drake (Juliana Harkavy)

William Clayton (Jack Moore)

Diana Prince (Wonder Woman) (Gal Gadot)

Mon-El (Mike Matthews) (Chris Wood)

Winslow Schott Jr. (Jeremy Jordan)

Zoe Lawton (Shailyn Pierre-Dixon)

Jae-Yoon Hyunsik (Park Chanyeol)

Iris West (Candice Patton)

Dante Ramon (Nicholas Gonzalez)

Star Wars

Bennal Derek (Bradley Cooper)

Han Solo (Harrison Ford)

Aeli Serit (Shailene Woodley)

Kylo Ren (Adam Driver)

Orson Krennic (Ben Mendelsohn)

Armitage Hux (Domhnall Gleeson)

Alter'Li Fond (Holland Roden)

Callen Derek (Kellen Lutz)

Barriss Offee (Nalini Krishan)

Padmé Amidala (Natalie Portman)

Rey (Daisy Ridley)

Leia Organa (Carrie Fisher)

Lord of the Rings

Tauriel (Evangeline Lilly)

Legolas Greenleaf (Orlando Bloom)

Thranduil Greenleaf (Lee Pace)

Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman)

Gimli (John Rhys-Davies)

Raviel (Rachel McAdams)

The Mortal Instruments and Shadowhunters

Max Lightwood - TMI (Jack Fulton)

Cecily Herondale - TMI (Alexandra Daddario)

Shane Burciaga (Adam Lambert)

Magnus Bane - SH (Harry Shum Jr.)

Louis Adams (Dylan O'Brien)

Amelia Lockhart (Madison McLaughlin)

Clarissa 'Clary' Fray - TMI (Katherine Mcnamara)

Alec Lightwood - SH (Matthew Daddario)

Kayden Jacques - SH (Victoria Justice)

Jace Lightwood - TMI (Jamie Campbell Bower)

Maia Roberts - TMI (Meagan Tandy)

Disney Live-Action

Belle (Emma Watson)

Evie (Sofia Carson)

Rapunzel (Mackenzie Mauzy)

Little Red Riding Hood (Lila Crawford)

Sharpay Evans (Ashley Tisdale)

Mal (Dove Cameron)

Jay (Booboo Stewart)

Ben (Mitchell Hope)

Giselle (Amy Adams)

Henry Turner (Brenton Thwaites)

Carlos De Vil (Cameron Boyce)

Twilight

Jane (Dakota Fanning)

Carlisle Cullen (Peter Facinelli)

[gildedautumnvelvet]

It was dark, now, the gossamer moon hanging among diamond stars in the soft black of the night.

Amber Newberry, One Night in Salem (via: gildedautumnvelvet)

[wineryescapades]

Fig Eee - Enoree River Winery

Fig Eee – Enoree River Winery

Our wine tonight is the Fig Ewe Wine from Enoree River Winery In Newberry, South Carolina.

Fermented of 100% Estate grown Fig.

Desert wine.

Light amber in color.

Nose of Fig preserves…..undeniable Fig!

Hints of cherry on the tongue, lingering notes of whiskey, caramel…specifically Werthers Original candies, vanilla, freshly sliced figs, butterscotch, and toffee.

12% ABV

Cost was under $20 per…

[creative-salem]

Breaking Through Creative Blocks

By: Amber Newberry and Laurie Moran

One of the most frustrating things about being a creative person is when you find yourself unable to create. So many things can contribute to a creative block: stress, busy lifestyle, health issues. The list could go on from here to eternity. We asked some friends from our creative community to share what they do for inspiration when they feel tapped out.

Hit the metaphoric brick wall? First, don’t be too hard on yourself. There isn’t an artist out there who hasn’t experienced hitting a wall in their creative pursuit. Check in with yourself to see if you can find the root of the problem, and develop a strategy to combat it. As writer R.C. Mulhare puts it, “These situations call for patience and self-care and often a lot of self-forgiveness.”

Sometimes when the creative juices just won’t flow, you need a change of scenery. Amber likes to get out of her creative space when she’s blocked. She goes outside and spends some time wandering a cemetery, which seems to be the place she is able to brainstorm the best. Friend of FunDead Robb Armstrong suggests, “…doing an activity that lets you zone out. Anytime you don’t really need to actually concentrate, it allows your mind to just sort of wander.”

When you’re stuck on a project, you can try shaking things up creatively. Laurie switches to a different artistic pursuit from the one she’s stuck on. She especially enjoys trying out a new medium for the first time, adding a skill to her repertoire, or using a familiar material in a way she never has before. When author Bret Valdez experiences writers’ block: “I’ll also sketch or paint a scene that’s in my head, making it easier for me to process by physically seeing it, while also actively engaging in its creation.” Author Brad P. Christy likes this writing exercise: “I place the character or topic I want to tackle in an outlandish situation chosen at random; like a heart bypass, having to force yourself to think from a different perspective will spark the imagination.”

When you are feeling overwhelmed, you can often look back to where you started for guidance. Try revisiting your sketchbook or outline for your project. Author Melissa McArthur says, “When I’m stuck, I listen to the theme song for the story, look at images online, and create vision boards in Evernote, where I keep most of my writing inspiration and planning.”

Evernote and the Brain: Designing Creativity Workflows

One of the classic debates for Evernote organization essentially is, ‘to tag or not to tag.’ From Michael Hyatt to Thomas Honeyman, thousands upon thousands of you have relied on tags as your primary organizational system. But, the power of Evernote is in its flexibility.

Whatever you do, don’t give up, because that creative block will crumble at your feet and you’ll find yourself producing new and astonishing things in no time at all.

Contributors: Laurie Moran & Amber Newberry, Editors, FunDead Publications, FunDeadPublications.com Bret Valdez, Co-Author of the forthcoming Tobey Darling Series, @ByBretValdez Brad P. Christy, Independent Writer/Author, BradPChristy.com Melissa McArthur, Independent Editor/Writer/Author, MelissaMcArthur.net R.C. Mulhare, Independent Writer/Author www.goodreads.com/matrixrefugee

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