#healing harp therapy

[shellyreef]

Both harps and crystal singing bowls offer unique auditory experiences and can contribute to a sense of tranquility and well-being. Whether used for musical performances, therapeutic sessions, or personal enjoyment, these instruments have the potential to enhance the atmosphere and promote relaxation.

[sscrubberhose]

Ya got any dialtown headcanons? :3

hooo boy. ive been chewing on this all day and I think i have a decent amount to say!

Spoilers for Dialtown!

Tw for mentions of suicidal ideation and religious guilt

Phone/Typegingi:

-Is aware of everything that happens in my fics but forgets

-is more aware of how people perceive them than people give them credit for, wants to make everyone happy

-has a strong fear of being alone, which is why they bother people so relentlessly. if they were to be fully ignored for an extended period of time they would have a breakdown

-Has both the phone and the typewriter head and can change them out at will, dont ask where they keep them.

-has bitten theoroar many, many times and will do so again. is even more fearful and hateful of him after the zoo explosion

-has a lot of love to give and genuinely prefers being around their friends

-has a level of intelligence that is genuinely sort of surprising sometimes. this intelligence is used at random

-is surprisingly easy and hard to kill at the same time

-the narrator is actually a separate entity to them who cares about them very much

-seems to be passively suicidal but no one can tell if theyre joking or not

-roger rabbit rules, whatever biology is funniest is what they have

-perceived height changes based off of this rule as well. no one notices.

-breaks into town hall once a month for funsies

-enjoys sweet things quite a bit

-autistic beast

Randy:

-is actually a decent cartoonist, but rarely draws due to hand pain. likes drawing gingi and oliver the most

-has a lot of religious guilt due to growing up catholic with a very very strict, religious father, left home as soon as he could. also why he is afraid to talk to God.(hobo)

-father harped on him his entire childhood about being a burden, now feels that he owes the world for existing. this is slowly healing.

-due to his upbringing hes still learning how to function as an adult, i.e cleaning, cooking for himself, things like that. hes working on it!

-has sensory issues, has ASD

-fear of cgi animals comes from having to watch weird religious propaganda films for kids when he was young. he is getting over it thanks to oliver.

-extremely observant and notices things a lot of people don't, but usually doesnt say anything for fear of being annoying

-knows shooty and stabby on a first name basis(not that he knows whos who)

-sees Norm as a father figure but would never admit that

-has a long list of phobias that hes working on recovering from, but is too nervous to go to therapy for

-has a LOT of plushies in the ticket booth that Oliver and Gingi have given him, refuses to get rid of any of them

-taking the bandage off wont instantly kill him, he doesn't know this.

-can skateboard, does not do this often

-gets sick very easily, has to be forced to rest as he tries to insist hes not sick

-is roommates with Oliver, they have a bunk bed

-got his number changed so the hotline wasnt tied to him anymore

-is actually a good singer, never sings due to thinking he sucks. Will hum to himself while working at the ticket booth

Karen;

-Has actually gotten fairly close to the other datables since the conclusion of the game, doesnt know how to express this

-Visits Dialtown for a few months out of the year to catch up and spend time with her friends

-part of her contract with helping rebuild was better wages for those who worked at the bank. It took a lot of arguing but she felt that no one should suffer like she did.

-expresses her love for her friends by making them ponysonas. Is a huge pegasister. will infodump about it for hours to anyone who will listen

-enjoys botanical illustrations the best, next to drawing horses

-draws horses with normal horse heads as a form of abstraction

-puts capsaicin oil in her paints so Gingi will stop drinking them. This did not work.

-enjoys vintage movies and game shows and talks at length with Oliver about them when they go out for coffee or dinner together.

-she and randy doodle together sometimes

-also has severe sensory issues and has safe outfits she wears. will cry if she has to touch certain fabrics. (LOOKING AT YOU CRUSHED VELVET)

-safe foods are microwave dinners and pasta, but she keeps her diet balanced.

-her and Norm get along now and will sometimes go for hikes and chat about life(and ways to wrangle gingi)

-allergic to shrimps

-can play piano

Oliver:

-Got a new therapist who doesnt think hes weird or annoying(it didnt phase him but thats not groovy to say to someone)

-has POTS, often needs to sit down at work so he doesnt faint.

-is a HUGE horror fan, could tell you everything about the behind the scenes of every major and minor horror movie to come out in the last decade.

-works as a haunt actor for the Dialtown Haunted House every single Halloween, wants to run it someday

-has a log of every new thing he notices about Gingis biology, the log is three books long now.

-Really wants to run a youtube channel where he does amateur ghost hunting with randy, has yet to convince randy that this is a good idea

-is very physically affectionate, though he does ask permission first before touching anyone!

-Has had top and bottom surgery and is comfortable where his transition is, thankfully his insurance under Mr. Dickens covered it! (Mingus isnt a TOTAL monster)

-has a digital scrap book of all his favorite memories with his friends

-makes rage comics unironically.

-favorite color is actually black, red just seems to be his thing!

-has been legally adopted by Mr. Dickens but decided to keep his last name as Swift because "it was rad."

-is actually friends with most of the ghosts and poltergeists that live in the cinema/scareshack

-kept the popcorn and soda dispensers, but got the soda dispensers to dispense SODA and not...whatever the fuck it was doing before.

-helped renovate the basement of the cinema into a haunted maze that he helped design, the theme changes once a year!

-got those unicycle lessons and knows how to juggle as well!

-likes rollerskating, has Heelys on all the time

-allergic to peanuts

-can play guitar

Norm:

-Is aware that Gingi sees the face on the sticky note change and thinks its sort of funny

-Is actually good friends with God and the two go out to lunch once or twice a month

-enjoys fishing and will take Randy and Oliver on fishing trips, Gingi usually follows regardless of invite.

-Sees himself as a father figure to most of the dateables, and is willing to fill in that role.

-apologized to Karen for his behavior by baking her fresh bread. is actually an extremely good cook

-irises and pupils are both void black due to exposure to the wormhole. He has not noticed this. Eyes used to be honey brown.

-Has to stop Mingus from doing a new evil scheme once a month, has a spray bottle for this purpose.

-does actually have other outfits for when the space suit needs to be washed, is never seen outside the house when this happens

-Oliver, Karen, and Randy have seen his real face, they were like "cool" as Gingi is just...far weirder.

-i imagine him as strawberry blonde. Short hair, either buzz cut or just short. maybe some stubble. I dont have a good image of what his face looks like, it is just bag to me

-not great at public speaking but REALLY good at pretending to be

-is actually very good at using technology but will sometimes pretend not to be just to tease Oliver.(it works every time)

-can also play guitar

Bigfoot:

-...no.

-okay okay i have one. You could use his fur to make yarn IF you washed it. You will never be able to get close enough to brush him though.

Misc headcanons:

-heads can be repurposed after death, like cadaver bones!

-the more popular headtype for modern business men and women is a laptop

-after what happened to Callum Crown, the answering machines function was completely separated from memory storage

-Snakes have syringes for heads

-peter and his wife are poly and want roger to be their third, but roger is as dense as a brick and peters too formal to just say it out loud.

-Harry and Jack are a couple in this universe, Jack is just a very odd boss to work for regardless

-Billy is Abel's kid. The mother is unknown. probably a one night stand.

-the swans miss randy :(

-there are a few headtypes that are banned for various reasons, one of which is having a megaphone AS your head.

-Roger is autistic and has a stutter, and sometimes has to use ASL to communicate. Peter knows ASL for this reason

-The Narrator could talk to the others, but only if it was an emergency

-all Dialtown OCs are canon. theyre in town somewhere, having fun and living their lives!

-Dialtown is bigger than shown in game, including the town square which has a fountain and a park surrounding it, as well as a skate park, rec center, arcade, a pizza place, etc.

-all the dateables have met satan at least once, they just didnt know thats who that was

-shooty and stabby are dating, theyre just very bromance about it. good for them...

-rotery phone heads are coming back in fashion as a sort of 'retro' vibe.

-getting prosthetics/emergency plastic surgery and medical care is actually quite accessible.

-jerry and his wife come visit dialtown every christmas soley so that gingi doesnt run all the way out there to visit them and get hopelessly lost. theyre doing quite well!

-there are competent members of the dialtown mob but they dont really do much other than hang out at the bar

if i think of anymore Ill let you know!! thanks for askin!

[lonelychicago]

seven sentence sunday

tagged by the lovelies @spotsandsocks and @alyxmastershipper

from the therapy fic <3

On a Thursday afternoon, on a day off, Buck and Eddie face a building painted in a soft pastel yellow with a handcrafted sign atop the roof. It reads 'AVERY PRESSMAN. RELATIONSHIP HEALING GURU.' "Seriously, Eddie? You wanna come here? To a— relationship healing guru?" Buck eyes him warily. "You? Eddie Diaz?" Eddie rolls his eyes and huffs out a not-quite-laugh. "Frank said she's the best in the city, alright?" "Alright." Buck relents, putting his hands up as in a gesture of surrender. "Let's do this, then." When they step into the building, Eddie can definitely say this is not what he had been expecting for a couple's therapy office. The walls are a bright robin’s-egg blue, a chandelier of purple feathers hangs from the ceiling, so long it almost reaches the floor. A bubble machine sends sprays of floating orbs throughout the room, and soft music is played as background noise, some kind of combination of xylophones and harps. "Well, this is certainly… colorful." Buck says, the corners of his lips twitching as if he's trying to hold off a smile but his eyes are glinting with amusement. Warmth in the center of Eddie's chest catches him off guard and he finds himself wondering when was the last time he saw that expression on Buck's face, genuine and with no underlying traces of sadness, wishfulness, bitterness or pain. He can't really remember. Eddie looks around and… yeah. Definitely colorful. "Shut up." He mutters to Buck, digging his elbow against the man's ribs but not quite hard enough to actually hurt him. “I don’t know,” Buck says quietly after a few seconds. “Maybe there’s a method to the madness. In a place like this . . . how could anything we say be embarrassing?” With a frown, Eddie opens his mouth to ask what Buck could possibly be embarrassed about, but a door on the other side of the room bursts open. The woman has a long maroon skirt that falls in a cascade and almost touches the floor, her feet are… naked and she has a gray top. She's the embodiment of what you would think when someone mentions the word hippie, Eddie thinks, and he makes a mental note to call Frank later and ask what the hell?

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[cogito-ergo-amo]

The housemate stuff this week is...it's still not technically resolved, but it's also proven that my fears about factors that would prevent a mature, amicable resolution were correct. Ugh.

And like it's monopolised my thoughts and energy, even moreso as I've currently got mystery lurgy. I resent how much it is draining me and has been draining me - intensely, for weeks, but it's also been a gradual drip-drip-drip for years, past attempts to address it have been met with stonewalling and deliberate, sometimes damn near malicious, misinterpretation and refusal to engage.

I'm sorry to keep harping on moments of "oh holy shit, I've actually made more progress than I thought via therapy" but this is very much a huge example of the slow, frustrating, painstaking incremental work coalescing into significant, major change.

Actually this is probably gonna get pretty long and navel-gazing about therapy and mental health and interpersonal conflict stuff. I don't expect it to go anywhere triggering, but I'll stick it behind a read more to break up the wall o'text

Part of why this has been so hard and so significant is seeing so much of how my mind used to work (and is still primed to work! If I don't pay rigorous attention!) reflected back at me. How this might have been me before any kind of serious diagnosis or therapy. Taking accountability even now is still hard for anybody regardless of brain shape, but the squirrelly, defensive, abrasive, desperate and sometimes downright cruel attempts to deflect, to flip the situation because if you're the aggrieved party SURELY nobody would be so callous as to expect an apology and acknowledgement of how you hurt them.

Sorry to RuPaulpost on main, but there's an argument in S10 of Drag Race where the person who was objectively the hurt party, drag performer The Vixen, is being tone policed and told to calm down. She says "everybody is telling me how to react, nobody is telling her how to act" about the person who hurt her. Unintentionally hurt her, but still, hurt was done.

I felt this in my soul when Housemate who hurt me (let's call her H1 for the purposes of this post, literally only one person on this webbed site will know who is who if they read this) insisted another housemate be present when she and I talked about it. Bless this beleaguered Housemate 2, he has had his own challenges with her, he also has extensive conflict resolution/mediation experience professionally. He also has a shitload of his own trauma that this conflict is niggling at, which is part of why I didn't want him to be dragged into it. But during the conversation this week she was constantly appealing to him, emotionally escalating, talking over me, silencing me - I got to occupy maybe 25% of the conversational space which in fairness is more than expected. Had H2 not been there I doubt I would've been able to get even half of that meagre airtime. I think it also helped me to keep my own composure. I got shit on for it "look at your face, you don't even care!" when inside I was spinning out but knew I couldn't let myself get dragged into an external emotional spiral. Also, autistic, so at any given point I'm not sure what my face is doing or if it's the "correct" expression.

So I'm here thinking "it never had to be like this" whilst also knowing somewhere deep and instinctive in my own wounded soul and trauma-healing process that actually it was always going to be like this and it had to happen this way. I still feel a bit mercenary framing another person's distress as part of my own "growth", but boundaries are new to me and we knew going in that enforcing one for the first time with someone who benefits greatly from trampling on them is going to make them feel personally attacked and deeply offended. And here we are. This is now a story of how I really badly hurt somebody by...asking them gently to stop hurting me.

Had a text exchange with therapist on Monday after The Conversation. He offered an extra session then but even though I was exhausted and shook up, I didn't actually need that. In our usual session today this was of course the meat of the discussion. We got a little playful with it, I mentioned that her response was pretty much exactly what I expected and asked him to take some guesses about things that were said. He got pretty much all of it correct. I mentioned I could've scripted it, and he gassed me up some with "if you'd scripted it, it would've had better jokes". This was probably just riffing but fuckit, my ego needed that.

We're trying to work through my internal conflict of "if she doesn't get some kind of intervention she's going to keep doing this to everybody in her life and be miserable forever" vs knowing that if she were to get assessed, she would most likely get diagnosed with Cluster B brain problems. I have fifteen years of experience of exactly how a diagnosis like that can negatively impact every facet of a person's life. They aren't diagnoses that should still be used, imo, because they're an excuse to ignore severe trauma in women by calling them bad people who can never be fixed. I can't wish that on another person. But she's also not going to seek help on her own, she definitely won't pursue private therapy that might avoid such labelling. And I know how fucking hard, slow and gruelling it is for therapy to work and make a difference with such heavy shit. I want her to live a happier, smoother life. I want her to get better. That hasn't changed, it breaks my heart I'm unlikely to ever see it happen, but right now I'd settle for her not treating everybody else like we're NPCs she can command, control and punish at will.

I'm not accustomed to being in conflicts where I don't just automatically assume I am the bad, wrong party. But I know where I stand here. I know what is reasonable and what is not. I know which behaviours and statements from her are completely unacceptable. I know which parts of her narrative about me are completely fictitious. I know I have been misread, misunderstood and willfully misinterpreted. This is fucking HUGE for me. This certainty feels deeply uncomfortable. Of course there are still parts of me trying to turn it around and make me believe I'm evil and all of this is my fault but there is so much more of me pushing back against that because it just isn't true.

I'm rambling now. Will probably ramble more on this in the coming days.

For the record, this is what the conversation could have looked like. This is what the conversation has previously looked like with other housemates when we have unintentionally triggered or overstepped with each other: person 1: hey, I know you didn't mean to do this, and I never told your this was A Thing for me so that's on me, I'm not mad or upset with you, but This Thing was very triggering of something intense for me in a way that made me feel unsafe for a prolonged period of time. I don't need to go into detail unless that would be helpful.

person 2: oh shit, I'm really sorry, thank you for letting me know. I will make sure I do not do/say The Thing in that way again.

person 1: If it comes up again in future, we could perhaps handle the situation in X or Y way to avoid the trigger specifically.

person 2: I understand

person 1: Thank you, I appreciate you listening and understanding. I am going to put the kettle on. Would you like some tea?

[steele-soulmate]

Tattooed Wings, CHAPTER 618, Peter Steele & OFC, Soulmate AU

SUMMARY: Mary Claire Bradley meets her soulmate- literally- the famous Peter Steele of metal group Type O Negative. But will obstacles including trauma, stalkers, and toxic family members get in the way of their life?

WARNING: mentions of child rape (nothing graphic) PTSD, milk kink, soft smut, grinding, assault, fingering, hand jobs, blow jobs, 69, P in V sex, blood, noncon rape, violence, death, vandalism, graffiti, attempted kidnapping, break-ins, wild animal attacks, terrorist attack (sabotage) consensual impregnation, bareback, impregnation kink, creampies, terrorist attacks (shootings) hit and run pedestrian accident, precipitous labor, neonatal death, abandoned baby, child intoxication, death of a minor character, injured baby, kidnapped child

WORDS: 1060

“Hey!” Isabelle announced herself, coming into the girls’ shared hospital wearing a bubble backpack. When she turned to close the door, I saw Mittens looking like a happy kitty in a cat backpack.

“Mitties!” squealed little girl as she led the charge up to the family nanny.

MEOW Mittens perped as Primrose appeared from behind the motherly cat, chittering as Isabelle set the backpack down and opened it.

“YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY…” screamed the babies as they swarmed the Ratajczyk pets with gentle hands and excited eyes. Mittens leaned in deeper to the scratches and sweet words, her green eyes closing as a loud purr erupted out of her.

PUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUR…

“MITTIES IS BAE!” little girl declared as Primrose was busy exploring the hospital room.

“MITTIES IS BAE!” the babies repeated, clearly agreeing with little girl.

Peter had been taking a sip from a water bottle but had no choice but to spit out his drink from roaring with laughter at little girl’s cult of babies. He wheezed and coughed as he reveled in the babies’ adorableness.

“Oh my babies,” he gasped as a knock at the door turned out to be Ken Anderson carrying two bouquets of flowers- one of pink baby roses, blue violet petals and white baby breaths and was wrapped with purple paper and the other was a gathering of wildflowers and was wrapped with pink paper.

“Hihi mama and papa and Ratajczyk cubs!” he sang out as he moved across the room to settle the flowers onto the windowsill, where there were vases of flowers as provided by Type O Negative fans and PeteClaire shippers. I had posted to my socials and had asked that flowers be sent to the nurses and other patients instead of to us. The next day, the nurses’ station was overflowing with flowers, to which they had all thanked me.

“Hihi, Mr. Ken!” Elizabeth still wasn’t able to open her mouth fully, and was now receiving speech therapy with someone who would come and take her out on walks around the hospital. The girl had taken to bouncing a tennis ball while walking, a tick for calming her anxiety, or so she told me.

“Hihi Elizabeth!” The corners of Ken Anderson’s eyes crinkled. “How are you doing?”

Isabelle was the only person at home right now, and she would let Daisy out back to do her doggy business and feed the Ratajczyk pets. She came in every other day with the mail that she would pick up at the family PO box.

“I’m doing good, Mr. Ken!” The entire family was taking two weeks off from rehearsals for The Nightmare Before Christmas- a Broadway Musical in order for the two eldest girls to heal enough before returning to the Paper News Theater for run throughs for the newest Tim Burton musical. “Katie and I composed a song together- it’s called The Waltz of the Pumpkin King and His Ragdoll Queen.”

“Do you want to hear it?” Katie asked from where she was working on her calligraphy for her Chinese class on her bed. “There’s a piano in the library just down the hall, and Isabelle brought Lizz Lizz’s Celtic harp with her for her to practice on!”

“If it’s alright with your parents, then of course!” Ken Anderson responded with, glancing back over to where I was hosting Primrose in my lap as I knitted a Vinnland flag blankie.

“It’s alright with me!” I hummed as I worked peacefully. “Peter took the babies out to go explore the garden, so I’m the one holding the fort down here.”

MEOW Mittens meowed loudly as she darted out from underneath Elizabeth’s bed, clearly experiencing a case of the kitty zoomies.

“Okie dokie mommy!” Katie chirped as she got out of bed, taking her IV drip pole with her as she and her sister pattered out of the room with Ken Anderson close on their heels.

“Go straight to the sunroom and then back again- no detours!” I called out as a nurse entered the room. Primrose and Mittens both knew to hide whenever hospital employees would stop by.

“Hello, where are the girls?”

“They took Ken Anderson to the sunroom to show him a song that they wrote,” I replied, my focus on my knitting project.

“Ah, fun! Are all of your kids musically gifted?”

“Well, so far, only Elizabeth and Katie show an interest in music and play instruments,” I told the nurse as I got started on another row. “Little girl and Baby Tommy are beginning to show interests in what brings them joy- I’m thinking of enrolling little girl into gymnastics and Baby Tommy seems to want to dance with big sister Elizabeth Drew. However, the dance studio where she is currently enrolled at only accepts students aged five and over, so we’re going to need to wait until he turns five in a few months.”

“Neat! Well then, if you could excuse me to go and change out the girls’ IV drips…”

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[wishcamper]

Post therapy poem 2

To love me well, you must know is this: I have a softness in me that cannot be killed, a deep dark way down glowing ember that will never grow cold, that says 'but what if this time I can turn my face toward the sun of your love, toward the cup at my lips and drink and be full'. You should know of the covetous, the indifferent, the self-hating hands that have touched my body, the smell of harm in the perfume of healing, my right hemisphere numb. You should know of the empty hallway, the belt in the closet, the hot water tap open, the sighing, the harps. But how are you to know all this if I don't tell you? And how am I to tell you all this if you don't know? To love me well, please keep your word. Please know when I give you a bite how many have been stolen before. Please hear me sing in the shower and know I let you hear me. Please kiss me when I am desperate for it, when I am not expecting it at all. Please know your hands feel different (they always have), that your voice sets me sinking in a warm bath, that I cry because my softness is finally that, that I run between your hands like water because there is finally a riverbed where my soul can rest.

[modern-inheritance]

Lmao so many of my readers/followers think that the (canon. I’m working on convincing some for MIC at least)cracked elf and the world’s most powerful virgin can’t be in a long term relationship and paolini has work to do.

Honestly I feel like if he made WHY arya was so flaky/her probably canon issues of abandonment and loss more clear (someone commented on a post that the menoa tree story from Arya’s view was less of an aggressive fuck off human men are terrible but a ‘giving someone love and then abandoning them for another after they have loved you with their soul is incredibly painful and hurtful and I am very very much someone who had the people I loved ripped away and I am not much for hope in that department anymore because it scares the fuck outta me I’ve been through enough tyvm’ and honestly yeah that blew my mind they said it better) then maybe I think their relationship being stable in the future when they’re not separated by miles and miles and years and years and they’ve matured and healed more could be a more viable option for some readers.

Wow I don’t make sense.

And I’m not harping on people I’m just hormonally compromised and want soft Eragon realizing “ooooooooh. Oh she’s way more scared of stuff than I realized. Wow. Okay we ALL need therapy.”

Murtagh: did someone say abandonment issues?

Arya: I don’t have those.

Eragon: *raises eyebrows, takes two steps back*

Arya: *instinctively grabs his arm*

Arya: …this is a bodyguard reflex.

Eragon: uh huh. Sure.

[richardsphere]

Leverage Redemption Log: The Walk In the Woods Job

Army guy is with his doctor (shoulder/arm injury is healing). Doctor is trying to convince Armydude to go to a support group for people who have been through similar.

Come to Therapy, We Have Cookies! Army guy left, other doctor has bills and a message from a Kurt Lander (frumples note). We're really going out of our way to make the Boss Doctor seem likeable with how much he cares about other peoples mental health.

Camera follows second doctor on way out, lingers on picture of elliot on the wall. Throw a hand-egg, bomb. PAUL!!! --- Panama, 4 years ago (so during the timeskip) Elliot and Dr. Paul are having a drink. Austin Kurt Lander (why does this guy get three names? Im gonna stick to Kurt) is footing the bill for the clinic. I think the "He" that Austin wants Elliot to make peace with is his father? But im shit at context clues and also sick of getting faked out there. --- Dr Guy recognises Elliot at the funeral. "highly decorated veteran", Translation: Warcriminal.

Ok lets not double-book our acronyms please? I get there are only so many 3-letter combinations (17.576) so there is bound to be overlap but lets not open our communications up to potential future confusion. I'll refer to the Bomb type as "Thermite bomb" (TB) and the other oen as "Warcrimes Incorporated". (WI) if this becomes a running gag for the episode. getting to the stuff that even US Propagandists think is "bad stuff", corruption scandals, friendly fire in Kabul, and bodyguarding for Saudi Princes.

Something definitly happened on that bridge (and Elliot was definitly there to see it happen) --- Parker Breanna and Sophie are trying to get into Silverguard HQ, Elliot and Harry are looking at Doctor's stuff.

They bombed Elliots Picture. (which opens a secret room, he was preparing to killl Kurt) --- Target is on the move, to a place called "Orpheus Grove" (ominous name)

And Breanna just hit Sophie with the truck. Which... well it's certainly a good distraction.

Well we knew he was a warcriminal, now we know he's an asshole. --- He killed some miners, (not a shock) Orpheus grove is apparently a secret conspiracy located on a confederate generals old plantation. Its a fratclub for racists and wealthy clansmen basically.

there are no satelites images at the plantation, no cell reception and presumeably no wifi. (we're going in blind, But Kurt will be blind as well) little heart-to-heart between Elliot and Harry. (he's stealing the shuriken) --- Meanwhile in Millwater (or whatever the place is called) Breanna sees a sign about endangered frogs. (protected species, shut down the plantation by making it a wildlife preserve.) Local historian is about to give us a history lesson on the frogs and their habitats (presumably including the plantation)

Coms are live for people in the grove but cant reach Breanna until the cloak is down.

Ok when i said it was a "fratclub for racists and Klansmen" i meant it as a joke. Turns out its an actual fratclub for racists and Klansmen. Oh they're peeing in the river. But thats where the frogs live! (the piss is Fricking up the PH of the water, its why they're dying).

Little contest: Who can steal the phone! Guy is spinning his two things lie again.

Guy-with-a-harp-round-his-neck is "in charge". I find the goat-horn to be a bit cult-y. Parker has the Phone. (or at least the Walky Talky) Ok so the "un-pickable safe" is just a ban on phones. Three keys. Phone is in the vault and Parker just spotted a sniper. (Kurt is "doing an audition", he's staging an assasination so he can rescue Frick from the assasin and be welcomed into the Cult) --- Back from commercial: Doctor was the sniper HE ISNT DEAD. Thought that lying about what happened on the bridge would be a lesser evil to justify his office. "im Harry, im with him. Glad you're not dead, what do we do now" 9/10.

Huh, the frogs might have legitimate national security value. ("the secret to curing bacterial infections") A potential cure for a biowarfare threat. The woman wasnt even entirely exagerating.

Also Breanna has put the flyers on the internet. Make a niche topic, post on a few specific forums. They're taking soil and water samples. They'll find beer-urine is messing with the PH and they'll shut the grove down. I just unpaused and the local historian just said the PH levels are rising form unknown reasons? Am I actually right?

Imagine a powerfull mystic cult of senators and private armies getting shut down by a local historian and her pet frog.

Breanna wants to have a froggy hat. (its a good hat.) --- Parker snips the wire on a keychain while the drunken wearer is pissing against a tree. Sophie distracts Kurt by getting him to brag about his 2 things line some more. Harry falls from a tree, Parker elbow-drops a guy getting a massage. Harry vanishes with the ghilly, Parker steals the final key dressed as a dancer. Sophie has been spotted. --- Sophie is going for "venezualan government agent" here for the mine collapse, begins priming Kurt for Elliot. Meanwhile Harry pretends to be Elliot as a distraction. Parker suffers a minor complication in needing to turn 3 keys simultaniously. Harry steals some of Elliots lines so Elliot can call this guy out by proxy. A bad Rocky monologue stalls for enough time for Paul and Elliot to show up. --- Paul is here to confess to the lies on a wire. Harry here to unionise the guards and tell them of their legal rights. Ok good use of the bridge.

The frogs. I was right about the Piss and the frogs. I wrote that so i had an excuse to make a joke about Frick's name. And i was right.

call-back to the MIC joke (thank frick that wasnt a running gag) Final toast between Elliot and Paul

[gingerbravecookie]

it sure has been a year: cursor's kind of retrospective (or resume idk) on 2022

happy new years everybody,, or new years eve depending on where you live at the time of reading this

I'll go straight to the point 2022 has been one of the most mixed bag of a year I've had since i have the memory

The start of the year was kinda cool honestly,, the weather in my country was great and i was starting to get new interests,, of course also expecting you know what games near the end of it,, going back to normal class was weird and tiring but i got to make new friends and recconect with old ones i hadn't talked to since the start of the pandemic,, i got to see the coolest fucking movie at the start of april and i loved it,, i had also met kit and joined pocket home and i met good people in there shout out to everyone,, the start of the year seemed pretty good

and then things started going downhill

for starters right at my birthday i started feeling kinda weird,, specially my nose felt funny,, the next day at school i was barely on my feet,, with my entire respiratory system in shambles,, with an awful fatigue and trembling every single moment,, i wanted to go to the nurse's office but i persisted due to having to show a cosplay i worked hard on that same day

long story short the next day arrived and i got positive for covid,, i spent two weeks at home

it didn't help that i missed multiple tests due to quarantine and had to do 5 the same day,, my stress level was on the god damn clouds

in that next month i caught colds and stuff way more easily but hey,, it was june!!! pride month!!! Gay month!!!! also i had finally decided to get into artfight and was ready to make refs for my oc's

Also i had made my very own server and got to meet cool people!!! shout out to kino,, harp and jaz

and then right before winter break started and got time to work on them and the event itself my knee snapped off

yes it did hurt like hell,, i went to the hospital and luckily i didn't need surgery but it was still awful,, i got out of the thing at 3 am and i couldn't even move

I spent the first few days of july on bed,, when i finally was able to barely walk again i got to do a few art fight attacks but then my family from the capital arrived and i couldn't access my laptop for two weeks,, i was pretty bummed out i barely got to do attacks AND that i had to be almost every single day to the doctor in order to heal my leg

also i joined ballcord and then maincord as my cookie run interest started coming back to me

anyways september came along and of course it was independence day for chile,, cool date tbh,, and i decided one of the most drastic meassures i took on my irl image,, i cut my hair

"what's the great deal with that" thing is i've had my hair pretty long and i didn't like cutting it at all,, but as i grew i pretty much realized i was growing out of it and it also became more tiring after it getting tangled everywhere,, best desicion of my life tbh it felt great

I got the funni squid game 3 as well

well i also continued getting sick as a downside of things,, which was weird as fuck since years prior i only got sick at least once a year

my school situation became worse every day,, my grades started lowering and to top that. i started getting bullied. again

i had been on that school since 10 fucking years and they still fucking bullied me,, none of the teachers did shit about it

my mom got an interview at school where they took account of my anger issues and fucking guess what happened there

after years and years of asking i finally got therapy

proper therapy as i had a meeting with one of them before and he just said i was a spoiled child lmao

so news!! I'm pretty much part of the autistic spectrum,, with very minor traits according to my therapist but yeah pretty much that

she's a cool person,, she really helps me and i mean that in a genuine way

my family. well,, they're trying,, our relationship has gone two sides and sometimes made me feel kinda shitty tbh,, anyways back to topic

even if my teacher knew about the bullying it still got worse and worse from heavy verbal abuse to almost physical attacks

the school said they would talk to the bullies and me to get to an agreement and then. never talked to me again

it would all come to a close in early november,, after i snapped in front of the whole class about it

i had a massive panic attack

i had to ask my mom to come get me early and i had to talk to the teachers where it turns out. they talked to the bitches but never to me.

if i had known that then i could have told them so they would actually stop

and then they started twisting the blame onto me for staying quiet when they didn't fucking tell me shit to start

anyways,, my mom decided i wouldn't go to that school again,, i have been home ever since,, we are hoping another school accepts me in the meantime

As of social media well. i have gotten into a few projects i want to really get through,, i still need to do owed art and i apologize for making it so late. i really really do

my first comic project,, a game (RPG maker Is a bitch sometimes btw) and of course my askblogs and au's,, I'll try to get them fully moving in 2023,, i really want for everyone to see what i have to tell storywise

also i hope i stop getting sicker lmao

i guess this Is going nowhere tbh,, kind of a long resume of the shit that happened to me this year and an excuse for why i barely post decent art and ideas here nowdays (sorry),, but hey at least i met cool people

thanks for sticking around Is pretty much what i have to say

2022 has been kind of a bitch,, here's to hoping 2023 Is at least a little bit better

happy new years everyone,, happy to still be here

-cursor

[throneroomworship]

music therapy for Christian musicians

so contrary to the belief system of the westernized Christian church we have worship teams that stand on platforms every Sunday morning and Wednesday nights and they "lead people into the presence of God,"

So God gave Moses the rallying cry to pharaoh let my people go so they may minister unto me in worship so lesson number 1. God sets his people free of their chains so they may minister to the Lord

2. Everyone of us were created uniquely by the Lord and part of that is that he gave good gifts to all men and the calling and giftings of God are without repentance part of that is God gave weapons of warfare so they could withstand the attacks of the enemy, so part of this lesson is about the training and equipping of the saints what is the training and equipping for??? Well it's for the identity of the bride of Christ in who she is and her being able to overcome the enemy how does that bride of Christ do that well the bride of Christ has been given weapons of warfare that are not carnal but they are mighty to the pulling down of strongholds, first off the bride of Christ can't overcome the enemy if they aren't equipped in the weapons of her warfare and she can't overcome the enemy if she doesn't know who she is, so we've been given weapons for warfare then we need to know what our weapons of warfare are and how to successfully use them,

So with that being said, musicians specifically have been gifted with their instrumentation as the weapons of their warfare and those weapons are uniquely crafted by God alone if we have our weapons of warfare stripped from us then we are sitting ducks for the enemy have his way but see here's where the five fold ministry is for us for the saints to be trained and equipped in the weapons of her warfare the best model that we see is David and Saul when David played his harp the torturing spirit would leave saul, even scientists have been able to prove that music impacts humanity in a way that words can't so then we see a further battle strategy by the Lord in the book of Joshua where God gave Joshua instructions to put the musicians in the front of the line so with that being said, you can't strip musicians of the weapons of their warfare they are warriors they've been given the responsibilities of fighting for the destinies of nations they've been talked with keeping the fire on the alter before the Lord musicians were never created to be stripped of their God given weapons of their warfare so here's what I'm proposing, for broken rejected misplaced musicians they need music therapy where they can encounter God's heart God's presence in the place of their instrumentation as they process their emotions their feelings their hearts their minds so they can connect and source with a therapist you have to have both the music part and the therapy part because we're instructed by the lord to gently restore our brethren so music therapy is apart of the healing and restoration of our musicians in the church.

[joyner111]

Some of the key sound healing tools and their uses

Sound healing tools encompass a variety of instruments that use vibrational frequencies to promote relaxation, stress relief, and healing. Here are some of the key sound healing tools and their uses:

Tuning Forks: These are used for their precise vibration frequencies and can be placed on specific body parts for targeted healing, often used for pain relief and stress reduction .

Drums: Various types of drums, including bongos, djembe, and buffalo drums, are used in sound therapy for their rhythmic and calming effects, often played in drum circles or solo therapy to release stress .

Tongue Drums: Similar to handpans, these are overtone instruments that are tuned to a particular scale and can produce different sounds based on how they are struck .

Harmony Balls: These are traditional East-Asian tools used for meditation and stress relief, offering a soothing sound .

Shamanic Frame Drums: Versatile instruments that can be played in various styles, from shamanic to middle-eastern, and are associated with the energy of fire, representing the heart and dealing with love, belonging, and community issues .

Rainsticks, Wave Drums, and Rattles: These create the sound of water or seeds and are effective for sound healing work, with rattles connecting users to the earth's energy and promoting grounding and concentration .

Chakapas: Leaf bundles used in Amazonian shamanic healing ceremonies, producing a relaxing sound that supports energy cleansing and emotional healing .

Handpans and Tongue Drums: These are potent instruments for sound healing, with the handpan being overtone-rich and capable of creating layered sounds and ethereal effects .

Shruti Box: An Indian drone instrument that provides a steady tone for sound healing, meditation, and chanting, often used as a foundation for other instruments to play over .

Himalayan Bowls: Also known as metal singing bowls, they produce long-lasting, resonant tones that can be used for sound healing by allowing the bowl's resonance to pass through the recipient's auric field .

Crystal Instruments: Such as crystal singing bowls, pyramids, and harps, which produce high-frequency vibrations that activate the ears, third eye, and heart, and help disperse energies in the physical body .

When choosing sound healing tools, consider your goals, whether it's relaxation, stress relief, physical or emotional healing, or personal growth and transformation. There is no "right" or "wrong" instrument; the best one is the one that resonates with you and aligns with your objectives . As you expand your sound healing practice, consider how different instruments can be combined to create a layered and harmonious soundscape .

[foxhole-pipe-dream]

My God. I wasn't gonna reblog this again, but I want to expand on my previous tags.

I'm not Thea's biggest fan, but I'll defend her because a lot of these talking points are built on assumptions or aren't applied to other characters in the series.

The amount of hate Thea gets is disproportionate and people go rabid at the very mention of her to the point of directly asking Nora to kill her when she's brought up.

I personally do not like the age gap.

But Thea and Kevin being in close proximity a few times over the years is not grooming. They played on the court and Kevin admired her from afar, that's it. There's no real evidence that Thea gave him more than a passing glance or any thought outside of exy before he turned 18.

Andrew and Roland met at 17 and 22-23 (which I also dislike). This is confirmed by Nora. Why aren't we campaigning for Roland's death? Let's dogpile him too.

Thea grew up in the same toxic environment as the other Ravens. Y'all harp about the cult mindset and the aftereffects, but don't give her the same leniency. Her thinking 'no harm no foul' because Kevin's hand eventually healed is no doubt fucked up, but again, cult mentality.

She needs therapy just like the rest of the Ravens. That thinking is unhealthy, but it's how she was conditioned. That doesn't mean she thinks it's okay or doesn't care for Kevin. Nora stated that she's furious that Riko went so far.

And no, Thea was not angry at Kevin for outing the Ravens/Riko's abusive behavior (???). She was angry that Kevin went no contact and left her completely in the dark. She had to find out through a press conference that Kevin was hurt and was leaving the team.

She was worried. And now she's finding out that Kevin's injuries maybe weren't an accident and he didn't think to say anything to her. She came to find answers.

Andrew is another love interest who expresses his worry through anger, yet Thea is the one demonized for it.

After Kevin brings her to Jean and explains everything, he comes back relaxed. Everything went well and she believes him.

So what is the issue?

Her actions in this scene where she's upset don't define her entire personality and Nora did say she planned to develop her more in the scrapped 4th book.

You can't call her toxic/abusive for being 'mean' to Kevin for 5 seconds and love the rest of the Foxes, a team of assholes. They've lashed out at Kevin at one point or another, even Matt.

Y'all can say Kevin deserves better and should be with someone who isn't a Raven, but I never see people give the Kevin/Jean ship the same hate.

Again, the lore excuse falls flat because y'all give depth and headcanons to every other character who appears for 0.5 seconds (like Jeremy). I never see people do headcanons for Thea or make any effort to flesh her out.

If you hate her just because you want Kevin to be gay, then that's a personal problem. This is the same 'she's getting in the way of my gay ships' excuse.

I do believe a lot of the hate is misogyny and antiblackness. Characters of color get waaay harsher treatment and Thea would be received differently if she were a man.

You're allowed to dislike her, but the amount of hate she gets compared to other minor characters is ridiculous.

Hating on Thea in Nora's mentions isn't going to do anything but make her stop interacting with the fandom.

Thea is going to be in TSC, whether you like it or not.

This fandom is going to devour itself from the inside when the new books come out.

putting a theory to the test here

[classicalmin]

Arte Master Beethoven Masterclass

Arte 11:23am November 24th 2023 Ann McCaffert

We are happy to invite aspiring musician and music educator to join our annual “Master Beethoven” masterclass that will take place in London on January 10 2024. “Master Beethoven” masterclasses, a tradition of Arte, is dedicated exclusively to Beethoven’s music work and gives a superb opportunity to dive deep and give musician and music educators a week-long workshop to explore these timeless masterpieces.

We are very excited to join forces again with Arte friend and long time collaborator, Karen Karana Tse.

Karen Karana Tse was born on October 30 in Hong Kong, China and raised in Canada allowed Karen to pursue her education in piano music, and a Master in Music Therapy which eventually led her to an extensive career in children music education. Karen required brain surgery at a very young age to remove a blockage which was impeding blood flow. Concerned that these surgeries at such an young age would affect her brain development, her medical profession caregivers encouraged Karen to begin training in music and to learn different musical instruments to stimulate her brain development and assist in her recovery process. Karen returned to Hong Kong in 2004 and began her career in music education. In subsequent years, Karen organised numerous Student Concerts at the Hong Kong Arts Centre and Hong Kong City Hall venues in an effort to help increase her students’ discipline and help build their confidence through competitive stage performances.

Karen began her music education career in 2004 offering young children private piano lessons which later expanded to other instruments such as violin and harp.

In 2015, Karen created her U.K. registered signature String & Keyboard Musik Program ® developed for educational learning settings and specifically designed for children aged 2–8 years old. The program strived to stimulate young students towards a more eager and proactive approach to engaging in music.

From 2016 to 2018, Karen participated in judging various open music festivals and competitions in Beijing, China.

Karen founded Inspire Kids Orchestra[1] in 2018 for under-privileged children where young aspiring musicians who studied in her education programs can participate in Hong Kong’s music culture and showcase their on-stage performance techniques.

From 2018 to current, Karen is the representative and organiser in Hong Kong and Macau for the National Star and Torch Art Talent Competition of China. [2] Karen was the Art Director in the 2018’s 50th Anniversary of The Yellow River and 60th Anniversary of Butterfly Lovers celebratory music event in Hong Kong announced in an on-air interview in Hong Kong’s TVB channel exposé.

From 2019 to current, Karen is the representative in Hong Kong and Macau of China National Campus Health Action Event. [3]

Karen published Music Dynamics Story Book[4] in 2019 to help young children discover the power of music in their young lives.

In 2020, founded Children’s Music Fund Foundation China[5] in Foshan, China to offer under-privileged children in China an early music education environment, by providing them an enjoyable opportunity to build their confidence and allow them to express themselves through music.

In 2021, Karen participated in an online piano master class forum, Warum Musik für kinder wichtig ist[6] Berlin, Germany over the importance of music towards children. Karen’s String & Keyboard Musik Program also partnered with Music Australia Network during their Kindergarten Music Festival for Young Children®️ [7] where she held online seminars for parents to review the positive influence music can have on children of kindergarten age. In the U.K., Karen held an online seminar, The Understanding of Music Seminar for Festival of Music organisation[8], to teach music composition. She also had been invited by Toronto, Healing Voice Services[9] to represented a Music Therapy project and interviewed by CTV channel,Canada.

In 2022, Karen participated in a live stream performance at the Festival de Música Clásica de Nueva Creación[10] in Barcelona, Spain. Karen was a livestream instructor at Masterclass Di Musica 2022[11] organised by Concorso in Rome, Italy to share her experiences in piano skills. In France, Karen participated in an online class in conjunction with Magazine de l’éducation des enfants [12] to teach 3–6 years old, children musicals. In New York, New York, Karen was the organizer of The Music EDUCATOR Summit, [13] a 3-day virtual conference with nationally recognized educational leaders. In Germany, she was invited by German Music TV (Stingray Classica TV)[14] to shoot a music promotional video for the classical event in 2023. In the meantime, Karen has been performing a Beethoven Series Moonlight Sonata with candlelights at London Freemasons Hall[15].

In 2022 – 2023 she performed Beethoven Series Moonlight Sonata in several International Piano competitions and won the top 7 piano competitions in Germany, Italy, France, Poland, Singapore, the USA, and the U.K. Karen obtained an Australian Sydney Music educators Awards in January this year and in March she was interviewed by London BBC[16] introducing her new music composition.

From February to May 2023, Karen participated in Travel the World with Beethoven [17]event. She has performed recitals and Masterclasses in Poland, Berlin, Paris, London, Rome, Texas, New York, Barcelona, Seoul, Melbourne, and Sydney.

In June Karen participated in a live-stream performance in the Vancouver, Canada Beethoven of All[18] program and also performed Musica classica nel 2023［19］live-streamed in Rome, Italy.

From July to October, Karen participated in judging various open music festivals and competitions in Los Angeles, the United States at the Children Piano Competition［20], and in Warsaw, Poland at Miedzynarodowy Konkurs Pianistyczny Power Music and perhaps she has performed in Johann Sebastian Bach Live-Streaming Solo Recital & Master Class[21] in Shenzhen, Guangzhou, China, Shanghai, China, Beijing, China, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Singapore. She has organise 4 live-streamed school music programs for String & Keyboard Musik Program ® teachers, parents and students to share her experiences in music skills at Tokyo, Japan, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Frankfurt, Germany and Paris, France.

[worldrankmusic]

New Age Instrumental Music is known for its soothing and relaxing sounds. It is a genre of music that has the power to calm one's mind, heal the soul and make one feel at peace. The unique combination of musical instruments and nature sounds has a therapeutic effect on the listener. The use of soft melodies, gentle rhythms, and harmonic tones is the hallmark of this genre. The soothing sounds of New Age Instrumental Music are a result of many factors. The music is rich in harmonics and is played with various instruments such as guitar, flute, harp, and piano. These instruments produce gentle vibrations that resonate with the body and promote relaxation. The use of nature sounds such as chirping birds, rustling leaves, and ocean waves add to the calming effect of the music. New Age Instrumental Music is also known for its ability to reduce stress and anxiety. The soft and gentle tones have a calming effect on the mind and help to lower blood pressure and heart rate. The music can be used as a form of therapy to reduce stress and anxiety levels. In addition to its therapeutic effects, New Age Instrumental Music is also great for meditation and yoga. The music helps to create a peaceful and relaxing atmosphere that can enhance the practice of meditation and yoga. The soothing sounds can also help to improve focus and concentration. The genre has gained popularity over the years, and many artists have dedicated their careers to creating New Age Instrumental Music. Some of the most popular New Age artists include Yanni, Enya, Jean Michel Jarre, Kenny G, and Tangerine Dream. These artists have produced many albums that have become classics in the genre. New Age Instrumental Music has also evolved over time, with many sub-genres emerging. Some of these sub-genres include ambient, electronic, and world music. Each sub-genre has its unique sound and style, but all share the same goal of creating a peaceful and relaxing environment for the listener. In conclusion, New Age Instrumental Music is a genre that has a powerful ability to soothe and heal the mind, body, and soul. The use of soft melodies, gentle rhythms, and harmonic tones combined with nature sounds creates a therapeutic effect that is unmatched in other genres of music. The music is great for reducing stress, anxiety, and promoting relaxation, making it a popular choice for meditation and yoga practitioners. With its continued popularity, New Age Instrumental Music is sure to keep growing and evolving for many years to come. The Soothing Sounds of New Age Instrumental Music

[drbgood]

Photography from last night's recording session at Emerald Laughter Studios in Reseda, California. This is my blues harmonica in the key of D. I play it when I perform a character I call, "MumbleFish McGee" from the Feathered Fish Hatchery! #harmonica #harp #blues #bluesharp #bluesharmonica #keyofd #recording #Reseda #EmeraldLaughter #FeatheredFishHatchery #MumblefishMcGee #featheredfish #healing #therapy #wellness #beherenow #wakeupandlive #selfcare #self-care #music #performance #hohner #hohnerharmonica #hohnerbluesharp #hohnerbluesharmonica (at Reseda, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqAc9UfnGW2/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=48u4221lbfs2