#heartbook

[mckennagraymusic]

heartbook

Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris.

[tellurian-in-aristasia]

Bridgehead Phase 2: Or - What The Heck Was Happening on Heartbook?

Source The date on these would put us a little after the middle of March 2013. You'll notice the highlighted post, in bongo yellow, for your convenience, entitled "Countdown to Bridgehead Phase 2". Unfortunately, none of these posts are saved on the way back machine, so we won't know what was discussed (in significantly less amounts than the anime posts, you'll notice). So we can't be sure what Bridgehead Phase 2 means, but I do have a theory. In 2011, Aristasia started making a drastic aesthetic change, focusing on kawaii and anime. This change made some of Aristasia's subjects feel left out of the conversation, and they started to get rebellious and question the change, even proposing a nova Aristasia in late 2012/very early 2013. In early March of 2013, the Aristasian Preservation Project went live, putting their scandalous 1990s history back online. I believe Bridgehead Phase 2 was the move to Chelouranya, since the domain was purchased on March 27th of 2013. I'm still peeking in the Way Back Machine to try to find forgotten snippets of what was said, and this is the closest I can get:

[sivavakkiyar]

do you have any other kabir poems

Lolololololol yeah I have a few translations, and the rest of the mehrotra, lol. Tbh Kabir suffered from the same kind of vague orientalist translation tradition that Tagore and Omar Khayyam did, Gibran etc: I don’t like most of them as poetry (you should just hear them performed). The Mehrotra is a heartbook for me, but admittedly like Li Bai a lot of those poems work best as accumulation, that is in reading the book…those are just ones that get me through life, I’d apologize for posting them so often but it’s bad form to apologize for something you know you’re gonna do again

[fullmetalscullyy]

me, writing: [”””accidentally””” (under the influence of alcohol) calls a notebook a “””heartbook”””]

also me: omg they’re so in love w one another

[marshasays]

Preview of what's inside! Heart book coming soon!! 💌

[a2lezread]

April LezRead: Poetry + The House You Pass on the Way/My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness

April is National Poetry Month! Please bring a poem to share by yourself or another favorite author who identifies as a queer woman.We also have two easy reads: The House You Pass on the Way, a young adult novel by Jacqueline Woodson, and My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness, a graphic novel by Nagata Kabi. *Please note that this graphic novel is not safe for children*.Virtual Meeting details:

[I will update the link closer to the event date]. Be sure to check this post: https://www.facebook.com/events/776345649677695]. --- --- The House You Pass on the Way, by Jacqueline Woodson -- A lyrical coming-of-age story from a three-time Newbery Honor winning authorThirteen-year-old Staggerlee used to be called Evangeline, but she took on a fiercer name. She’s always been different–set apart by the tragic deaths of her grandparents in an anti-civil rights bombing, by her parents’ interracial marriage, and by her family’s retreat from the world. This summer she has a new reason to feel set apart–her confused longing for her friend Hazel. When cousin Trout comes to stay, she gives Staggerlee a first glimpse of her possible future selves and the world beyond childhood. -- Source: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/.../the-house-you.../ --- --- My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness, by Nagata Kabi --- Harvey Award winning, heart-rending autobiographical mangaMy Lesbian Experience with Loneliness is an honest and heartfelt look at one young woman’s exploration of her sexuality, mental well-being, and growing up in our modern age. Told using expressive artwork that invokes both laughter and tears, this moving and highly entertaining single volume depicts not only the artist’s burgeoning sexuality, but many other personal aspects of her life that will resonate with readers. --- Source: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781626926035 --- --- About LezRead: LezRead is Ann Arbor’s premier book club for queer women. We are informally organized through with the Jim Toy Community Center and meet on the fourth Sunday of the month. We have continued to meet virtually during the covid-19 pandemic and have not determined when/where we will have in-person meetings in the future. Please review the description for schedule changes. *We usually chat for about an hour. *To support JTCC and its work, please regularly donate at jimtoycenter.org. * New members welcome! Email kerene.moore@gmail.com to join the private Facebook group.

[phantomregretbyprachi]

-Pillow Thoughts II: Healing the HeartBook by Courtney Peppernell

[racinated-beauty]

I’m glad to see your blog active, thanks for an amazing resource. From what I can tell, miss martindale was involved with daughters of shining harmony and still was involved in chelouranyan-ish online activities until relatively recently? Do you know how many people were involved in it when “operation bridgehead” was happening? Would people run multiple accounts to give the appearance that there were more members than there actually were? Thanks again

After private verification, the person who contacted me seems to have done so in good faith. So, here is an outlander-focused public answer:

No, Miss Martindale (the maid/persona/character) has not been involved in the Feminine Universe for a very long time. For many reasons, she was retired from her post around the time of Operation Bridgehead. 

I do not know exactly how many people were involved in Aristasia. It is possible to find the number of members of both Heartbook and Shining World through archives, but this does not necessarily answer your question. Around when I was active, I would guess there were a core of around four to six OGs with a varying number of other participants, many of whom probably did not understand the nature of the world they were interacting with. However, this is merely an educated guess based on accounts on Tellurian social media, as well as the number of participants in Virtualia and how many appeared to be regular vs transient.

Because one of Aristasia’s unwritten rules was essentially, “never break kayfabe”, there is no way to directly count the number of Tellurians behind the maids. The only way I can think of would be to somehow count all the unique IP addresses of, say, Heartbook visitors. But, crucially, it doesn’t matter. I have already written a little about how Aristasia was welcoming but wasn’t really intended to recruit. Also, never forget that a physical trait such as the hair colour, physical aptitude, social status, or even (hypothetically) the species of a maid’s Tellurian vessel said nothing about who she was in Aristasia. Such pittish things should never be brought up, to bring them up would be most inappropriate, against the unwritten social contract. A true Aristasian maid shows herself through her conduct and propriety. She is always who she says she is, no matter what her vessel implies. To make a crude outlander joke: In Aristasia, no one knows you’re a dog. (Because you aren’t. You’re a maid.)

No, I do not believe people (read: individual players/Tellurian vessels) ran multiple accounts to give the appearance that there were more of them than there actually were. A Tellurian form is imperfect, full of contradictions and contrasts, whereas Aristasians are intended to be purer, more refined in their nature and purpose.  Thus, a Tellurian vessel may hold several Aristasian souls of various natures. The Blue Camellia Club, Heartbook, Shining World, and other platforms were open to new participants, but they were NOT intended as simple public-facing spaces. A single vessel with multiple personae was not attempting to give outlanders any sort of impression; rather, they were allowing the many maids within them to manifest and interact freely and joyfully with other maids.  

If you need a Tellurian analogue, Aristasia’s many websites and forums can be seen as attempts to build multi-channel semi-private platforms where they could worldbuild, roleplay and relax in-character with friends and where their conversations would not be as ephemeral as in something like an IRC channel. They were basically trying to invent the modern discord platform, and having more characters = more fun.

Since this blog is not a truly Aristasian space, let me go further into this outlander-friendly metaphor: Imagine you’ve joined a fully in-character online roleplay group where you are allowed to play different characters as long as each has her own account. You may make several accounts to try different parts of the game, to play with different groups of friends, to explore different sides of yourself, to explore someone unlike you out of curiosity, to fill a niche you see the game lacks. But on you have no reason to do it to inflate numbers. Your reasons are internal to the game and its functioning/meta.  

In my own case, I frequently attend a LARP where players are allowed to have multiple characters. I currently have a noblewoman I play as a double act with my partner, a bodyguard I play more rarely with a group of five friends, a duelist I play solo to improve my combat technique, a few recurring NPCs I am willing to play whenever they are required for the plot (some of whom may be played by others if I am busy), and I often take a turn “crewing”, where I play multiple short-term NPC roles for the benefit of other players. Some roles are personal, some roles are necessary for the game’s culture, but inflating numbers does not touch the reasons why I play so many characters.

I do not think Aristasia is quite as simple and straightforward as I have described, but I hope this metaphor is helpful. Forgive me for not answering from a directly Deanic/Filianic frame, but I needed to be able to bridge the gap between Aristasia and Telluria as clearly as possible. 

Here are some relevant pages, quite old ones from when Aristasians were more willing to step out from behind the curtain: Life Theatre  A History of Elektraspace (pre-dating Heartbook) Discussion Paper on Life Theatre within Elektraspace (The closest thing I’ve seen to what the British LARP community often calls a “manifesto”.)

Prior to verification, this post read:

Rayati. Thank you for your interest in my blog. Are you the same anon I was speaking to earlier, or someone else? I ask because the type of questions you are asking and the way you have worded them raise red flags in my suspicious mind. Please forgive this melini her natural drive towards order, harmony and propriety. I do not wish to treat another with suspicion, but at times, such a reaction is inevitable in the face of a hostile, vikhelic world. The exact things which have set me on edge are:

While you have not actually worded it as a question, you seem to inquire about a particular Aristasian ambassador from many years ago. Do you simply wish to know if Miss Martindale is still involved in the Feminine Universe, or is there actually a different question you are trying to ask here? Think through this one carefully.

You are concerned about numbers. I am curious what this information would tell you. Why does this matter to you? What do you want to know by asking this?

Your wording, "to give the appearance" seems to imply the belief that Aristasians-in-Telluria around the time of Operation Bridgehead behaved in a particular way with the express intention of projecting a certain image to outlanders. That implication seems to reveal a fundamental misunderstanding as to the reasons for Aristasia's existence and form at the time, one I have often seen repeated. This especially sets me on edge as to your motives. If you have read my post about the "Mushrooms", you may understand why I feel this way.

I list these things not to accuse you of anything nefarious but to be very clear about my concerns. I am always willing to answer questions as long as someone is asking in good faith. However, I keep track of the discussions that happen all over the internet, and I know that there has been some sensationalist discourse whizzing around recently. And so, many concerning scenarios fly through my head. I ask myself, "Is this esteemed anon asking these questions in order to compile a salacious exposure document framing something fairly mundane as sinister? A dramatic post shared to mock a person or group for their harmless eccentricity? A YouTube video to entertain the gawking masses, or something like that? If I answer this maid's questions, will I empower her to give another grief or trouble? Will become accessory to the shaming and harassment of a person or group?"

To be clear, I bear neither ill will nor hostility towards you. Curiosity can be a beautiful thing, and I do not wish to make you feel unwelcome. I do not wish to hide anything. Rather, I am here to share what I know! My concerns are merely strong based on recent events. I would truly love to provide lengthy and nuanced answers to your questions, but I neither want to say anything that might hurt another nor wish to waste my time on someone who has come to me in bad faith.

If you still wish me to answer, please send me another message. Due to my heightened concerns, I request that you either message me off anon or provide an in-depth explanation of your intentions. (Which I am happy to keep private if you prefer.) If what you say makes sense, I will take the time to answer your questions as fully as I can. If you cannot placate my concerns, I will edit this reply with the simplest answers possible. Either way, if you send me another ask, you will still receive answers!

I hope to hear from you soon.

[awst29]

#jurnalulunuiadam #readagoodbook #heartbook

[novelnoviceya]

Happy Saturday! What are you up to today? Hubs & I are taking advantage of some decent weather to catch up on yard work. . . Custom handle tattoo from @bookmarkd.tattoos - use NOVEL10 to save . . #AllTheBooksFeb - Bookish Heart // #frenchiefantasyanniversary - rainbow . . #bookishrainbow #bookishheart #bookheart #bookrainbow #rainbowbooks #heartbook #lovetoread #bibliophile #epicreads #bookishfeature #bookishglee #bookfeaturepage

[lamandragola]

Cuore nero e Cuore rosso. Dopo aver provato vari prototipi ecco la versione "leggera" del libro cuore di qualche mese fa 😊. Per ora sono due versioni (rossa e nera) ma pensiamo di farne una verde e blu. Le pagine sono illustrate e ve le mostreremo a breve su stories ❤ . . . Black heart and red heart. After trying various prototypes here is the "light" version of the heart book 😊. For now they are two versions (red and black) but we think to make a green and blue. The pages are illustrated and we'll show them to you on stories ❤ . . . . #lamandragola #heartbook #blackheart #redheart #artbook #valentinescard #paperartist #booklove #booklover #valentinegift #artbook #imadethis #forest_of_twinkling_fireflies #papercut #handbound #handmadebook #illustratedbook #designbinding

[chillypepperhothothot]

HeartBook-LR-SimiJois-2018 by Simi Jois on Flickr.

[bouquetofpetals-blog]

Why Study Literature?

Why study literature indeed?  I will be honest, my dream was to become a veterinarian. I love animals and had always felt like I needed to do something more for them, for their rights. I unfortunately, could not grasp the concept of algebra. Math became hard and without math, no Pure and Applied Sciences. I also learned I was extremely allergic to animals and that was two strikes too much.

             I turned to my second passion: Books. Now it might be expected for me to say that I went into English Literature because I love reading, but who cares? That’s what I like. I already knew, if not suspected that the kinds of things I will be doing, or reading in English Literature were not exactly what I was reading in my spare time. Even though there have been some authors that I personally don’t want to read ever again, I have discovered and learned to appreciate others. In my first year, I read A Tell- Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe, and I have to say.. WOW! A favourite of mine. The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Lottery by Shirley Jackson, A Good Man Is Hard to Find by Flannery O’Connor, books by Margaret Atwood, Djuna Barnes, Chinua Achebe and so so soooooo many others that I absolutely fell in love with.

             For one of my classes, we were asked to watch a few videos about the passion of reading, and what literature and books do for us, the reader. Here are a few passages that truly opened my eyes to how lucky I am to be able to read.

            In the first video, John Green (yes, that John Green "The Fault in Our Stars" "Looking for Alaska" etc…) says that "a story/book is a conversation between an author and his reader and that it’s always an act of empathy, an imagining of what it’s like to be someone else". I liked that statement because that is why I enjoy reading. This ability for me to step out of my world and dive into another’s world. I live through the characters I read and by extension, somehow, live through the author as well.. I cry with them, laugh with them, I FEEL with them.

         Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s video is the one that moved me the most. The idea of the single story, how true. It made me realize that when I think of England, I think of Dukes, and Counts, Lords, and horses, debutants, balls and…. corgis? Yes, I know, my historical-romance addiction is showing through. I watch the news, I have visited London before, but still, just as a photograph caught in time, my thoughts bring up this romanticized image of England. Another subject she brought up is the idea of power. She says that "Power is the ability not just to tell the story of another person, but to make it the definitive story of that person." When I think of stories allowing me to escape, I never before realized that the world I was escaping to was probably this stereotyped world created through generations and generations of "single stories".

            In the final two videos, Lisa Bu and Paul Cameron both suggest that a book is "a magic portal connecting past and present, a world which we can get lost in". While I have already confirmed my belief in such a statement, I do have to disagree, completely and utterly with Cameron’s idea of a soundtrack playing while reading on the e-reader. What a horrific idea!  A book, I believe, is better than a movie or a TV-Show. It allows me to imagine whoever I want as the heroine or the villain. I input my OWN music to certain passages and laugh out-loud at some written jokes. Why not? I often find myself so immersed in a book that I forget where I am or where I am heading. When I stop reading (only when in mortal danger or when I actually have things to do like homework or house chores), I always feel like I paused a movie or cut short a tv-show, so vivid is the imagery in my head.  

           My dream now is to one day meet a Beast and have full access to his beautiful and huge library. And they lived happily, ever, after…

                                                                                                               The End

[marshasays]

Hey Tumblr Fam! Here’s a video teaser I made for my debut poetry book “HEART” which is available on amazon

xoxox

M

[starsbooksandtea2023]

Second Chance Heart Release Blitz

Second Chance Heart Release Blitz

 ★✩★ NEW RELEASE ★✩★Second Chance HeartBook 2 in the Second Chance SeriesBy Rebecca BarberGoodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60490217/Hosted by DS Book PromotionsAMAZONUS: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09QHCJQ4B/AU: https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B09QHCJQ4B/CA: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B09QHCJQ4B/UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09QHCJQ4B/Available on Kindle UnlimitedBlurb:She’s sworn off…

[lilitheimmacculate]

Heartbook

I clicked on a heart and you shivered because I more than liked your sticky fingers on me like flypaper. My heart is glued to every molecule of your soul tasting freedom of the sweet trap.

The more I drown into you the more I'm alive. Every molecule of me the DNA of my heart is wrapped around you. In slow motion it spins, knows the secrets beyond speech. I stay alive the more I breathe in your heart gem a sapphire in an onyx, radiant wildflower in a cave. You are a well hidden sacret my scarlet heart is yearning.

19.3.2016