#holly sierra

[selforacle]

[sidewalkchemistry]

Terra (an Earthy Fertility Goddess) by Holly Sierra

[innervoiceartblog]

Maturity

is the ability to live fully and equally in multiple contexts, most especially the ability, despite our many griefs and losses, to courageously inhabit the past, the present and the future all at once. The wisdom that comes from maturity is recognised through a disciplined refusal to choose between or isolate three powerful dynamics that form human identity: what has happened, what only looks as if it is happening now, and what is about to occur.

Immaturity is shown by making false choices: living only in the past, or only in the present, or only in the future, or even living only two out of the three.

Maturity is not a static arrived platform, a golden epoch from where life is viewed from a calm, untouched oasis of wisdom, but the dissolution of living elemental frontiers between what has happened, what is happening now, and the consequences of our past; first imagined anew, and then lived into the waiting future.

Maturity is the breakdown of elemental frontiers, between different epochs of our life, between life and death, between the part of us that has been a fine, upstanding citizen and the darker, helpless parts of us that have caused harm and damage. Maturity is the time when these tidal forces meet and break apart our life, making one life out of our regrets, our self-compassion, and our forgiveness forged into a future made real by a radical change in our behaviour: real maturity can only be sustained by real silence, by a daily discipline of silence and an inhabitation of spaciousness, a foundational giving away. Maturity is the discipline of giving up and giving away, to see what is left and what is real.

Maturity calls us to risk ourselves as much as we did in our immaturity, but for a bigger picture, a larger horizon; for a powerfully generous outward incarnation of our inward qualities and not for gains that make us smaller, even in the winning.

Our previous stage of immaturity always beckons, offering a false haven and false accounting, an ersatz safety in one state or the other: a hiding place and disappearance in the past, a false isolation of the present, or an unobtainable sure prediction of the future. But maturity beckons also, asking us to be larger, more fluid, more elemental, less cornered, less unilateral; a living, conversational intuition between the inherited story, the one we are privileged to inhabit, and the one – if we are large enough and broad enough, moveable enough and, even, here enough – just, astonishingly, about to occur.

—David Whyte, “Maturity,” Consolations: The Solace, Nourishment, and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words (2020) Artwork by Holly Sierra

[bigdreamsandwildthings]

Can we just skip over the next week and go straight to the holidays now? ❄️

[daffodilldoodles]

since art fight is over... heres all attacks i made on @the-dist-ortionist bc HIS CHARACTERS ARE SO FUN TO DRAW (we made a crazy promise of a giant revenge chain)

[akindofmagictoo]

DRAGONSONG: draft 2 update: 03/05

previous word count: 56,692

current word count: 59,005 (2313 added)

notes: I'M BACK! kind of! uni let up for a bit. most of the section I added was just Isi musing on stuff, as usual, but we're starting to build up to a Very Fun Character Decision (from someone else)... :)

snippet: (Sierra my beloved)

“Can I offer my thoughts, as a semi-professional thief?” said Sierra. Isi glanced over curiously. “What? We’re trying not to attract attention, right? I only got arrested one time, I’m good at sneaking—” “No judgement,” Isi said. “Please explain.” “Well, if we turn up in the middle of the night and go looking for mages, and we’re all obviously hush-hush about it, then it just looks tacky. Suspicious. Everyone and their grandmother can tell we’re trying to do something sneaky under cover of darkness.” Sierra wrinkled her nose. “And then all it takes is one person to tip off a knight, and everyone will agree that we looked shady. If we turn up in daylight, pretend we’re just passing through, and also a friend of ours wanted us to enquire after so-and-so, no one will look at us twice.” “Hm.” SB nodded slowly. “You’ve got a point there.” “‘Course I do. I’m very good at this.” A smile touched the corner of Holly’s mouth. “You are.” “It seems the experts have spoken,” said Isi. “We can camp here for the night, and then Sierra and SB can go make some inquiries tomorrow morning.”

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[the-final-sentence]

A lot, funnily enough, like a happily ever after.

Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone, from A Holly Jolly Ever After

[qbdatabase]

A Holly Jolly Ever After by Julie Murphy; Sierra Simone Kallum Lieberman, arguably the lesser of three former boy band mambers, enjoyed his fifteen minutes of fame and then opened a regional pizza chain to live his best dad bod life. Winner Baker did everything right as a childhood star moving into a stable acting career as an adult. But after her perfect life falls apart, Winnie is ready to redefine herself. They say opposites attract, but is this holly jolly ever after ready for its close-up? View the full summary and rep info on wordpress or check it out for free from the Queer Liberation Library!

[knockoffchrismclean]

HELLO

hi this my first post!! this account will be all about Chris Mclean or anything total drama! I love total drama and my teacher does to (crazy right?). I also enjoy rock music and my favorite rock band HAS to be Weezer. I also listen to gorillaz to!

[synaspensprungvomdorf]

Loved in a holly jolly ever after, that Nolan still mentions that he is attracted to men even, when in a relationship with a woman. Because that was bi means.

[starbug]

[reasonsforhope]

"The first and only fungus on a global conservation outfit’s ’25 Most Wanted List’ has been found in the rain-soaked mountains of Chile, almost 40 years after it was first documented.

The big puma fungus is actually quite small, and despite being on the ’25 Most Wanted List’ it’s also rather unremarkable, being slightly greyish brown, and no bigger than a shitake.

GNN is always abreast of updates to the brilliant conservation initiative Search for Lost Species which has rediscovered several wondrous species of plants and animals through collaborative scientific expeditions to look for forms of life not seen in over ten years.

The big puma fungus (Austroomphaliaster nahuelbutensis), an enigmatic species of fungi that lives underground in Chile’s Nahuelbuta Mountains had only ever been found in the wild once.

An expedition team from the Fungi Foundation in Chile set out for the temperate forests of the Nahuelbutas in May 2023 to retrace the footsteps of Chilean mycologist Norberto Garrido, who discovered the big puma fungus and described it to Western science in 1988.

They timed the expedition to coincide with the exact dates in May that Garrido had hiked the mountains more than 40 years earlier.

“It’s possible that the reproductive parts of the big puma fungus—the mushroom—are only fleetingly visible above the soil on the same few days each year, which made the timing of the expedition a crucial factor,” said Claudia Bustamante, a mycologist, and member of the expedition team.

The expedition was captured in a documentary called In Search of a Lost Fungus, in which viewers can see how a last-minute day hike organized near a local Nahuelbutas community led to the big puma fungus’ eventual discovery.

On the last day of the expedition, the Fungi Foundation led a workshop and a community hike to look for fungi in a nearby forest. During that hike, two of the local participants found a group of about four mushrooms that all matched the description of the big puma fungus.

The expedition team carefully collected the mushrooms, leaving the mycelium in the ground, and took the mushrooms to the Fungi Foundation’s fungarium (FFCL). Although the mushrooms matched the physical and microscopical description of the big puma fungus, it was a DNA analysis that eventually confirmed the team had found the correct species.

“We knew it was going to be hard to find the big puma fungus and that the chances of finding the mushrooms were low, considering their colors and how they blend with the fallen leaves,” said Daniela Torres, programs lead at the Fungi Foundation and leader of the expedition.

“It was truly a unique moment when we managed to be in the right place at the right time to see the mushrooms. Understanding the biodiversity that exists and interacts within a specific area helps us comprehend its behavior and its potential to adapt to ongoing changes and underlying threats.”

Since 2017, the Search for Lost Species has rediscovered 13 of the world’s most wanted lost species. In addition to the big puma fungus, Re:wild, working with partners across the world, has confirmed the rediscovery of Jackson’s climbing salamander in Guatemala, both Wallace’s giant bee and the velvet pitcher plant in Indonesia, the silver-backed chevrotain in Vietnam, the Somali sengi in Djibouti, the Voeltzkow’s chameleon in Madagascar, Fernandina giant tortoise in the Galápagos, Sierra Leone crab in Sierra Leone, the Pernambuco holly tree in Brazil, Attenborough’s echidna in Indonesia, De Winton’s golden mole in South Africa and Fagilde’s trapdoor spider in Portugal."

-via Good News Network, September 13, 2024

[pupsmailbox]

WEIRDCORE ID PACK

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PRONOUNS ⌇ ?/?. ?t/?t. [redacted]/[redacted]. abandon/abandon. backroom/backroom. being/being. bizarre/bizarre. blank/blank. blur/blur. clock/clock. cloud/cloud. creature/creature. daze/daze. deja/vu. deranged/deranged. dim/dim. dizzy/dizzie. dream/dream. eerie/eerie. empty/empty. entity/entity. error/error. eye/eye. familiar/familiar. float/float. flower/flower. fog/fog. forget/forget. glitch/glitch. gone/gone. gray/gray. haze/haze. hush/hushe. it/it. ix/ix. jpeg/jpeg. lim/liminal. liminal/liminal. lost/lost. miss/missing. mush/shroom. no/exit. nostal/nostalgia. nostalgia/nostalgia. null/null. o/o. odd/odd. one/one. rem/ember. shush/shushe. space/spacey. stat/static. static/static. strange/strange. stuck/stuck. surreal/surreal. tele/vision. th?y/th?m. that/thatthing. thing/thing. thon/thon. tooth/tooth. tv/tv. un/canny. un/un. uncanny/uncanny. vague/vague. voi/void. void/void. vor/tex. watcher/watcher. weird/weird. where?/where?. x/x. yellow/yellow. zero/zero. ⏺️ . ☁️ . ⚪️ . ⚫️ . ❓ . ❔ . 🌁 . 🌫️ . 🏚️ . 👁️ . 👤 . 💨 . 💭 . 🔇 . 🔲 . 🔳 . 🕳️ . 🗝️ . 😶‍🌫️ . 🚪 .

[bigdreamsandwildthings]

‘Tis the damn season ✨

[akindofmagictoo]

Isi would be very confused by the whole thing. Sierra wants to do the maximum boop thing, so Robin and SB help her set up the program. Holly thinks it's fun, but primarily only boops Sierra. Once Robin gets into it, he's fully on board. SB spends most of his time sending evil boops; Robin sends super boops. They convince Isi to opt in so that they can spam her; Isi is confused and faintly horrified, but appreciates the affection when it's explained to her.

Enya is booping everyone IRL anyway

not to make everything about my ocs but i just know Euna, Gabi and Zeya would be going insane over this booping thing. they'd be booping each other into oblivion. Gabi sets up a whole program that just autoboops everyone she comes across bc she wants to reach that max boopage

Illiana opts in just to see what it's about but gets tired of it very quickly

Leo refuses to opt in so Euna and Zeya just start flooding her inbox with the word "boop" over and over

[akindofmagictoo]

DRAGONSONG: draft 2 update: 05/04

previous word count: 52,980

current word count: 54,876 (1896 words added)

notes: still chipping away! Isi and co are about to start experiencing some Consequences ... in a few scenes, anyway

snippet:

“I’m still not sure if bringing Enya is a good idea,” said Robin. “I don’t want to put her in more danger.” “Fintan said the safest place for her was with us,” Isi said. “You can keep her hidden. And for now, all we need to do is a bit of research.” “The king and his people are going to love the kind of research we’re doing,” Robin pointed out. “We are not returning to the citadel, nor are we starting any kind of war. We will be relatively safe. But you do raise a fair point.” Isi raised her eyes to the rest of the group. “What about you all? Will you join us?” “I’m coming,” said Sierra immediately. “Wherever you’re going, I’m coming too. Except maybe breaking into a prison.” Isi smiled. “Me too,” said SB. “You need me for this, after all.” Holly glanced at Sierra and mumbled, “Sure, I’m in.” Finally, Isi looked to Robin. He had been a part of this from the start, and she could hardly do it without him. She doubted he would say no, but she wanted to ask anyway. “I trust you, Isi,” Robin said. “And we can’t do nothing.”