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it's the way decorum in late 60s hk film industry was like 'women's bodies are NOT allowed to be sexualised' and chang cheh was like 'not to worry, a man's body will serve the exact same purpose'

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La Blue Girl 1993

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I’m sorry but they’re a couple now.

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Person: “Why don’t you just look for a hookup on Tinder?”

Me:

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lotus flowers + transparent ☆

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One Sings, The Other Doesn't [L'une Chante, L'autre Pas] (1977)

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Rainbow Surprise by Patrick Dillon

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The Witch's Hand

A witches hands are a conduit for their casting power. The position of the hands in a witch's work will assist them well when employed properly, depending upon the intent.

When the witch desires to conjure forth the power of the wind, the sea, or the weather, the hands should be open, with the palms to the sky in a gesture of request and humility. In such operations, the knife or staff may be well employed. This gesture is also one of welcome and invitation, opening one to the spirits and presences of a space. In rituals where a grand address to all, seen and unseen, is required, this gesture will serve the witch well. This gesture may be paired well with the slow and purposeful raising of the arms, signifying a need for growth in whatever the witch may conjure.

If the witch should desire to lay a blessing or a curse, or when empowering a charm or object, the hands should be kept above the object or person, open, with the palms to the ground or directly facing that which is to receive the blessing or power. This gesture is perhaps the most common in everyday practice, being most useful in many forms of spellcraft.

As with the positions of the hands, each finger upon the hand may also serve a magical purpose.

The first finger, the thumb, it a most versatile digit. An opposable thumb gives us much of our ability to open, close, and maneuver nearly everything with which we come into contact. It is of great use not only in anointing tools, objects, and other practitioners in blessing, but in quite literally holding a victim under our thumb.

The second, or pointer finger, is well known as one of dominance, and one by which all things may be pointed out for others to observe. It may be used to direct spirits and powers according to the practitioners own will, or to command any which the pointed finger may single out.

The third, or middle finger, often considered highly rude in many settings, is well employed by the witch in the directing of malice. The revealing of the middle finger has been an insult for a great many years, having origins in the French and English war, wherein archers who were captured by the French had their middle fingers removed. Those who escaped intact showed their middle finger as a way of very literally saying that the individual had escaped, and would do everything in their power to see their adversary undone. The showing of the middle finger may be so used by a witch in an act of cursing, blasting, or turning as they will.

The fourth, or ring finger, may assist the practitioner in all matters of love and peace. The ring finger is one upon which physical vows are placed, from one individual to another, in marriage ceremonies. It was once believed that blood from the heart flowed directly through the fourth finger, hence the reason for the placement of the ring. The witch may use this finger in the enchantment of crystal goblets, the creation of love potions, or simple manipulation by touch.

The fifth finger, or pinky, is the weakest finger on the hand, and may not move completely independent of the fourth finger. This little finger may be the conduit for spreading weakness, decay, and more.

Regardless of the chosen gesture, the witch should bear in mind the virtues associated with each hand when working with the gestures. A blessing will best be laid with the right hand, while a curse best laid with the left. An act of removing, or undoing will be conversely performed with the left hand, while any act of casting will be best undertaken with the right. Working with both hands equally teaches the practitioner that there is no giving without taking, and no taking without giving. All is kept in balance.

Right above, left hand below, and you will reap the things you sow.

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Edward Hopper

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Illustration by Elsa Beskow “Queen Water Lily”

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all the macarons please 😍 

(recipes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)

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“When you don’t know what to do, my advice is to do nothing until clarity comes.”

— Oprah Winfrey