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The Magician stands at the threshold between thought and creation. Like Faust in his candlelit tower, The Magician burns with the hunger to know, to master, to transform.

A curious soul stands at the edge of the impossible. This Fool is not reckless in the traditional sense. She is credulous, enchanted, and willing to follow wonder wherever it leads. Like Alice chasing the White Rabbit, this card appears when fascination overcomes caution.

Sonify your horoscope - transforming planetary movements into sound!

Mapping an 5,000 year journey from ancient scripts to digital futures Some projects begin as tools. Others begin as obsessions. In the wake of my essay The Long Memory of I AM, and while working on its companion piece, I Think, Therefore I AM, I found myself returning to a familiar question: How do words travel through time? Linguistically, culturally, mythically, geographically. Emotionally. As many of you know from my forensic folktale explorations, especially the Vasilisa

This is a deep dive into the beginnings of Human Literature. We focus on the The enduring exhortation of “I AM.” The “I AM” begins as ritual speech, becomes personal voice, is seized by theology as absolute authorship, is destabilized by mysticism, redistributed by revolutionary poetics, operationalized in political resistance, and internalized as psychological integration.

I've been absent. The month of April was a slow, horrifying grind as our loved one went into emerge for one little thing on April 5 and never came out. She crossed over April 30th 6:30 AM from Pancreatic Cancer. To help channel my grief, I wrote Crossroads a song written in the aftermath of loss for her. Have a listen below Click to hear CROSSROADS You left your coat on my chair Like you might come back for it The eggs sat cold in the pan And the room held its breath I asked

This card speaks to unstoppable will, disciplined courage, and the sacred momentum of a chosen path. In this reimagining, the Chariot is embodied by Harriet Tubman a force of liberation who moved through fear, terrain, and impossible odds with unwavering purpose. The Chariot here is not about conquest, but deliverance. It represents the mastery of opposing forces: fear and faith, danger and direction, exhaustion and resolve. Tubman’s lantern becomes the guiding intelligence w

A poem inspired by “The Yellow Wallpaper”, (1892) a psychological horror novel by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

An underwater version of Little Miss Muffet reconciling with friendship rather than fear. Aesthetic: Borrowed from a dream of living porcelain, brought to life with Starry AI and Elara - Porcelain Grace Style Set. The Octopus Maiden She lives in the heart of a glass garden Carefully curated hand-painted Down alongside her a jelly came along And settled beside her To delight her to delight her With it’s matching Heart Beat

I wrote a Poem written from the point of view of a Gorgon!

Sample of Codex Tritonis and the Hidden History of Medusa, the Gorgons and Athena herself.

I started by chasing Sasquatch across the Pacific Northwest in Tableau, and ended up tracking the moon.

From Dark Folio's NEW Story Board ing - Division Selkie Series This is part of a Selkie series I began last year where I try to answer questions like, " What happens when a Selkie wife gets her skin back? " In the story below I examine what it means for those left behind in the wake of a Selkie wife's departure, and the quiet shock of learning "home" may not be where you were raised, but where you were meant to be. About Longing is not always for something you’ve lost. S

What if the flame you feared was the one that would light your way? Dark Folio Press is pleased to share this teaser of our forthcoming audiobook. Vasilisa’s Triumph is a deep dive into the ancient Slavic tale Vasilisa the Beautiful, first put to paper in 1863 by Alexander Afanasyev in his collection of Russian folktales. It features death, a poppet, and an alleged cannibalistic wood-witch. Join us as we reimagine Vasilisa the Beautiful as Vasilisa the Triumphant. In addition

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