Odin's Day

[shadesong]

Administration
Happy birthday to wispfox!

Hello to new reader ultra_lilac and returning reader stevietee!

Medical
Bone-deep aching all over. Was going to volunteer at the book fair today - going to have to skip out on that. :( At least I put in my time there on Friday.

Being achy and weak = very frustrating, dammit.

The Persistence of Story
That's the name of the talisman artfulruin made me for my hospital stay, which I said I'd post a pic of and never did... well, she took one. :)


(see it bigger here.)

In her words:
The name of the talisman refers both to her nickname, "Story," and to the persistence of stories, of all Story, in the world.

It's a replica of the gate of Shayara, her own city, which you can see on the opening page of her journal (click the link above). I made it from silver paper, card stock, silver thread, beads, and a silver pen nib. The gate is about 1.75 inches tall.

I am honored that she was moved to craft this for me... :)

The Mask of Secrets project is still open...

Daily Science
A map of the mouse brain down to details of individual cells has been completed, the first project of an institute funded by Microsoft Corp. co-founder Paul G. Allen, it was announced Tuesday.

The new Allen Brain Atlas is being made available online without cost to neuroscientists studying brain circuits and chemistry, a potential boon to cancer and other disease research because of similarities between the brains of mice and human beings, according to a statement issued by the Allen Institute of Brain Science.

''We want people to use this and make discoveries,'' Dr. Allan Jones, the institute's chief scientific officer, told The Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

Daily BPAL
Yggdrasil: The World Ash. Nine woods, nine leaves, and three herbs each for Ratatosk and Vidofnir, with three final herbs to placate Nidhogg.

In bottle: I swear I'm getting lotus from this. o_O And crumpled fresh leaves, the juices on your fingers...

On me: Ummm. This is a beautiful light woodsy thing. One of the things I love about BPAL is that they have quite a few scents that are forests, but they're all different forests. There's lots of light in this one. Juniper is here, but in the distance. Silvery-barked birch. That lotus-like smell rises. The scent changes, like your're walking through the forest. Yum. :) EDIT: Oooh, sage on the drydown!

Saint-Germain: ...gilded amber, hypnotic lavender, brash carnation and deep mosses.

In bottle: Something sharp! And then the lavender.

On me: Amber, lavender, and carnation are weird together, at least on me. Wow. This is very different from in-the-bottle, and I do not like it. Elayna has dibs, though, as she loves lavender and carnation.

I am thinking about swapping away my F5. I'll review it later or tomorrow. It's not bad, but I don't think I'll ever wear it. And I may swap my spare Mum Moon - must wear it more and see if I fall in love. I think I'll use one bottle of it, but I don't think I'll use two...

Now to bed. *sigh*

Comments

[wolflady26.livejournal.com]

Aww, the picture seems to be friends-only.

[azurelunatic]

Indeed. :(

[amokk]

Thirded. No Talisman for me.

[themaskmaker.livejournal.com]

See below. :)

[themaskmaker.livejournal.com]

I just switched the pic to "public."

[azurelunatic]

Glee! Thank you! That is gorgeous.

[themaskmaker.livejournal.com]

Thank you. :)

[themaskmaker.livejournal.com]

Sorry! I just switched it to "public." :)

[wolflady26.livejournal.com]

Woo, thanks! :)

[wolflady26.livejournal.com]

Wow, that is really beautiful. Did you... sew the paper to give it the detail? It is truly gorgeous.

[themaskmaker.livejournal.com]

Yes, I embroidered it with silver thread. Thank you. :)

[neubrain.livejournal.com]

Common misconceptions about the Allen Brain Atlas:
http://braintechsci.blogspot.com/2006/10/paul-allen-brain-atlas-misconceptions.html (http://braintechsci.blogspot.com/2006/10/paul-allen-brain-atlas-misconceptions.html)

[ydnic.livejournal.com]

Would you consider selling the extra bottle of Mum Moon? I'm not sure if I have anything on your wishlist...

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

*nods* I would. Label's slightly torn - does that matter to you?

[ydnic.livejournal.com]

No, that's OK. :)

[anotherjen.livejournal.com]

I finally succumbed to curiosity and went to the BPAL website. I am intrigued. I wish there were some way to pre-smell the scents. But it's moot, since I can't afford to spend money on something so frivolous right now. Anyway, if you find that any scents aren't to your liking, I'll pay for postage if you want to pass them on to me.

[anotherjen.livejournal.com]

Oh, I finally read the rest of your entry and I see that you swap scents for new ones. Never mind.

[whitecrow0.livejournal.com]

Apparently we who are not artfulruin friends do not get to see the Persistence of Story. :{

[themaskmaker.livejournal.com]

Just switched the pic to "public." :)

[whitecrow0.livejournal.com]

Woo-hoo! Pretty! You made that? :}

[themaskmaker.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :)

[felisdemens.livejournal.com]

Woe. I am late to the party and cannot offer to swap Peony Moon for Mum Moon. Alas. Alack.

[themaskmaker.livejournal.com]

It fed my soul to make it. :) *smooch*

And I just switched the picture to "public," so everyone should be able to see it now...

[unblinkered.livejournal.com]

It fed my soul to make it.

That...that...is it. Making beautiful things = soul feeding. Perfect. :D

[themaskmaker.livejournal.com]

:D

[m0usegrrl.livejournal.com]

That is simply lovely. To see something I drew made real, and the meaning and intent behind the talisman... wow. Perfect. ^_^

[themaskmaker.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I couldn't make the gate exactly the same, but if it evokes it for you, then I know I got close.... :)

[bettybaker.livejournal.com]

I won't be doing the BPAL thing until I'm a little more wealthy and organized, but man is it fun to windowshop there. Your descriptions of scents sent me to my perfume cabinet; I've been wearing perfume all week because of you.

[treadpath.livejournal.com]

Oddly, before I read the description of the talisman, it looked exactly like a sort of "Book of Kells"-style medieval manuscript illustration of someone lying in a canopy bed with the covers over them (with a repeating medallion design on the edge of the quilt), with a curvy forcefieldy/mindmeldy energy beam either coming out of or going into her forehead. And I thought it was very appropriate.... oops. I have a Rorshach thing with talismans sometimes...

Very cool talisman!!! :)

[themaskmaker.livejournal.com]

Thank you! And I like what you got out of it, too. *grin*