Lunatic Paradise Craft

Chonk

Goblin

Floof

Naked

This is gonna be a long list.

ab intra - from within

ab origine - from the source

absit iniuria - “let insult be absent”

absit invidia - “let envy be absent”

absit omen - “let omens be absent”

ab uno disce omnes - from one, learn all.

abyssus abyssum invocat - deep calleth unto deep

a capite ad calcem - from head to heel

acta non verba - actions not words

ad altiora tendo - “I strive to higher things”

ad astra - to the stars

ad fontes - to the sources

ad meliora - towards better things

ad oculos - to the eyes

ad undas - to the waves

ad victoriam - to victory

adsum - I am here

a fortiori - from the stronger/from strength

a mari usque ad mare - from sea to sea

audeamus - let us dare

audentes fortuna iuvat - fortune favors the bold

audi, vide, tace - hear, see, be silent

beatae memoriae - of blessed memory

bona fide - in good faith

bono malum superate - overcome evil with good

capax infiniti - holding the infinite

carpe diem - seize the day

carpe noctem - seize the night

cave - beware

ceteris paribus - all other things being equal

circa - around

citius, altius, fortius - faster, higher, stronger

clavis aurea - golden key

cogito ergo sum - I think, therefor I am

compos mentis - in control of the mind

concilio et labore - by wisdom and effort

concordia cum veritate - in harmony with truth

concordia salus - well-being through harmony

coniunctis viribus - with connected strength

consummatum est - it is complete

corruptus in extremis - corrupt to the extreme

crescit eundo - it grows as it goes

de novo - from the new

de profundis - from the depths

dies irae - day of wrath

dona nobis pacem - give us peace

ego te provoco - I challenge you

esse est percipi - to be is to be perceived  

esse quam videri - to be, rather than to seem

esto quod es - be what you are

ex animo - from the soul

ex luna scientia - from the moon, knowledge

ex scientia tridens - from knowledge, sea power

ex silentio - from silence

ex undis - from the waves of the sea

experientia docet - experience teaches

fac et spera - do and hope

fac fortia et patere - do brave deed and endure

faciam quodlibet quod necesse est - I’ll do whatever it takes

faciam ut mei memineris - I’ll make you remember me

facta, non verba - deeds, not words

fortis et liber - strong and free

fortis in arduis - strong in difficulties

gloriosus et liber - glorious and free

hic abundant leones - here lions abound

hic et nunc - here and now

hic sunt dracones - here there are dragons

hinc illae lacrimae - hence those tears

hinc itur ad astra - from here the way leads to the stars

igni ferroque - with fire and iron

in memoriam - into the memory

in nocte consilium - advice comes over night

libra - balance

littera scripta manet - the written words endure

locus standi - a right to stand

luceo non uro - I shine, not burn

luctor et emergo - I struggle and emerge

mare liberum - free sea

memento vivere - remember to live

more ferarum - like beasts

natura non contristatur - nature is not saddened

nec spe, nec metu - without hope, without fear

noli me tangere - do not touch me

ophidia in herba - a snake in the grass

pro se - for oneself

propria manu - by one’s own hand

quaere - to seek

quod abundat non obstat - what is abundant does not hinder

resurgam - I shall arise

semper ad meliora - always towards better things

semper anticus - always forward

semper apertus - always open

semper fortis - always brave

semper liber - always free

stet - let it stand

tuebor - I will protect

Owning a (BJD) business it’s not only about sculpting and selling, but also thinking about new ideas, reply mails, dealing with suppliers, paying taxes, improve yourself as an artist and a brand, preparing events, dealing with failure, and lots of other chores that are mentally draining. Personally, my mind thinks about work from the moment I wake up in the morning until I go to sleep, from Monday to Sunday. But don’t get me wrong, I love my job. And I am so grateful everyday to have such a wonderful, loving and supportive customers (and followers) that make it possible. From the bottom of my heart, thank you so much to all of you who support artists over theft ♡

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“Lie close,” Laura said, Pricking up her golden head: “We must not look at goblin men, We must not buy their fruits: Who knows upon what soil they fed Their hungry thirsty roots?”

There is SO much more to this hobby than what dolls you buy, which to buy next, the wishlist, the new releases. Acquisition is the start of course, to get a doll or even a FEW to participate in the hobby but ONE DOLL is all you really NEED to partake of nearly everything in this hobby, a pair even more so. 

So when did developing and changing the dolls that people already have start to take such a back seat to just buying more-more-more? To talk in groups or on forums mostly of the wish to buy more and more and the unhappiness when we can’t have a 5th, 10th, 20th doll, or even desperately trying to ghoulishly buy up their heads, becoming ANGRY at the makers when dolls are discontinued before we have a chance to get them, rudely bitching that OUR CHARACTERS have already become these still unpurchased dolls?

That’s crazy, hugely entitled and very out of line! Please just think about it for a moment and see! Where did your happiness with what you already have go? Why do you start planning ‘the next’ often before the one you just bought gets home? How many do you need to be satisfied finally? When Volks called Dollfie ‘Another Yourself’ do you think they imagined someone relentlessly driven to chase doll after doll FOREVER? I get it that SOME people in the hobby ARE 'collectors’, they have the extra money, they have the room, the time…everything to accompany their collecting, including the willingness to devote an entire room sometimes to a beautiful doll collection…but there are so many other things within this hobby to focus on as well.

To everyone who has a shelf (or more) crowded with dolls: look at it honestly. Is it amazing and all you thought it would be when you first discovered bjd, brought your first doll home? Cause I’m seeing a lot of jammed up shelves full of unfinished dolls that nowhere resemble a well-curated, well done 'collection’, and the owners still pining for MORE.