Scribblers Hollow

HAPPY NANOWRIMO!⠀ ⠀ The writing season is finally upon us, though my main goal is to get into the habit of writing every single day, I'm hoping to accomplish the 50K word count as well and maybe finish my first draft... 🤞🏼⠀ ⠀ Are any of you partaking in NaNo this year? If so, are you sticking to the 50K or creating your own goal? What's your story about? Are you a NaNo Rebel or starting from scratch? Tell me all!⠀ ⠀ 📷: @bexceptiontotherule (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4VgeOPHMgw/?igshid=1o58xodd8ysow

Me: *flips tables*

“The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?” —Edgar Allen Poe, ”The Premature Burial”⠀ ⠀ Happy All Hallows Eve 🍂⠀ ⠀ https://www.instagram.com/p/B4SaZDtjLQ8/?igshid=19mxjbb9at5g3

“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.” ⠀ ― Albert Camus⠀ ⠀ 📷: @bexceptiontotherule https://www.instagram.com/p/B4QJXriD91o/?igshid=qbzmaz4rod28

I recently read that an estimated 2,000 tonnes of plastic waste – equivalent to 83m bottles – is generally accumulated by Halloween clothing sold in the UK alone. I knew holiday consumerism was bad for the planet, but seeing an actual number kinda freaked me out. I mean that's just England, can you imagine what America generates? So rather than adding to the land mines, this year we decided to stick with old school decorations like gothic novels, scarfs, and nature. One day we will sew/create some real ones but, until then, I think this cinnamon stick we bought from Trader Joe’s last year works just fine 🧙🏼‍♀️⠀ ⠀ ⠀ https://www.instagram.com/p/B4NSVSBjC_0/?igshid=1vrxo402qh5ot

A while back, you may remember me posting an antique mirror selfie. Well, the second photo in this carousel is the one that inspired them all. When I was a kid I was obsessed with the movie Anastasia. It was one of my five childhood films that was on constant repeat and it got to the point where my mom even sewed me her yellow ball gown so I could play dress up with it (see stories). Then, around the time of middle school, I was watching a movie and through that movie I discovered that my beloved film was historically in accurate which birthed my (probably unhealthy) obsession with the Romanov family and their history. Within a couple years time I owned every documentary, every diary, and every biography ever written about them of that time. I spent my free time studying everything I could about creating my dream of one day being a part of the archaeological dig to find the two missing bodies of Anastasia and Alexis. Sadly, the bodies were found them before I could even finish my first year of college putting a real damper in my 10 year plan. Now the second photo in this carousel is of Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia taken in 1913, 5 years before her device. It’s probably one of the first mirror selfie’s, I don’t know, But I do know that I have loved this photo for a very very long time. Anyway, today I am fulfilling another Romanov inspired dream (a more attainable one) of going to see the Anastasia musical. Yes, it’s historically inaccurate but, gosh darn it, I’m excited about it!! I will also probably cry many tears of joy when the overture starts. #anastasia #anastasiathemusical https://www.instagram.com/p/B4FrMTADt2A/?igshid=10adttjdf37zr

So here’s the tea: It’s been a hot second since I actually took the time to post. The obvious reasons to most might be mental health-related or that I have nothing to post but that’s not it at all. My self-worth has never been defined by likes/followers (unless you count when I did social media marketing for a company and my livelihood depended on it) and I’ve never been one to compare myself to others. This platform has always been just a fun app to me where you get to meet from all around the world and showcases your art— art I’ve been creating a lot of lately. These past few months have been some of the most creative months I’ve experienced in a while. I’ve taken and edited some photos that I am really proud of and have been really excited to share. Also, I’ve dived into another sort of art/self-expression that I hope to one day have the courage to post about on here. Honestly, it’s more of the captions and life itself. ⠀ ⠀ Over spring I reached a low point with my illness and in June I had to make the conscious decision to take a step back from everyone and everything (except my family) so I could give all my energy to my survival. Thankfully, because of this rock bottom, I found an incredible doctor and started a new protocol that I feel might be the one. The only downside with it is that it takes up a lot of my energy so I just haven’t had the brain captivity to write anything other than my book. Which has grown so much might I add! Because of this, by the time I sit down to write a caption, I have nothing left say. ⠀ ⠀ Thankfully, this protocol is working and I feel my creativity expanding. So who knows, maybe I’ll be posting a lot more again soon. Not that it matters, but it’s always good to have something fun to look forward too. (at El Segundo, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3XZ5pcDOg1/?igshid=2fmq3dvl5mda

I call this: A Broody Eastern European Model Discovers There is a Sauerkraut Shortage (title pending).⠀ ⠀ What really happened: I was taking photos so you would forget how unreasonable I was being and you were over it. But the lighting was perfect and, you know what they say, art is nothing without pain... So, it was worth it, right? 😉⠀ ⠀ P.S. Happy Birthday. (at Big Bear Lake, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3KTW2ljvEP/?igshid=1s1bxhcsob1af

This shade of green and those different pink tones are my absolute favorite colors. And with that white thrown it... honestly, it’s my future home pallet.⠀ ⠀ ⠀ (at The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2kTabBnjxZ/?igshid=1cfery56p8zq3

I think we grew into our weird quite nicely. #historicalmirrormonday⠀ ⠀ (Third photo was the earliest documentation of friendship I could find) (at Getty Museum) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2foHQ0DdjA/?igshid=17vzur1wt1wuh