#deseret

Kid: What are you painting on your rock?

Me: It’s my name!

Kid: Oh, cool! What language is that?

Me: Um

And a Bonus Sunday doodle, just for tumblr (because I like you guys)

Steampunk Temple

I’m thinking of making this part of a project. Like, a collection of sketches and letters set in a steampunk alternate history world where some guy is traveling through Deseret, drawing cool stuff he sees and trying to convince his friend back home that he’s not going to get murdered by the Mormons. This would accompany a letter where the talks about how the Mormons built a walking temple to reach far flung communities.

It looks good on the website, but you can't copy it anywhere. But it's only like some of the letters? So I have no idea what's happening.

I'm not linking it, there's only the one, you know what it is.

Also I can't testify to it's accuracy anyway, there seems to be some squishiness with how exactly to adapt certain vowels.

There are apparently apps you can get that do on-the-fly keystroke conversions, but you'd still need to parse out the phonetics and convert them.

I am beginning to understand why this never took off.

Also I didn't know that Brigham Young distilled whiskey, but at the same time constantly called it evil? Like he supposedly never drank it? But he absolutely made it and sold it.

So, have the Litany against Fear in the Bee Alphabet (because I've been very interested with it since I found original Deseret Workbooks in my Wife's Grandmother's Library early last year)

𐐌 𐑋𐐲𐑅𐐻 𐑌𐐪𐐻 𐑁𐐨𐑉.

𐐙𐐨𐑉 𐐮𐑆 𐑄 𐑋𐐴𐑌𐐼-𐐿𐐮𐑊𐐲𐑉.

𐐙𐐨𐑉 𐐮𐑆 𐑄 𐑊𐐮𐐻𐐲𐑊-𐐼𐐯𐑃 𐑄𐐰𐐻 𐐺𐑉𐐮𐑍𐑆 𐐻𐐬𐐻𐐲𐑊 𐐲𐐺𐑊𐐮𐐻𐐲𐑉𐐩𐑇𐐲𐑌.

𐐌 𐐶𐐮𐑊 𐑁𐐩𐑅 𐑋𐐴 𐑁𐐨𐑉.

𐐌 𐐶𐐮𐑊 𐐹𐐲𐑉𐑋𐐮𐐻 𐐮𐐻 𐐻𐐭 𐐹𐐰𐑅 𐐬𐑂𐐲𐑉 𐑋𐐨 𐐰𐑌𐐼 𐑃𐑉𐐭 𐑋𐐨.

𐐈𐑌𐐼 𐐶𐐯𐑌 𐐮𐐻 𐐸𐐰𐑆 𐑀𐐫𐑌 𐐹𐐰𐑅𐐻, 𐐌 𐐶𐐮𐑊 𐐻𐐲𐑉𐑌 𐑄 𐐮𐑌𐐲𐑉 𐐴 𐐻𐐭 𐑅𐐨 𐐮𐐻𐑅 𐐹𐐰𐑃.

How it’s going

somewhere on I-15, utah. december 2021