#medha

This is part of a series in which I am posting clips of my larger project by decade as I finish them. For more about this project, or to ask me to include your doll or OC, check out my pinned post.

Previous posts:

17th century

1700-1739

1740-1769

1770-1799

1800-1849

1850-1899

Next post:

1995-1999

The OCs in this post that are mine are Hannah and Delia, He-Mei and Florence, Gertrude and Mabel, Hattie and Mattie, Diya and Medha, and Bernice and Lawrence (they're in pairs because I did the Best Friends series based on @americangirlstar's suggestions, and in the process created a Best Friend for each of my own characters). Aoife, Francesca, and Honoka belong to @autistickirstenlarson, Lilyann belongs to @kirstenlarsons, Violette belongs to @getintothesun, Charlotte belongs to @gardner-n-pardner, Hope belongs to @Lorsdolladventures, Francie belongs to @futuristicsaladparadise, Alice belongs to @mapleleagirls, and Adrienne belongs to @addywalkerstan. If you'd like your historical doll or OC included in this project, HERE'S THE LINK; more detail about that at the end.

While putting together previous installations I became aware that I have the birth dates wrong for several of the canon characters. I'm planning a redo for the canon character set, eventually, so please do let me know if I'm wrong about anyone. I might already know, but since I have pretty severe dyscalculia as well as ADHD it's not bad to have the info available in multiple places.

I also feel that I should repeat the statement I made before that I had a hard time finding accurate, non-exoticizing references for Kaya, Speaking Rain, and Singing Bird's wardrobes without embarking on a level of research way beyond the scope of this project. If someone is reading this who has familiarity with and access to visual references for 19th century Nimiipuu, Salish, and Dakota/Lakota clothing, and the time and patience to help me understand them, I would be very interested in learning.

1900s

Caroline Abbott: 99 Clara Montoya: 88-97 Josefina Montoya: 86-95 Hannah Kane: 76-85 Delia Freedman: 76-85 Violette Metoyer: 76-85 Aoife Callaghan: 64-73 Cecile Rey: 58-67 Marie-Grace Gardner: 58-67 Kirsten Larson: 56-65 Singing Bird: 56-65 Charlotte Devereux: 51-60 Addy Walker: 46-55 Sarah Moore: 46-55 He-Mei Hsieh: 35-44 Florence Coburn: 35-44 Lucy Morgan: 35-44 Gertrude Levy: 25-34 Mabel Kaplan: 25-34 Medha/Mahtab: 23-32 Diya/Nasreen: 20-39 Harriet Shapiro: 15-24 Matilda Greene: 15-24 Samantha Parkington: 6-15 Nellie O'Malley: 6-15 Rebecca Rubin 0-5 Ana Rubin 0-5 Alice McDougal 0-5 Frances Elizabeth Whitman 0-1 Francesca Vitale 0

The 20th century begins with some of Samantha's more iconic outfits, but I'm also a fan of the way Addy's school suit translated to 1905, and Kirsten's summer dress to 1908. I took a long break from drawing these because for a while there the world seemed to be improving and I didn't need the regulating effect of this project as much, but hey, looks like we're back. That means I don't have a lot of process comments about the first couple of decades of the 20th century, since I finished them more than a year ago. I'm finding my way back to this project now, and I'm planning on starting again from 1668 with the siblings collection soon.

1910s

Clara Montoya: 98-99 Josefina Montoya: 96-99 Hannah Kane: 86-95 Delia Freedman: 86-95 Violette Metoyer: 86-95 Aoife Callaghan: 74-83 Cecile Rey: 68-77 Marie-Grace Gardner: 68-77 Kirsten Larson: 66-75 Singing Bird: 66-75 Charlotte Devereux: 61-70 Addy Walker: 56-65 Sarah Moore: 56-65 He-Mei Hsieh: 45-54 Florence Coburn: 45-54 Lucy Morgan: 45-54 Gertrude Levy: 35-44 Mabel Kaplan: 35-44 Medha/Mahtab: 33-42 Diya/Nasreen: 30-49 Harriet Shapiro: 25-34 Matilda Greene: 25-34 Samantha Parkington: 16-25 Nellie O'Malley: 16-25 Rebecca Rubin 6-15 Ana Rubin 6-15 Alice McDougal 6-15 Frances Elizabeth Whitman 2-11 Francesca Vitale 1-10 Claudie Wells 0-6 Nina 0-6 Dinah Hope Bellini 0-5 Bernice Wright 0-4 Lawrence Ross 0-4

1916 is a unique moment in fashion and it was fun to adapt some of the more elaborate Victorian outfits like Marie-Grace, Cecile, and Violette's formal winter outfits. The 1910s in general are an underrepresented fashion era and I'm enjoying looking back at these.

1920s Hannah Kane: 96-99 Delia Freedman: 96-99 Violette Metoyer: 96-99 Aoife Callaghan: 84-93 Cecile Rey: 78-87 Marie-Grace Gardner: 78-87 Kirsten Larson: 76-85 Singing Bird: 76-85 Charlotte Devereux: 71-80 Addy Walker: 66-75 Sarah Moore: 66-75 He-Mei Hsieh: 55-64 Florence Coburn: 55-64 Lucy Morgan: 55-64 Gertrude Levy: 45-54 Mabel Kaplan: 45-54 Medha/Mahtab: 43-52 Diya/Nasreen: 40-59 Harriet Shapiro: 35-44 Matilda Greene: 35-44 Samantha Parkington: 26-35 Nellie O'Malley: 26-35 Rebecca Rubin 16-25 Ana Rubin 16-25 Alice McDougal 16-25 Frances Elizabeth Whitman 12-21 Francesca Vitale 11-20 Bernice Wright 5-16 Lawrence Ross 5-16 Dinah Hope Bellini 6-15 Kit Kitteredge 0-7 Ruthie Smithens 0-7

Finally, the 20s! I'm really disappointed that Claudie hasn't gotten much in the way of a collection yet. When I drew this decade a year or so ago I had put off adding Claudie and the Hoffman twins to this project because I was waiting for more outfits to be released for each of them, but that doesn't seem probable right now so I filled out Claudie's collection with a mixture of fashion plates and designs that AGblr members have made for their own Claudie's. Check out the real life versions by @futuristicsaladparadise (here) and @doll-princesse (here)! They're both really spectacular designs. I left my pre-Claudie 1920s Harlem OCs, Bernice and Lawrence, in the rotation as well.

1930s

Aoife Callaghan: 94-99 Cecile Rey: 88-97 Marie-Grace Gardner: 88-97 Kirsten Larson: 86-95 Singing Bird: 86-95 Charlotte Devereux: 81-90 Addy Walker: 76-85 Sarah Moore: 76-85 He-Mei Hsieh: 65-74 Florence Coburn: 65-74 Lucy Morgan: 65-74 Gertrude Levy: 55-64 Mabel Kaplan: 55-64 Medha/Mahtab: 53-62 Diya/Nasreen: 50-69 Harriet Shapiro: 45-54 Matilda Greene: 45-54 Samantha Parkington: 36-45 Nellie O'Malley: 36-45 Rebecca Rubin 26-35 Ana Rubin 26-35 Alice McDougal 26-35 Frances Elizabeth Whitman 22-31 Francesca Vitale 21-30 Bernice Wright 15-26 Lawrence Ross 15-26 Dinah Hope Bellini 16-25 Kit Kitteredge 8-17 Ruthie Smithens 8-17 Lillyann Bonney 0-9 Nanea Mitchell 0-8 Lily Suda 0-8 Emily Bennet 0-7 Molly McIntire 0-6 Honoka Oishi 0

In the 1930s skirts get longer again. I imagine Rebecca thriving on the romantic bias cut gowns and Samantha appreciating the freedom to experiment more often with trousers. Speaking of trousers, I'm glad I left Bernice and Lawrence in the mix despite how close they are to Claudie because now we get to celebrate Lawrence's move from knickerbockers to long pants! Very grown-up. One thing you probably can't tell at this scale is that Alice is very slightly taller than the other characters. As always, I love an opportunity to make small alterations to the model, especially since Charlotte is at an age where her using a cane doesn't make me change the model for her. Between AG having a lot of 20th century characters and AGblr having a lot of 20th century OCs, it's getting a little crowded in here, but it makes for a good party!

1940s

Cecile Rey: 98-99 Marie-Grace Gardner: 98-99 Kirsten Larson: 96-99 Singing Bird: 96-99 Charlotte Devereux: 91-99 Addy Walker: 86-95 Sarah Moore: 86-95 He-Mei Hsieh: 75-84 Florence Coburn: 75-84 Lucy Morgan: 75-84 Gertrude Levy: 65-74 Mabel Kaplan: 65-74 Medha/Mahtab: 63-72 Diya/Nasreen: 60-79 Harriet Shapiro: 55-64 Matilda Greene: 55-64 Samantha Parkington: 46-55 Nellie O'Malley: 46-55 Rebecca Rubin 36-45 Ana Rubin 36-45 Alice McDougal 36-45 Frances Elizabeth Whitman 32-41 Francesca Vitale 31-40 Bernice Wright 25-36 Lawrence Ross 25-36 Dinah Hope Bellini 26-35 Kit Kitteredge 18-27 Ruthie Smithens 18-27 Lillyann Bonney 10-19 Nanea Mitchell 9-18 Lily Suda 9-18 Emily Bennet 8-17 Molly McIntire 7-16 Honoka Oishi 1-10 Adrienne Davis 0-5 Maryellen Larkin 0-5 Davy Fenstermacher 0-5

All right, we're almost caught up with where I was when the project paused, so the next post in the series will have more to say about the fashions, since it'll be more recent in my mind.

Medha & creative fire

Shakti is the power & force of creation. To create is to perform work through availability of energy.

🔥Without energy no change can come about. The creation is per definition, perpetual flux, change & movement. Therefore to possess Shakti is to possess the ability to perform work on the creation to create. Shakti is creatrix.

🔥Work performed on the creation & surroundings is either physical, with hands & feet or technologies or is mental, with thought, producing knowledge.

🔥The mental realm too is movement & predicated on energy. Mental exertion depletes available energy. When energy falls, work capacity is withdrawn from the body & mind. Now all energy processes are concerned with inward self-regulation.

🔥Medha is the creative fire Shakti-Devi powering the mind to know, think, see, understand, evolve, create, to be aware. Creativity is often associated with madness. The state of Bhakti is considered an intoxication of bliss-ecstasy.

🔥Medha shares roots with related words via Med/Met/Mad/Mat (see following posts @pulseofdesire )—>related to the feminine ways & arts of knowing. The feminine principle channels Shakti.

🔥Medha is spiritual power. It is a spiritual fire— when mankind discovered physical fire, his creative journey towards culture & technology began & when the gods/deva’s gave spiritual fire to man; man was given the faculty of reason & knowing that can liberate & enlighten & free.

🔥In German the spiritual power of Medha is spiritual craft—> craft & create are related via the root kri (as in for example kriya). The creation could be said to be the kriya of the Supreme through his Shakti (kriya Shakti).

🔥In Europe Medha becomes Medea/Medusa/Muse etc. the mother (MATer) of creativity, (witch)craft (MEDcraft), MEDicine (healing), MEDidation (knowing) & MADness (inspiration, bliss, ecstasy)— to be moved by Shakti, by Spirit— to stand in the current of power, the elixir or soma.

caturṇāmapi vedānāmudagasti sarasvatī |

japtātha sā nṛṇāṃ haṃti jaḍatāṃ jalarūpiṇī || 36 ||- Chapter 6, Badarikashrama Mahatmya, Skanda Purana

Sarasvatī is above the four Vedas. If her name is repeated frequently, Sarasvatī in the form of water dispels the inertia of men.

A MahaDevi form a day (3/9)

@casgirlat221b: 👀💦😭❤️

[this is just basically dean thirsting for cas and is just for laughs]

In between nights at shitty motels and one of their hunts, the Winchesters and Castiel found themselves hanging out at a beach in Florida.

It had been Dean’s idea. He had suggested that it’d do all of them good to take a short vacation. Cas knew better and rolled his eyes at him. He probably just wanted to hook up with an interested woman at the beach. He would have no problem with that too, Cas knew and it made him a little jealous but he was, alas, used to it.

Dean parked the impala and begun to search for Cas and Sam. He spotted Sam wearing shades and sitting under a rented parasol.

He stopped, however, when he saw Cas. Cas was lying on a folding chair, dressed in nothing but black swim shorts. His arms were folded behind his head and his eyes were closed. But that’s not what made him stop. Cas had the body of a literal greek god. He was an angel and it was given but still. He had a firm chest and well-defined abs. And to top it all, his body was perfectly tanned. In the sunlight it almost glowed. Dean faltered as Cas shifted.

Dean always pictured Cas as this little guy in his big trenchcoat. But without the trenchcoat, he realised now, Cas was something above every man crush Dean had had put together. Dean had to tear his gaze away from Cas’ bulging biceps when Sam coughed to get his attention.

Sam was looking at him with a pained expression and Dean looked away, hiding the blush that had crept his face. A warm feeling was growing in the lower part of his stomach and he tried to shake himself out of the haze.

He planted himself between Cas and Sam, removing his own shirt and throwing himself into the soft sand. The warm sand pressed into his back and he relaxed a little. He drifted into a light sleep, under the shade of the parasol.

About half an hour later, Cas stood up- the movement waking Dean and Sam too.

Dean sat up jerkily, shaking the sand out if his hair. He had a feeling that he was being stared at and he looked up just in time to see Cas look away. Had Cas been staring at him?

Sam groaned from his seat. Dean shot him a curious look.

Cas stretched his arms above him, his back arching perfectly and Dean once again found himself looking at Cas dreamily. He tried to look away when Cas turned to them.

“We should get into the water before the sun sets,” Cas suggested and marched off without waiting for their response.

Dean watched him leave, his eyes involuntary jumping to check out Cas’ butt and his sunkissed back. He was freaking gorgeous.

He had to shift his body slightly to make himself.. comfortable again. He watched Cas walk into the water and then go under. He came out a few seconds later, every inch of his body glistening because of the water. Dean whistled softly, unaware that Sam was still sitting next to him.

Sam sighed and then stood up to follow Cas but Dean could swear he heard him mutter under his breath-“The dude couldn’t be any gayer.”

we are always meant to be.

It was never a question of if.