The Lavender Twig

"Here's the last part of my autobiography, Moritz. Here's what Mom wanted to distract me from."

I need more people to know about this hidden gem of a book! It's easily become one of my all-time favorites, especially as someone who's experienced the joys & heartaches that accompany a long-distance deep friendship, it spoke to my heart in a special way💜

"Because You'll Never Meet Me" and its sequel "Nowhere Near You" have quickly become my latest book-loves, and as an illustrator I just couldn't fight the urge to re-create BYNMM as if I'd had the honor of designing it!

also moritz:

Hello, fellow MXTX fans!

Do you ever wonder what makes the MXTX characters seem so fleshed out, believable & relatable sometimes? What makes Lan Wangji hoard every little thing Wei Wuxian ever gave him, why Luo Binghe can remember even the smallest details about Qing Jing Peak years later without being back once, or why Xie Lian can seem so perceptive but still miss so much of the big picture? What do LWJ & LBH have in common, and why does LBH's type technically never change whether he's black or white lotus?

Do you see parts of yourself in them or the people close to you & wonder why certain people just seem to click despite seeming like opposites?

Do you gush about how the couples seem to balance one another out but can't quite put your finger on WHY their dynamic works the way they do?

Or maybe you think you have a pretty good guess on a character's type but aren't 100% sure if you have it right because WHAT ARE EVEN THE COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS??

Well then, it's my pleasure to meet you! I'm an aspiring MBTI & personality coach working towards my certification after years of studying each type in depth, & I'm here to give you a deeper dive into each of these characters, their relationships, & their growth throughout the novels!

That being said, MBTI is a theory that has any number of variations & exceptions between--and among--each type! It's not meant to put anyone into a box or tell them how to be/not be...personality theories are simply a language that give us the tools to learn about ourselves & the people around us in ways we might have been unaware of previously & been unable to communicate if we hadn't taken a deeper look.

I'm here to help you learn through specific MXTX examples once & for all how to recognize the cognitive functions, how the types use them all differently, & how adding an Enneagram with its wing to the equation can help clarify a person's key characteristics even more.

it’s all about friends