https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/ Firesongs (Echo) - Dreamwidth Studios Wed, 01 Nov 2017 03:28:36 GMT LiveJournal / Dreamwidth Studios pyraxis personal https://v2.dreamwidth.org/900948/448299 https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/ 100 100 https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/297122.html Wed, 01 Nov 2017 03:28:36 GMT https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/297122.html <img src="http://www.studiopyraxis.com/temp/photos/halloween_2017.jpg" alt="Two carved pumpkins on opposite ends of twin wood bookshelves in front of a big window with the curtains closed. Around the pumpkins are potted plants. The smaller pumpkin is carved with the face of wicked implike monkey with round ears and pointy little fangs. The larger pumpkin is a scowling pirate with an eyepatch, a heavy moustache, and missing teeth. A scar mark indented into the pumpkin itself goes partly behind the pirate&#39;s eyepatch."><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=pyraxis&ditemid=297122" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/297122.html jo fun public 3 https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/183188.html Sun, 23 Jun 2013 17:35:07 GMT https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/183188.html And it's all women.<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/183188.html#cutid1">No one's correlating, Mike.</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=pyraxis&ditemid=183188" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/183188.html lin politics fun philosophy indescribable public 10 https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/167251.html Mon, 25 Mar 2013 04:33:13 GMT https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/167251.html SOCIALISM<br />You have 2 cows.<br />You give one to your neighbour<br /><br />COMMUNISM<br />You have 2 cows.<br />The State takes both and gives you some milk<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/167251.html#cutid1">FASCISM...</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br />Bonus: Got this off a <a href="http://www.galtsgulchonline.com/posts/1dec2d/socialism-communism-fascism-nazismand-cows">traditional capitalism message board</a>. (Written by eskslo.) Anyone care to correct the bias?<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=pyraxis&ditemid=167251" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/167251.html fun sociology politics lin public 0 https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/135334.html Thu, 23 Aug 2012 02:10:17 GMT https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/135334.html Jim Nightmare made me a birthday cake!<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/135334.html#cutid1">And I coloured it!</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br />We're at the beach for my birthday and I just had an awesome sushi dinner. When the waitress found out it was my birthday, she went and got a little cardboard box and gave it to <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://shashigai.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://shashigai.dreamwidth.org/'><b>shashigai</b></a></span> and wouldn't even let me pick it up so that I couldn't guess what it was. We're back at the hotel now and I'm going to be having cake and opening presents in a little bit. We have a little plug-in oven that makes a real cake even in a hotel room, and we brought mix and an egg and a little bit of oil. It's going to be done soon....<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=pyraxis&ditemid=135334" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/135334.html fun j-t illustration happy public 0 https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/130722.html Mon, 23 Jul 2012 01:45:58 GMT https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/130722.html For when we met I saw you look beyond the when, <a href="http://www.studiopyraxis.com/temp/07-Beyond-The-When.mp3">beyond the where</a>...<br /><br /><img src="http://www.studiopyraxis.com/temp/mandalas/batch_03_600.jpg" alt="Eight circular colour studies in coloured pencil" /><br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/130722.html#cutid1">Thinking of stained glass</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=pyraxis&ditemid=130722" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/130722.html fun illustration j-t Donna Williams - Beyond the When awake public 0 https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/129136.html Mon, 16 Jul 2012 04:45:29 GMT https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/129136.html <img src="http://www.studiopyraxis.com/temp/clearwater/shore_sketch_600.jpg" alt="A pen-and-ink drawing of weathered rocks by the seashore. The surfaces of the rocks are encrusted with weathered clamshells and the sand is speckled with tiny black shells." /><br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/129136.html#cutid1">Yeh but what is it?</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=pyraxis&ditemid=129136" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/129136.html fun daria day-to-day discontent public 15 https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/127203.html Mon, 02 Jul 2012 02:51:31 GMT https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/127203.html <img src="http://www.studiopyraxis.com/temp/fireworks/fireworks03.jpg" alt="A little red firework sending up a foot-high jet of flame on a porch railing"><br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/127203.html#cutid1">Lots of celebration pics</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=pyraxis&ditemid=127203" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/127203.html j-t fun Yanni - Love is All public 2 https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/124541.html Sat, 23 Jun 2012 02:40:17 GMT https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/124541.html Like the other set, these are from Mary Robertson's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1461104629/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=hubpages0a2d-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1461104629">Mandalas: 50 Hand Drawn Illustrations</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=hubpages0a2d-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1461104629" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.studiopyraxis.com/temp/mandalas/batch_02_600.jpg" alt="Eight circular colour studies in coloured pencil" /><br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/124541.html#cutid1">Cut to spare your eyes</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br />And I'm still not caught up to the latest ones. o_O<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=pyraxis&ditemid=124541" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/124541.html fun j-t illustration creative public 2 https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/120942.html Mon, 04 Jun 2012 01:56:09 GMT https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/120942.html I've been colouring just about every evening as a way to de-stress. These are all from Mary Robertson's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1461104629/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=hubpages0a2d-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1461104629">Mandalas: 50 Hand Drawn Illustrations</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=hubpages0a2d-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1461104629" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />.<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/120942.html#cutid1">The first eight</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br />And skipping ahead to the latest one.<br /><img src="http://www.studiopyraxis.com/temp/mandalas/15_400.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=pyraxis&ditemid=120942" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/120942.html fun illustration j-t public 5 https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/118673.html Fri, 25 May 2012 01:21:34 GMT https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/118673.html It <i>is</i>! <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://tigerweave.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://tigerweave.dreamwidth.org/'><b>tigerweave</b></a></span> sent me a package and she said it was supposed to take 1-3 months but it got here today! And it's Turkish Delight, which I've never tried in my life.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.studiopyraxis.com/temp/narnia_500.jpg" alt="An open hexagonal box of Turkish Delight lying on orange cloth, with the corner of a long-distance envelope in the corner" /><br /><br />It's good too! It's lemon and rose, and lemon is one of my favourite candy flavours and the rose really does taste like flowers. I like it! I didn't even know there was such a thing as rose candy.<br /><br />Thank you! :D<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=pyraxis&ditemid=118673" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/118673.html fun j-t Omnia - Solfeggio (Guess who's Bach) excited public 11 https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/115260.html Fri, 04 May 2012 03:45:49 GMT https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/115260.html Still tired and short on words, so have another glaringly autistic de-stressing project. Actually I finished these about a year ago, but I don't think I ever took pics and posted them. Unlimited Adventures cicns in perler beads. These were some of my favourite characters.<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/115260.html#cutid1">Image under cut</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=pyraxis&ditemid=115260" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/115260.html fun j-t games Cornelius - Parachute, playing in my head public 0 https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/114356.html Sat, 28 Apr 2012 04:01:00 GMT https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/114356.html This is what I do to relax sometimes when I get home from work.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.studiopyraxis.com/temp/poster_600.jpg" alt="Celtic knotwork poster coloured with markers" /><br /><small>Design &#169; Rose Art</small><br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/114356.html#cutid1">Design key and another photo</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=pyraxis&ditemid=114356" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/114356.html fun day-to-day illustration j-t tired public 0 https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/105051.html Sat, 03 Mar 2012 17:55:32 GMT https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/105051.html <span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/105051.html#cutid1">The uncanny valley: good for more than just faces! (videos under cut)</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=pyraxis&ditemid=105051" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/105051.html fun games j-t mischievous public 0 https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/103163.html Sat, 25 Feb 2012 03:23:42 GMT https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/103163.html Today's hilarity, discovered thanks to the guys at work!<br /><br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/qlicWUDf5MM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=pyraxis&ditemid=103163" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/103163.html day-to-day pyraxis fun public 0 https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/100009.html Sun, 29 Jan 2012 04:22:19 GMT https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/100009.html The Spacerobot Crew gave me some scratch art paper for a late Christmas present. We have been playing.<br /><br />These are designs from Karn. The first one is rsakk, probably from the Vahtani house.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.studiopyraxis.com/firesongs/scratchart/vahtani_500.jpg" alt="Silver scratch art of a symbolic tribal landscape with two rsakk lizards starting a fire with their breath, which reaches up into the sky with wings and plants growing and eyes in the clouds and the sun." /><br /><br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/100009.html#cutid1">More</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=pyraxis&ditemid=100009" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/100009.html toren rsakk tiroth jim nightmare karn illustration j-t fun hungry public 0 https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/99790.html Thu, 19 Jan 2012 05:03:23 GMT https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/99790.html <i>MPAA calls the Internet going dark in protest of SOPA 'An abuse of power'. In related news the Eye of Sauron accuses Hobbits of terrorism.</i><br />- plurk via <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://www.dreamwidth.org/profile?user=dejablue7'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://www.dreamwidth.org/profile?user=dejablue7'><b>dejablue7</b></a></span><br /><br />---<br /><br />Half my friendlist seems to have gotten caught up in a My Little Pony craze. I couldn't help but join in.<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/99790.html#cutid1">Fanart...</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=pyraxis&ditemid=99790" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/99790.html fun pyraxis illustration Cowboy Bebop - Gotta Knock a Little Harder stressed public 2 https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/97757.html Sun, 25 Dec 2011 02:00:30 GMT https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/97757.html <img src="http://www.studiopyraxis.com/temp/christmas11_01.jpg" alt="photo of our Christmas tree with snowflake, fish and kodama decorations, gold beads and ribbon garland, and light-up snowflake for a star" /><br /><br />And Happy Hanukkah and Happy Solstice and Kwanzaa and Festivus and New Year and Wintereenmas and Ice Night and Sol Invictus!<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=pyraxis&ditemid=97757" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/97757.html day-to-day j-t fun happy public 0 https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/96499.html Sat, 10 Dec 2011 05:04:47 GMT https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/96499.html <br /><iframe height="315" frameborder="0" width="420" allowfullscreen="" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/oc-F-UFI5Bw?rel=0"></iframe><br /><span style="font-size: smaller;">(this is found from </span><a href="http://ballastexistenz.wordpress.com/2011/12/02/forgiven/"><span style="font-size: smaller;">ballastexistenz.wordpress.com/2011/12/02/forgiven/</span></a><span style="font-size: smaller;"> )</span><br /><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=pyraxis&ditemid=96499" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/96499.html fun jo public 0 https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/94410.html Sat, 26 Nov 2011 18:52:36 GMT https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/94410.html <img src="http://www.studiopyraxis.com/temp/cats/litter2_500.jpg" /><br /><br />Mom brought her second litter up to the porch today. It looked like there were only two, a little grey wolf and a timid black guy. Then another black guy poked his head out of the bushes. And another.<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/94410.html#cutid1">Writing = not going so well. Kittenspam = better?</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br />If we're going to help the new litter then the black triplets will need names. Does anyone have any ideas?<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=pyraxis&ditemid=94410" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/94410.html j-t fun public 0 https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/82516.html Thu, 08 Sep 2011 02:12:18 GMT https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/82516.html Not for me, but for <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://shashigai.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://shashigai.dreamwidth.org/'><b>shashigai</b></a></span>.<br /><br />He's given them all nicknames now. This is Lionheart and Buster drinking out of the flowerpot. For some reason they like that water better than the tap water or the filtered water.<br /><img src="http://www.studiopyraxis.com/temp/cats/lion-buster_01_500.jpg" alt="An orange tabby kitten and a black one with their paws and noses in a flowerpot" /><br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/82516.html#cutid1">Do you have any chicken? Do you? Do you?</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=pyraxis&ditemid=82516" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://pyraxis.dreamwidth.org/82516.html fun j-t day-to-day public 0