TheHandWixard

@thehandwixard.bsky.social

Wix, 23, it/its/any neutral Mediocre psychoanalyst. Lover of human eyes, human hands, and abstract symbols. still trying to fill the going under shaped hole in my going under shaped heart. Icon by waveglox on twitter!

Forty years ago Hannya-ji (般若寺) was rather down on its luck, its grounds gone to seed. The then abbot came across a single cosmos, and so started researching the flowers. Little by little he began to transform the precints, and now 150,000 cosmos plants grow here! #般若寺

In 1931, the Irving family, who lived on a farm on the Isle of Man, claimed to have been visited by Gef, the Talking Mongoose. Gef supposedly told them "I am a freak. I have hands and I have feet, and if you saw me you'd faint, you'd be petrified, mummified, turned into stone or a pillar of salt!"

A sketch of Gef the talking mongoose by George Scott.
From "The Haunting of Cashen's Gap: A Modern "Miracle" Investigated" 1936.

Gef also told them that he was "an extra extra clever mongoose," an "Earthbound spirit" and "a ghost in the form of a weasel." The story became popular in the British tabloids. Investigators visited the Irving home, but found no proof of Gef. Some believe it was a hoax, using ventriloquism.

 Newspaper article on Gef the talking mongoose claiming that trickery and ventriloquism from the Irving's daughter, Voirrey, may have been the cause of the phenomena. 1932.

Half or more of the best games I've ever played are games like Zniw Adventure or Pentiment, where it's really obvious that the topic of choice is a massive hyperfixation for the people who made the game. It sucks that people think education and cartoons are both for children. Go play Zniw Adventure

Zid & Zniw Chronicles@zidandzniw.bsky.social · 2d ago

When we released Zniw Adventure back in 2020, some folks saw 'cartoon dinosaurs' and 'educational aspects' in the description, mistaking it as an activity clicker for toddlers It was out intention all along to deliver you a dinosaur adventure with some cool facts to learn along the way...!

Notice how Osamu Tezuka draws himself surrounded by mousegirls, confident in his abilities and charm. Unlike R. Crumb, groveling and begging his catgirl gf to love him. Yet another W for mousegirl fans!

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watching the one really good video about turbo from wreck it ralph. it will surprise none of you to know that i am also not immune to a bug-chimera boss form that has hands large enough to completely wrap around the torso of a 9 foot tall man.

Yūsai-san examined an imperial kōrozen-no-gohō in the possession of Kōryū-ji (広隆寺), and managed to reproduce the dye used in creating the garment. Because the dye behaves mysteriously in different lights, it is known as 'maboroshi-no-zome' (幻の染 'phantom dyeing'). #Japan

💜🦩THE SEASON OF PINKS & PURPLES📿🌺 These are the days of cold dew (寒露 'kanro'). In the traditional calendar the wild geese are returning (October 8th-12th 鴻雁来), chrysanthemums are blooming (13th-17th 菊花開), and crickets are singing at the door (18th-22nd 蟋蟀在戸)🦗🎶 #Kyoto #京都

A soda drink modeled on Nara's Great Buddha.Cosmos bloom at Hannya-ji.Cosmos flowers bloom at Hannya-ji.A delicately folded sweet with a chrysanthemum crest stamp.