archetypes – Axon Firings

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The wheels of justice turn slowly, but grind exceedingly fine. -Anonymous
In the woods, we return to reason and faith. There I feel that nothing can befall me in life, no disgrace, no calamity… which nature cannot repair. - Emerson
Poker Face is such an amazing show. file:///var/mobile/Library/SMS/Attachments/84/04/01A7EA20-048C-4FE3-8F8A-97CB485FFFD7/tmp.gif
fi yó/fɪ joʊ/From Classical Sagaian *fé yó*, Old Sagaian *fwé yó,* Irish *faoi dhó.*Twice; two times. Lit. "under two".Compare *fi hé,* "thrice," but *wá awa,* "once" (lit. "one time, one hour").#conlang https://axonfirings.com/category/sagaia/
Drawing of a lion with castle in the background. #art #pencil
Kitten watching her first coming of spring #catsofmastodon #blackcat #springequinox
Napping with my sweet boy, Cu Gwyn. #catsofmastodon #catnap #blackcat
Né haléaa rilt rúdh a balatsha céana fi yó.NEG happen PL-nonsapient thing on way-DET-nonsapient same under twoThings never happen the same way twice.#conlang https://axonfirings.com/category/sagaia/
Carkeek Park, Seattle, March of 2018. A picnic with a glorious view over the green, over the Sound, to the Olympic Mts.#photography #SeattleParks #seattle
New blog post on words and names in Sagaia (#conlang). This conlang is for a Narnia-inspired fantasy, and it attempts to "explain" the "actual" words and names in Narnia (including the true meaning of the names "Narnia" and "Aslan").https://axonfirings.com/2023/03/15/on-words-and-names-in-sagaia/
Kittens assuming the “yang-yang” position#catsofmastodon #taoism
Mt Baker Wilderness, Washington. Afternoon sunlight splashed across the cliff face. #photography #mountains
Our kitten Pangur Ban, resting after a long morning of mayhem. #catsofmastodon #kittensofmastadon #blackcats
Cu Gwyn warily eyes a fuzzy interloper outside. #catsofmastodon #squirrel
Gas éša, ne a ta má a hodhla, bas má. Aghat madiasha da qil, ne a dúšia má, rúgha âéš má.Lit. Each night, when COMP am I to sleep, die I. And morning-DET to-us come, when COMP wake I, born again I.“Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn.” - GandhiSagaian: https://axonfirings.com/category/sagaia/#conlang (thanks and apologies to @higekieiyu for inspiration)
Selfie portrait generated by the “Wonder” app. Way more handsome than I am in real life. It looks like I’m ready to take command of my first starship here. #AIArt #AISelfies #selfie #thirsttrap
Snow on mossy stones, Edmonds, WA. #snow #moss
The phoneme /b/ in my constructed script. The backwards “c” indicates a bilabial stop; the horizontal bar with the downstroke indicates voicing. #conlang
Eye contactExperimenting with AI art for my fanfic. Here we have Gormenghast castle and the ancient Saxon wizard who's been holed up in it for over a thousand years.(Fanfic available here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/patreon-launch-73463520. It's not really Gormenghast fanfic -- they're more of a cameo before the real Harry Potter / Oz crossover action begins. :) )#AIart #fanfiction #Gormenghast #HarryPotter #Oz #Patreon #fantasyart
Snow in the garden, Feb 2021.#photography #snow