12 months into 2020 and I’ve probably enjoyed like 5 days total

Lady Winter, created for the Taproot 2015 calendar. 

Watercolor, collage, colored pencil.

Phoebe Wahl 2014

I have an entirely new dimension of fan art to share and I’m incredibly excited about it! My friend Brim is the incredible perfumer behind Death and Floral - and, to my delight, as a fellow Swiftie she’s started creating some folklore-inspired fragrances.

First, Cardigan: “Bergamot and spiced cardamom blended with Egyptian musk superior and sandalwood.”

Cardigan is gloriously warm, spicy, and cozy. The cardamom spice in particular is just exquisite! Overall this one feels snuggly and soft (like your favorite cardigan, maybe?) but with a bit of a bittersweet edge to it. I really love this one - I want all my clothes to smell like this, I want to take a bath in it, I want a complementary tea with all the same coziness.

I think this fragrance is a fantastic representation of Cardigan and when I smell it I can definitely picture the cabin in the music video smelling just like it. It’s mature, cozy, and warm, and maybe I’m just projecting my interpretation of Cardigan onto it, but it feels a touch melancholy as well. 🖤

> more death and floral folklore reviews  > check out death and floral’s cardigan here!

escapes for when you feel anxious

would hate for y’all to check the replies of this post rn... u def won’t find an epub of a certain book...

swift’s the last great american dynasty (2020) x rubens and brueghel the elder’s the earthly paradise with the fall of adam and eve (1615)

“And you poke that bear till her claws come out and you find something to wrap your noose around” keeps hitting me…..like the universal female experience of having a man purposefully rile you up/say something they know will offend you or push your buttons all in an attempt to justify their perception of you as crazy or over-emotional. Growing up hyperaware of this tactic and finding yourself suppressing your (valid) emotions in certain situations cause you know they’ll just use it against you (“she should be mad, should be scathing like me, but no one likes a mad woman”). Sigh……………

swift’s the 1 (2020) x godward’s ionian dancing girl (1902)

seven taylor swift // wuthering heights emily brontë

if you make something you love, you should just put it out into the world. (shop)

Swift’s The Archer (2019) x Pruszkowski’s Falling Star (1884)