Art Of My Brother And I

Historical Mermay by Chloe’s arts

Tumblr: @chloezarts

I think that we need to get more in touch with the concept of community. Actual community. I mean supporting each other, uplifting each other, and speaking to one another to reach an understanding. This idea that, if you get into a romantic relationship, that's when you're allowed to be vulnerable, your partner is your everything and nobody else matters is really detrimental. Your partner shouldn't be your whole support system.

So, for ArtFight this year I had a "Design A Demigod" section to help me get the designs for these 500+ campers I've been working on to flesh out the camp population throughout canon, and to my delight, I got thirteen* designs out of it, which I am very grateful for! I've now managed to give all of those kids their own icons in my own style (and assigning them their names and/or beads where necessary), and am now showing them off because these original designs were all amazing!

*I can count, I promise - one of these was given to me outside of ArtFight, because this is not a thing that is limited to ArtFight and more info about the project will be at the bottom of this post if anyone's interested!

The kids shown here are...

Top row, left - Maria Waltz, daughter of Terpsichore. Original design by @worlds-oldest-teenager

Top row, middle - Penelope Oswald, daughter of Morpheus. Original design by @kitsartblog

Top row, right - Chimere Neal, daughter of Hypnos. Original design by @txny-dragon

Second row, left - Enya Tolliver, daughter of Hephaestus. Original design by @saszor

Second row, middle - Rhys Garcia, [unclaimed] child of Aphrodite. Original design by @choconoru

Second row, right - Oli Blair, son of Athena. Original design by @paradisepudding

Third row, left - Aidan McKinney, son of Hephaestus. Original design by @paradisepudding

Third row, middle - Sirius Blecher, child of Hephaestus. Original design by Inkandquill150 [Instagram/ArtFight]

Third row, right - Naomi Rose, daughter of Aphrodite. Original design by LovelyNight [ArtFight]

Fourth row, left - Kei Winship, child of Dionysus. Original design by callie0hpee [DeviantArt/ArtFight]

Fourth row, middle - Emily Brown, daughter of Eris. Original design by acrophyll [ArtFight]

Fourth row, right - Georgie Bond, daughter of Demeter. Original design by @krystalguitarthemums

Bottom row, left - Aoife Kearney, daughter of Ares. Original design by @austinwehaveaproblem

Bottom row, right - Grace Faraday, daughter of Athena. Original design by @austinwehaveaproblem

So what is this project?

Basically, I'm populating the entirety of the camp from 1998 through to 2020 for fic reasons. I've worked out all the kids' names, parentages and camp dates, and have opened the floor for people to help come up with visual designs for all of these kids. If there's any general interest on tumblr, I'll put up details of what I'm looking for later.

i love being a faggot

Okay I’m currently furious that migraines are often so blindly easy to treat and I had to find this out myself at the age of 26 when I’ve been to a neurologist since I was 11 lol so I’m about to teach you two neat and fast little tricks to deal with pain!

The first is the sternocleidomastoid muscle, or the SCM muscle.

This big red section is responsible for pain around the eye, cheekbone, and jaw, as well as some temple pain. Literally all you have to do is angle your head down a little, angle it away from the side that hurts, and then you can gently pinch and rub that muscle. I find it best to start at the bottom and travel upwards. The relief is so immediate! You can increase pressure as you feel comfortable doing so.

Here is a short and easy video showing this in action

The second is a fast and easy stretch that soothes your vagus nerve, which is the nerve responsible for calming you down. The vagus nerve, for those unfamiliar, is stimulated by deep breathing such as yawning, sighing, singing, or taking a deep breath to calm your anger in a tense situation.

You can stretch this out by sitting up as straight as possible (this does not have to be perfect to work) and interlacing your fingers. Put your hands on the back of your head with your thumbs going down the sides of your neck and, while keeping your face forward, look all the way to one side with just your eyes. Hold that until you feel the urge to breathe deeply or yawn, or until you can tell there’s a change. Then do the same thing on the other side. When you put your arms down, you should clearly be able to turn your head farther in both directions. If the first session doesn’t get rid of your migraine, rest and repeat as many times as necessary. I even get a little fancy with it and roll my eyes up and down along the outer edge sometimes to stretch as much as I can.

If you need a visual here’s a good video on it. I know some of the language they use seems questionable but this is real and simple science and should not be discarded because it’s been adopted by the trendy wellness crowd!

I seriously cannot believe I didn’t hear a word of this from any doctor in my life. Additionally, if you get frequent recurring migraines, you may want to see a dietician. Migraines can be caused by foods containing histamines, lectin, etc. and can also be caused by high blood pressure in specific situations such as exercise, stress, and even sex.

If any of this information helps you I’d love to hear it btw! It’s so so fast and easy to do. Good luck!

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For legal reasons, pretend this is not a confession. [x]

here since none of you know what a bear is

Yayy this is the second time I've been tagged in this. Thank you <3.

Tagging: @heresronnie21 @apollosothertwin @createandchaos

tagged by @nightfuryqueen to this picrew yay <3

i tag uhhh whover wants to do it tbh