Ink Marinade - 2011 October Archive

Archive for October, 2011:

Abandon Ship!

Published on October 27th, 2011 by Pym in History, Literature, Martitme

Yes, it’s been a while. Yes, I’ve been avoiding doing my homework on a subject I’d like to cover. Yes, I’ve been madly prepping for NaNoWriMo at the last minute. Sue me, I’m an artist. ‘Nough said. I do, however, want to bring something to attention. There’s a little fisherman’s pier a little north of the Port of Everett and the Naval station and that’s where I’ve been going to learn the clutch on my 66 Mustang. I was there for the first time a couple of weeks ago, thinking it was just another empty parking lot. Boy was I wrong. When driving into the lot you will see a derelict blue shed to your left half hidden by a giant sign advertising a new marina. Coming back at it, however, you can see the wooden hull of a ship peeking out under the roof of that shed. It turned

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Grand Prize!

Published on October 14th, 2011 by Pym in NaNoWriMo, Night of Writing Dangerously

Grand Prize to the highest total sponsor! Okay, now that I have your attention, I am taking a moment for some shameless fundraising. You can read my cause if you like or just scroll down the prize bit. Ahem. Every year I participate in the National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), and this year I have decided to take part in their annual fundraiser, the Night Of Writing Dangerously. On November 20th, writers from around the world converge on San Francisco to write novels and raise money for supporting creative writing education in public schools. Even five dollars helps, so please help bring the arts to our youth. To show my appreciation, I spent several hours one weekend in my workshop to create something for the highest total philanthropist. As of the 19th of November I will total everyone’s donations and my most generous sponsor will receive a leather-bound book hand

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Coffee and Mythology (since I don’t smoke cigarettes)

Published on October 5th, 2011 by Pym in Mythological Beasts, Mythology

Ah, Starbucks. Named for Captain Ahab’s faithful first mate in Herman Meville’s Moby Dick; cult obsession of my hometown, Seattle; worldwide coffee sensation; provider of my daily happy juice. But I’m not here to talk about my obsession with my Caramel Macciato or my Earl Grey Tea Latté (seriously, guys, “London Fog” was a lot easier to shout over the din of 7am commuters). A lot of people are under the impression that the woman on the Starbucks logo is a mermaid (two tales? Okay, I can kind of the go with that), or a Siren (see right). Unfortunately the bit about the Siren is tragically wrong. Pop culture has shifted our recollection of the Greek myths. A prime example of this is Perseus riding Pegasus. The only mortal to ever ride Pegasus was Bellerophon, son of Poseidon and master of horses. Perseus had the winged sandals given to him

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Tags: Annwn, banshee, death myths, faery, Melusine, mythology, Otherworld

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