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What's in the Shadows...

1/30/2019

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​I am sitting here pondering what to write about for this week's blog --- an idea that is being very elusive to capture.  Which I find funny, because being elusive is what Nemmer, my latest character, is all about... he is about revealing what I "think" I see (or is it)?
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When I started on my path to meet Nemmer, little did I realize I would have to be "elfshot" to really see him.  He has revealed new dimensions to my sculpting that I am delighted to have discovered.  I am like a little kid jumping around the room wanting to explore this new awareness.  But is there more to see?
Nemmer has revealed so much more to me than just sculpting techniques.  With being "elfshot", I now understand how the Fae use shadows to hide in.  It's that shadow or movement one notices in the corner of the eye but when looked at directly, completely disappears.  Is this their way of slowly revealing themselves?  Kind of like a distant wave hello - so neither of us feels too exposed.  Could they be letting me know they are there, much like the first steps in dating when a young boy hits the girl in the arm and then runs away? *smiling*  I guess this way we both slowly become comfortable with each other.
I have learned, not only do the Fae use shadows, but they also use masks to present themselves.  They will weave their fairy glamore around themselves to create a mask or illusion I can't see pass.  They may appear as a deer or a bird so they can go unnoticed.  A familiar object that one doesn't think out of place.  Their masks hide them like a veil and obscures them from me - giving a different perspective of what I think I am looking at.  It is only at the time of removal (like the stroke of midnight in the fairy tales) when what is underneath is  revealed.
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​So, as I was sculpting Nemmer, things that had been in front of me all of that time, suddenly revealed themselves.  I now am able to see him in a new and different light.  He chose to take off his mask and there he was.  At the same time, I also now have an inspiration for part of his costume... and it looks like I wrote my blog.
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Ah... to be considered an Appleshot...

1/16/2019

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​Nemmer, the Archer, recently placed a Want Ad in the Bellwether for an assistant.  The applicants needed to be A.P.P.L.E.S. qualified (see Ad below).
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​Many applied.  Here are just a few of the applicants:
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Nemmer placed the Want Ad because he needed to become re-qualified in the Order of the Golden Arrow in the Elfshot Guild (more about this Guild will be forthcoming).  Appleshot Archer's are the greatest of archers who can safely shoot an apple off of a person's head (without hitting the holder of course).
But before Nemmer could re-qualify to be an Appleshot, the advertisement had to be cancelled.  It was found that the Nytemares had eaten all of the apples. ​
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Elfshot - The Big Revealer...

1/7/2019

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Have you ever been or heard of being Elfshot?  I hadn't either until my latest character revealed this little known tidbit to me.
As quoted from The Secret Lives of Elves and Faeries by Rev. Robert Kirk:
​"Above all, that many possess the Sight with which to see the Faery people.  One cause of this, I am informed by my companion from the Lands Beneath, is being wounded, either deliberately or accidentally, by a Faery weapon -- most often, I believe, an arrowhead.  Once a man has been so struck, he cannot help but see the one who shot him and others of the same kind.  Thus, the Subterraneans (Fae) are at pains to not wound any mortal, since they are then able to perceive the goings and coming of the Faery people."
I had to wonder how this applied to my encounter with my latest character, Nemmer.  He told me it was very obvious-- otherwise I would not be able to see him now.  As I still was unable to make him out clearly yet, he offered to do it again, but I told him we would give it time to see if my vision got any clearer first.  Let's not overdue a good thing. ​
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Slowly he started taking shape, but I still wasn't seeing him as clearly as I would have liked.   After many, many, many (did I say many?), more conversations, he finally started to appear before me.  Was it the Elfshot that helped me gain this sight or was it that Nemmer was only letting me see what I needed?  (Or was it that he wanted me to finally get his features right so he would not have to explain to the others this was supposed to be him?)... ​
But he has been the most detailed and revealing character on my Facebook site to date.  He has not necessarily been "true" to me as he didn't stay the size I initially wanted.  But the clarity he has revealed to me during our time together has resulted in me forgiving him.  ​Will you be able to see him as clearly as I do?  I hope to make him even more visible in the coming weeks.
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  So be warned, Elfshot is not painful but it might require checking for tiny pin pricks.  And after being Elfshot you will find it is addicting because then if you are like me... you want to see so much more!
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