Mending Ourselves, by Many Voices Press

[lb_lee]

Mori: we swapped multi books with Alexandrite, so now we have a copy of 1993's Mending Ourselves, made by 50ish contributors to the Many Voices multi newsletter. Y'all know we can't resist them time capsules.

First article is the pros and cons of integration, only the pros are all like, "everything will work so much better and life will be great," and the cons are like, "you'll feel all your feelings all the time and not have the excuse of bad memory anymore."

It's like ah yes, I can see why Alexandrites were happy to trade this.

On the plus side, maybe there will be actual decent information on this integration/fusion business and how to make it happen, outside of "magic life-fixing wand powers activate"? Maybe? Whatever, it'll be a nice easy trip in the multi time machine, get a nice cross-section of a specific community of the time, right before the switch to the DSM-IV and the DID name. Maybe they'll even cough up some juicy citations on slang usage and headmate demographics, ooh la la!

Recovering pretty well. Mostly resting.

Also, please enjoy this splendid painted wooden bat.

Comments

[talewisefellowship]

That is an absolutely splendid bat. I'm glad I got to see this guy.

-- Janusz

[lb_lee]

Mori/Sneak: a most splendid flying flapflap.

[feotakahari]

You ever look at something and go “I am completely unfamiliar with the artistic tradition that produced this”? I can tell that bat is a “style” (presumably Oaxacan style), but I don’t know anything about what the style consists of.

[lb_lee]

Miranda: it is an art style from Oaxaca, yes! It has overlap with the alebrije art form, though that seems to have originated in Mexico City with paper and paste, rather than carved wood.

This form is most known for that intricate bright painting style, along with the individual pieces being carved so tightly that you can remove and replace the relevant bits over and over again without glue or nails. (This piece looks to be all one solid piece of wood, though. Others have detachable wings, legs, porcupine quills, etc.)

It is very pretty!