Mastodawn

#ArtAdventCalendar In my childhood, I dreamed of having a cute, small and real dragon in our garden. I imagined dragons to be green (and did I say cute?). For my first bigger embroidery I tried to paint with the needle. Even adults could use dragon power!

#embroidery #needlePainting #dragon #dragons #fairytales #intuitiveStitching #Drache #empowering #dragonPower

Ann, Daughter of Krampus 5d ago

#FairyTales #meme

Texan Tally 6d ago

If I was in a "Beauty and the Beast" story, this would be my reaction... and probably the Beast's, too (brought to you by Punkey Doodles & audio from ZacSpeaksGiant):

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/RFnPy7sa-mw

#punkeydoodles #funny #fairytales #animated

Audio by @ZacSpeaksGiant

YouTube

Miguel Afonso Caetano Nov 30

"Seeing the internet as a fairyland — an otherworld with its own logic — isn’t about mystifying technology. It’s about seeing it sharply, as the strange and powerful environment it really is. In this way, enchantment restores what habit has made invisible.

The internet is a place crowded with uncanny entities and enchantments. Sometimes these enchantments reach back into our physical world. If we hope to travel wisely, the old instructions still apply: mark the threshold, remember that time moves differently there and know that every gift from the otherworld carries a price.

Above all, keep part of yourself rooted in the real world — grounded, embodied and tethered to other people. We’ve seen what happens when someone wanders too far. Think of all the lost boys who have disappeared into their rooms, only to return as something unrecognizable, like a modern changeling. Or the many adults who have fallen victim to conspiratorial thinking, caught the way wanderers once followed will-o’-the-wisps into the marsh, seduced by lights that were always illusory."

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/opinion/internet-phones-social-media-addiction.html

#SocialMedia #MobilePhone #AI #InternetAddiction #FairyTales #Storytelling

Opinion | Why We Need Fairy Tales in the Digital Age

The internet is a dangerous place. Folklore can teach us how to move through it.

The New York Times

ClareBear 💚🖤❤️

Nov 26

"However it's important to note, that due to the uncertainty with projections there's a range of possible outcomes, including the potential that we can still meet this target."

#nzpol #fairytales #climate

Kathy Bryson Nov 25

When #fairytales introduced a country to the world -

‘Textured Stories’: The crêpe-paper books that brought #Japanese culture to Western readers
https://news.yale.edu/2025/11/06/textured-stories-crepe-paper-books-brought-japanese-culture-western-readers

#Japan #history #publishing #printing #chirimen #art #illustration #papermaking #woodplockprinting #manga

‘Textured Stories’: The crêpe-paper books that brought Japanese culture to Western readers

“Textured Stories,” an exhibit at the Beinecke Library, explores the history and influence of Japanese chirimen books that sought to familiarize Western audiences with Japan’s literature and culture.

Yale News