Grail Seeker
@grailseeker.bsky.social
Recumbent tri(c)k(st)er. Interests: myth, legend, folklore, symbolism, spirit of place, hauntology, psychogeography, environmental art, ecospirituality, apophenia, weirdness, forteana, metaphysics, mythopoeia, neurodivergence.
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Life is an act of narrative will. Often it is an act of own will against the narratives of our family, the editing that they try to impose to align it with their own mythology. How often do we long for a blank page where we can write ourselves and be the reader seeing ourself in the words.
November 16, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Life is an act of narrative will. Often it is an act of own will against the narratives of our family, the editing that they try to impose to align it with their own mythology. How often do we long for a blank page where we can write ourselves and be the reader seeing ourself in the words.
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Things are getting scary financial wise. Haven't had a commission in months & old former clients who promised me they were going to call me 'real soon' are ghosting me
I've never had a client reaching out from Bsky, but I'll try once again: please visit absurdbydesign.com to check my illustrations
I've never had a client reaching out from Bsky, but I'll try once again: please visit absurdbydesign.com to check my illustrations
November 7, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Things are getting scary financial wise. Haven't had a commission in months & old former clients who promised me they were going to call me 'real soon' are ghosting me
I've never had a client reaching out from Bsky, but I'll try once again: please visit absurdbydesign.com to check my illustrations
I've never had a client reaching out from Bsky, but I'll try once again: please visit absurdbydesign.com to check my illustrations
Was this before the zebra crossing?
PHOTO OF THE DAY. A policeman stops traffic to let a man carrying an inflatable rubber giraffe cross the road on his way to the British Industries Fair in London (1935)
📷 google images
📷 google images
November 7, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Was this before the zebra crossing?
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Our platform is ready.
Our collectively-owned Bandcamp successor opens November 4.
Rolling out to co-op members first.
Our collectively-owned Bandcamp successor opens November 4.
Rolling out to co-op members first.
October 31, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Our platform is ready.
Our collectively-owned Bandcamp successor opens November 4.
Rolling out to co-op members first.
Our collectively-owned Bandcamp successor opens November 4.
Rolling out to co-op members first.
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"Imagination should be used not to escape reality, but to create it." ~ Colin Wilson
October 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
"Imagination should be used not to escape reality, but to create it." ~ Colin Wilson
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"Many were increasingly of the opinion that they'd all made a big mistake coming down from the trees in the first place, and some said that even the trees had been a bad move, and that no-one should ever have left the oceans."
-Douglas Adams
-Douglas Adams
The brain is the stupidest object in the universe.
Every misunderstanding and bad idea in history came from a brain.
Before brains, no one was wrong about anything.
Every misunderstanding and bad idea in history came from a brain.
Before brains, no one was wrong about anything.
October 26, 2025 at 3:34 PM
"Many were increasingly of the opinion that they'd all made a big mistake coming down from the trees in the first place, and some said that even the trees had been a bad move, and that no-one should ever have left the oceans."
-Douglas Adams
-Douglas Adams
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Brian Fang discusses why mathematics developed without empirical motivation turned out to precisely describe the physical patterns of nature: Nature is itself the expression of mind-like structures also directly present in the human intellect.
www.essentiafoundation.org/why-mathemat...
www.essentiafoundation.org/why-mathemat...
Why mathematics works: The mind-reality connection
Brian Fang discusses the many instances in which mathematics developed without empirical motivation turned out to precisely describe the physical patterns of nature. Why would primates evolved to hunt...
www.essentiafoundation.org
October 24, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Brian Fang discusses why mathematics developed without empirical motivation turned out to precisely describe the physical patterns of nature: Nature is itself the expression of mind-like structures also directly present in the human intellect.
www.essentiafoundation.org/why-mathemat...
www.essentiafoundation.org/why-mathemat...
Just seen what some tasteless twat has done to my childhood home, sold a few years ago when my parents died. TV in every room, zebra-striped sofa, large pattern wallpaper and generic animal 'art' everywhere, front garden gravelled, back garden neglected apart from the old oak, which has been felled.
October 24, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Just seen what some tasteless twat has done to my childhood home, sold a few years ago when my parents died. TV in every room, zebra-striped sofa, large pattern wallpaper and generic animal 'art' everywhere, front garden gravelled, back garden neglected apart from the old oak, which has been felled.
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See also: "One bad apple spoils the barrel."
True, but this is one of those phrases (like Jack of all trades, master of none) whose meaning has been completely twisted by missing off the end of the phrase
Restoring "...in matters of taste" suddenly changes the meaning to "Sell Karen the frock which doesn't suit her if she really wants it"
Restoring "...in matters of taste" suddenly changes the meaning to "Sell Karen the frock which doesn't suit her if she really wants it"
the person who came up with "the customer is always right" probably meant well but ended up doing irreparable harm to society
October 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
See also: "One bad apple spoils the barrel."
Contacting the dead.
October 18, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Contacting the dead.
Found a dumped geological collection, (and a sand dollar), complete with catalogue numbers. On a local heath. All I need now is the catalogue.
October 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Found a dumped geological collection, (and a sand dollar), complete with catalogue numbers. On a local heath. All I need now is the catalogue.
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1/ It looks like something from a galaxy far, far away, but this is the Harvest Moon rising over Titterstone Clee. The sky was a vivid blend of pink and purple, contrasting with the cool tones of the radar dome below. I had reached the summit with plenty of time to spare and... #Shropshire
October 8, 2025 at 6:26 AM
1/ It looks like something from a galaxy far, far away, but this is the Harvest Moon rising over Titterstone Clee. The sky was a vivid blend of pink and purple, contrasting with the cool tones of the radar dome below. I had reached the summit with plenty of time to spare and... #Shropshire
Scared of my own shadow.
October 7, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Scared of my own shadow.
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AN ANCIENTE MAPPE of FAIRYLAND newly discovered and set forth. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1918. I have a copy of this map of fairyland by Bernard Sleigh in my study to ponder other worlds. It's filled with awe and wonder.
September 25, 2025 at 8:31 AM
AN ANCIENTE MAPPE of FAIRYLAND newly discovered and set forth. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1918. I have a copy of this map of fairyland by Bernard Sleigh in my study to ponder other worlds. It's filled with awe and wonder.
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Exciting news! HELLEBORE’s first short story anthology is here! 9 new tales of the supernatural and the strange by Ramsey Campbell, Ally Wilkes, Reggie Oliver, Helen Grant and more, set in some of the most beguiling locations of Occult Britain.
👉🏼 Pre-order now to secure your copy: helleborezine.com
👉🏼 Pre-order now to secure your copy: helleborezine.com
October 1, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Exciting news! HELLEBORE’s first short story anthology is here! 9 new tales of the supernatural and the strange by Ramsey Campbell, Ally Wilkes, Reggie Oliver, Helen Grant and more, set in some of the most beguiling locations of Occult Britain.
👉🏼 Pre-order now to secure your copy: helleborezine.com
👉🏼 Pre-order now to secure your copy: helleborezine.com
Beauty and repellency.
September 29, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Beauty and repellency.
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Popped into Morville Church, Shropshire on the way back from Bridgnorth for a dose of some early Norman architecture and to see the fab font with its ‘green man’ style heads. I did a quick #lidar scan with the phone so you can give it a twirl & have a look… skfb.ly/pBBoP
Morville Church Font - Download Free 3D model by Mark Walters (@markwalters)
Early Norman period baptismal font circa 1118 inside Morville Church, Shropshire. Carved from limestone probably derived from Wenlock Edge
📍 Bridgnorth, England - Morville Church Font - Download Free...
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September 26, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Popped into Morville Church, Shropshire on the way back from Bridgnorth for a dose of some early Norman architecture and to see the fab font with its ‘green man’ style heads. I did a quick #lidar scan with the phone so you can give it a twirl & have a look… skfb.ly/pBBoP
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🎧 What is the hauntological music scene?
Away from the Top 40 and set against the backdrop of a post-Brexit Britain and ongoing environmental crisis, these sonic experiments offer more than nostalgia, they reimagine England’s place in the world.
🔗 kingsglobalaffairs.substack.com/p/listening-...
Away from the Top 40 and set against the backdrop of a post-Brexit Britain and ongoing environmental crisis, these sonic experiments offer more than nostalgia, they reimagine England’s place in the world.
🔗 kingsglobalaffairs.substack.com/p/listening-...
September 15, 2025 at 10:49 AM
🎧 What is the hauntological music scene?
Away from the Top 40 and set against the backdrop of a post-Brexit Britain and ongoing environmental crisis, these sonic experiments offer more than nostalgia, they reimagine England’s place in the world.
🔗 kingsglobalaffairs.substack.com/p/listening-...
Away from the Top 40 and set against the backdrop of a post-Brexit Britain and ongoing environmental crisis, these sonic experiments offer more than nostalgia, they reimagine England’s place in the world.
🔗 kingsglobalaffairs.substack.com/p/listening-...
Technologically advance a band:
OMD > ELO
OMD > ELO
Technologically advance a band:
Jefferson TARDIS
Jefferson TARDIS
Technologically advance a band:
SUV Halen
SUV Halen
September 22, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Technologically advance a band:
OMD > ELO
OMD > ELO
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The Rise & Fall of Silver Apples: The 1960s Electronic Band That Built Their Own Synthesizer, Produced Two Pioneering Albums, and Then Faded into Obscurity
The Rise & Fall of Silver Apples: The 1960s Electronic Band That Built Their Own Synthesizer, Produced Two Pioneering Albums, and Then Faded into Obscurity
In the late 70s and early 80s, a handful of musical duos emerged who would have tremendous impact on post-punk, alternative, new wave, and experimental electronic music. Bands like Suicide, NEU!, and ...
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September 20, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The Rise & Fall of Silver Apples: The 1960s Electronic Band That Built Their Own Synthesizer, Produced Two Pioneering Albums, and Then Faded into Obscurity