I've decided this will be for TEF related sculptures.

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I've been really obsessed with oriental/far east culture lately!!

Not so much for anime/manga/pop culture but more on the spirituality, nature, and architecture side of it. I'm positive that it's because of learning from Buddhism that I've been so infatuated with anything oriental.

I've been collecting a lot of things for the past few months and wanted to share what I have as well as see what kinds of oriental things you guys have found interesting. Here's a list of odds and ends I have bought (mine are not the same as the pictures but I'm just using them for reference, though everything with a * by it has my pics below) :

About six different luck charms*
A set of baoding chime balls*
Two malas (prayer beads)*
A hand prayer wheel
Two bronze Chinese coins
A shadow box Buddha head*
An art scroll*
A bento box (lunch box)
A set of soup spoons
Various Zen and Buddhist books

My pics:

luck charms 1
luck charms 2
wall scroll and buddha head (to the far left)
malas, baoding balls, and other meditation tools

That's it for right now, but I'm always looking for things to add to my collection.

Below.

The trees shook, and the bushes bristled. The pines scratched in the wind making intericate sounds in which were soft and loved. It wasn't until then was there a loan fawn in the woods, making crys for its mother, but still, she was no where to be seen. Nor did the young spirit hear her sweet voice that was the sound of her soft fur. He was on his way, until he saw another deer come out from behind a tree.

Might loose power for awhile this week just to let you guys know.

So I really have no clue what to do. I'm completly new and I have a lot of questions but also have no idea who to ask or even where to ask. A question like, how do I keep the changes that others have done to my antlers and fur, because every time someone changes it, it goes back to just brown and white with huge antlers a few seconds later but for others it doesn't. I'm just so confused.

Just an idea I wanted to try - describing one character with four different styles of poetry. Expect to see more of these.

Victim #2 is Dinamo. I tried my best to make them as much about your character as I could. Enjoy




Dreams have never been nicer
In my eyes than the sights here
Nectar of the Twin Gods, as you say
All around me the Forest speaks in whispers
Memories and nostalgia of wondrous times
Only let Nature enter, and you will see too





A flash of grey and splash of white
My playful fur glistens in the light
I watch the dragonflies at the dam
They never question what I really am
The wilder side of my spiritual soul
Remains at peace and guidance told
I call to you from far and away
To ask what fun we should do today
The land is kind and sings with choice
To all who listen to her loving voice
May we all honor her with the words we say
This is my pact, the wolf deer's way





I watched a butterfly take the time to drink from a flower. I stayed as still as I could, not bothering her, not interfering, just observing the intricate work, her careful movements, the slight flutter from her painted wings. I began to wonder if butterflies observed us, too. I sat up and stretched out my back after leaning down to watch her for so long. And as I did, something wonderful happened - the beautiful butterfly decided that her job was done, and she flew up and landed right on my mask.

Just an idea I wanted to try - describing one character with four different styles of poetry. Expect to see more of these.

My first victim is Kittyo8's Sokonei. I tried my best to make them as much about your character as I could. Enjoy




Stars beckon me from afar
Oh, how I wish for freedom
Killed once again in my dreams
Only to wake up and find myself trapped
Now I have been freed from the cycle
Eternally bound on this world
I thank and curse the Gods for it all





I am known as the prince of stars
I have traveled the universe afar
To the Moon and Sun I am sworn
Who formed from greatness before
I have lived countless lives throughout
And seen horrors and wonders about
But now I have been given a chance
To free myself from circumstance
On Earth I have chosen to reside
The deer do not know the secrets I hide
The Twin Gods have sheltered me here
Until when my destiny draws near





If only they knew the things I have seen. I have watched the beginnings of stars, planets, life. I have felt loneliness, I have seen stars wither to nothing. My father does not understand that his great power is diminishing. My mother does not know the hated thoughts I have kept from her. I have had many destinies before, but now I have found where I belong. I may never know what time will offer me. I may sever my bonds from my parents, or perhaps I will rejoin them in glory.