hearthdragon:

worldsonpaper:

Hey tumblr, I am hoping you can help. I have done some research, but it is contradictory.

Basically I need a flower arrangement meaning strength, hope, renewal. It needs to be fairly small, so in as few flowers as possible.

Help me flower side of tumblr, you’re my only hope.

Without a culture and timeframe I’m going European and middling recent, languageofflowers.com. As already suggested Restoration – Persicaria, Strength – Cedar, or Strength – Fennel. Hope – Almond, Flowering (already suggested,) Hope – Hawthorn, Hope – Snowdrop

Depending on contex you could do Hope in adversity – Pine, Spruce and Return of happiness – Lily of the Valley

@thursdayplaid is very good at this but may be too busy with awesome story writing.

(@hearthdragon you did a great job!  All these are spot on.  I hope you don’t mind if I stick my nose in.) @worldsonpaper  Depending on what the OP has in mind, Fennel is just general strength, while Cedar had religious undertones of overcoming death which might fit with renewal.  However Cedar is a bit gangly.

If the intent is romantic I would suggest forget-me-nots, fennel, and snowdrops which will give you something perfectly handsized.

If it’s duty based or familial. a bundle of spruce, hawthorn with berries (which in florigraphy grammar means its come to fruition or has begun), and flowering almond. Trees and branches are more formal in floriography.  You’ll want the ends of the branches as a branch just cut into sections is more of a political/diplomatic statement, unless this is for rl and the receiver won’t know any better.

A nosegay is also more of a personal statement and is very structured.

jewishdragon:

janothar:

theforestsoulbird:

optometrictzedek:

fromchaostocosmos:

jessicamiriamdrew:

jessicamiriamdrew:

Friendly October reminder not to put Spock or other Jewish characters in costumes with horns

to clarify: it is an antisemitic idea that Jews have horns (dating to a mistranslation of karan (shone) v keren (horns) ) which was perpetuated in art by the likes of Michelangelo. this is not a thing of the past–some gentiles still believe that jewish people have horns, and putting jewish characters in costumes/aus with horns is insensitive at best and also really fuckin gross

also do not depict Jewish characters as demons there is a very long history of Jews being seen as demons and that being used to kill us 

please do not dress Jewish characters in costumes that are priest outfit or nun outfit or with crosses 

Just to give y’all an idea of how modern the horn issue is: My dad, when he went to college in the early 1980’s, was asked by someone who had never met a Jew before where his horns were. In the 1980’s. My dad was asked where his horns were. This was only 30 years ago. I have been lucky not to deal with that particular stereotype in my lifetime, but that was less than a decade before I was born. And I know other Jews in areas where Jews are scarce have dealt with this much more recently than the 80’s.

Yup. When my mom went to college, her freshman year roommate woke up the first Sunday and started getting dressed for church. My mom was still in bed, so the roommate came over and woke her up.

Roommate: Did you want to come to church with me, or do you have your own church you’re going to?

Mom: Well, I don’t really go to religious services, but if I did I would go to a synagogue, not a church, because I’m Jewish.

(Long silence. My mom opens one eye to see her roommate staring in shock.)

Roommate: You … you don’t look Jewish.

Mom: (Who looks VERY Jewish) What do you mean?

Roommate: Well, my pastor always told me that Jews have horns and a tail.

Long story short: they didn’t end up getting along very well.

@optometrictzedek and @theforestsoulbird, it’s more recent than that.

I’ve been asked about my horns as recently as 1997.  In a public school in New Jersey.

It would b cool of my non-Jewish followers to reblog this!!! Spread this bc it’s scary and real and you should know!