#Halloween broomstick skin#
Absorbing them through the skin gave the best experience and skipped these side effects. Taking such a potent mix of hallucinogens internally causes a whole range of unpleasant side effects, including nausea and vomiting. I should note, and look away now if you’re squeamish, that there is a second link between the broomstick and flying ointment, proposed by The Atlantic. I read a book years ago (sadly, I forget which one) that claimed the witches smeared this ointment onto the broomstick itself to enable actual flight. Perhaps someone discovered the idea of ‘flying ointment’ and took it literally. The broomstick became a method of transport. Over time, the belief that witches consorted with Satan mixed with the image of the old lady sweeping her floor. Lamy Al-Star Safari Fountain Pen with sepia ink in an A5 Hahnemühle Watercolour Book.Photo credit: New York Public Library via VisualHunt / No known copyright restrictions Join Us For The October Art Challenge – Awesome Autumn!Ĭlick Here To Learn More! About the Doodlewash Da Vinci Paint Co.: Da Vinci Yellow, Terra Cotta, and Cobalt Blue. And in this Halloween season, the most creepy time of year, it’s as close I come to riding on a witch’s broomstick. It’s simple, I told you, but magical in practice. The kind that isn’t so much about spells and potions as much as simply being good, honest, present, loving, and open to new ideas. Not the kind that scared Puritans, but the real magic that can make the world a better place.
I think we’re all creative and wonderful beings, capable of magic. I’ve spent a lifetime wading through ideas and ideals that come my way, and in the end, most of what I believe is almost silly in its simplicity.
Things that I have decided to be true, simply because it feels true to me. I too have opinions I’ve now transformed into fact, but I know they’re only my personal facts of life. Everyone around us has an opinion, and they’re always ready to offer it up as fact. We live in a world that’s so ready to tell us what we should or shouldn’t do. Rules are great for that purpose, but when they become doctrine I tend to get a little antsy. Most of you who read these rambles know that I’m not a fan of rules that “ shouldn’t be broken.” In truth, I rather love rules in general as they’re the guidepost one can use to know if you’re actually trying something different. It’s a spirit that I happily endorse and as artists, I think it’s one we should always embrace. There’s something fun about Halloween that allows people to challenge the norm and express themselves in totally unique ways. And perhaps this connection with rebellion is what makes a witch one of the most popular halloween costumes of all time. In a stupidly patriarchal society, I would assume many women dreamed of hopping on a broom and flying up out a chimney.
But it’s not hard to connect the dots with that one. I’ll let you google the actual details yourself, but it provides the link to why broomsticks are still today associated with witchcraft.īy the time the 16th and early 17th centuries rolled around, you would find a preponderance of images that involved witches riding up out of chimneys. Let’s just say that the potion worked best when applied to hard-to-reach areas and so something like a broom was helpful in the application. If ingested, these potions caused nausea, so it was quickly discovered that a topical approach would work much better. Using nefarious ingredients such as hemlock, nightshade, henbane, and mandrake they would create “potions” that when applied properly could give you the sensation of flying. It all started at a time, centuries ago, when people were just learning about ways to create hallucinogenic drugs. The actual history of why broomsticks are associated with witches is fascinating, though potentially vulgar to some. I’m not entirely sure what a true witch would prefer, but I assumed it would be something handcrafted, and since I don’t paint people, you’ll have to simply imagine the witch, just out of frame. As we get closer and closer to Halloween, a witch’s broomstick is definitely what came to mind for today’s prompt.
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