tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post1935709307720154809..comments2024-02-15T19:34:03.944+00:00Comments on The Hermitage: Marvels and TalesRima Staineshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10044701472535300254noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-936660874052830012011-01-04T20:25:04.239+00:002011-01-04T20:25:04.239+00:00Wonderful article, Rima, and lovely illustrations!...Wonderful article, Rima, and lovely illustrations! I'm currently working on a documentary that also examines the relationship between mushrooms, the forest, and the archetypal old woman within. I hope you'll follow the film's progress and stay in touch! <br /><br />The Vanquishing of the Witch Baba Yaga - http://thevanquishing.com/Rachaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00706809029787869421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-28906462676034522662010-12-22T03:50:14.398+00:002010-12-22T03:50:14.398+00:00Well done Rima! As wonderful as always! Wishing yo...Well done Rima! As wonderful as always! Wishing you Happy happy holidays and lots of wonderful things in the coming up year!Vitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08246144783750454106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-69790843201004632962010-12-07T15:19:57.287+00:002010-12-07T15:19:57.287+00:00Hej,I love your work. Your art are so pretty and f...Hej,I love your work. Your art are so pretty and full of personality.<br /><br />I also love the way you live.<br /><br />I am going to link your blog, hope you don't mind.Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00901240362456549676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-45214564952509582182010-12-04T05:19:47.162+00:002010-12-04T05:19:47.162+00:00As always, you are full of wisdom and insight. Hav...As always, you are full of wisdom and insight. Have you watched Teeny Tiny and the Witch Woman? The visuals are nothing especially captivating, but the narration is incredible (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dx8X8h2LLeo).Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04167412850616073440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-48374524478785435762010-12-03T16:58:08.718+00:002010-12-03T16:58:08.718+00:00P.S. In my self-absorbed excitement earlier I forg...P.S. In my self-absorbed excitement earlier I forgot to congratulate you on the journal publication - it looks a juicy read.<br /><br />S xSian Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14777626768711738619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-66137691665688509642010-12-03T09:37:34.376+00:002010-12-03T09:37:34.376+00:00A brilliant and beautiful post, as ever, Rima.
...A brilliant and beautiful post, as ever, Rima. <br /><br />And thanks for inspiring me to turn back to my own wild woman, the Weald Wife. She popped up yesterday afternoon, after I'd read your post, to tell me about snow. <br /><br />S xSian Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14777626768711738619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-19871746661388662332010-12-03T04:24:05.301+00:002010-12-03T04:24:05.301+00:00Always fun to see your illustrations, but the acco...Always fun to see your illustrations, but the accompanying description of these old ladies is a wonderful voyage through childhood memories. Stay well and warm!femminismohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05259380168965137800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-18737104797769882212010-12-01T19:22:35.882+00:002010-12-01T19:22:35.882+00:00wow what an achievement, you are making great stri...wow what an achievement, you are making great strides across the wilderness of art. Your drawings of Baba Yaga were always the ones i loved the most, the wild woman inside. the fly aragic, now it makes sense why it always appears in fairytales, i can be so slow sometimes. i have been pondering this fact since reading women who run with the wolves. Thank you so much and take care during the winter months.xtracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12346477786022109781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-70820740772116943502010-11-30T10:00:51.955+00:002010-11-30T10:00:51.955+00:00It looks wonderful! Congratulations!
I love your a...It looks wonderful! Congratulations!<br />I love your art and I follow your blog :)<br /><br /><br />http://www.diramazioni.it/vocisconnesse<br />http://www.etsy.com/shop/VocisconnesseVocisconnessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11532881680516798707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-82336060463210724592010-11-29T21:06:53.651+00:002010-11-29T21:06:53.651+00:00Rima, thank you for your beautiful contribution as...Rima, thank you for your beautiful contribution as well as for the introduction to this fantastic journal! I will certainly consider subscribing as I have a long-standing obsession with fairy tales (particularly Northern European ones) as well.Heidihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00416898799044848769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-55166331419405404982010-11-28T20:31:35.791+00:002010-11-28T20:31:35.791+00:00Rima, these drawings are stunning!
My absolute f...Rima, these drawings are stunning! <br /><br />My absolute favourite fairytale character. As a child I particularly loved a tale, the name of which I now cannot recall, about a little girl who gets lost in the woods and is held hostage by a witch who makes her sweep all day long so that she knows where the girl is at all times. She escapes when the witches cat takes pity on her and takes over the sweeping long enough for her to make her escape. I was obsessed with this story as a small girl, and had reoccurring dreams of it in my teens!<br /><br />Congratulations on your drawings making this publication! And I am not surprised at all that they should!<br />CxCiara Brehonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10583812950426579762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-4198937982969971282010-11-27T17:42:05.576+00:002010-11-27T17:42:05.576+00:00Hi sweetheart, just catching up on what you have b...Hi sweetheart, just catching up on what you have been up to! Fantastic work as always!<br /><br />Sorry to read about the unfortunate and frankly extraordinary reaction of one of your customers. Will email...big hug XSarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16592616458943756399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-40038857462119296332010-11-27T09:48:44.639+00:002010-11-27T09:48:44.639+00:00rima you see the world as I do
as a world of symb...rima you see the world as I do <br />as a world of symbols - in everything a message.You notice the hidden order to quote the wonderful robert moss.Katienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-70442785880970385532010-11-26T22:16:52.502+00:002010-11-26T22:16:52.502+00:00congratulations, what an accolade!
I have told &q...congratulations, what an accolade!<br /><br />I have told "Once upon a time" but of course he had already heard your good news.Acornmoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14982884920388966786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-82631610286745566042010-11-26T21:40:31.674+00:002010-11-26T21:40:31.674+00:00Being, like every other Southern American woman, u...Being, like every other Southern American woman, utterly obsessed with Gone With the Wind, I would FLIP to see your inked rendering of the crone-in-the-woods character from the novel SCARLETT. Just sayin'. :)Amas Veritashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17750694995721714683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-16341269634542345162010-11-26T18:42:07.879+00:002010-11-26T18:42:07.879+00:00Dear Rima:
What a lovely post! I do enjoy your im...Dear Rima:<br /><br />What a lovely post! I do enjoy your imagery and narratives so very much! Fairy tales and folk narratives play such important roles in conveying lessons. Your description of the "crone" is spot on!Rebeka-Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04958329974854278696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-81949169249427344572010-11-26T12:49:25.448+00:002010-11-26T12:49:25.448+00:00Hey Rima,
Baba Yaga has long been a favourite lad...Hey Rima,<br /><br />Baba Yaga has long been a favourite lady of mine, and an aspiration.<br /><br />I think another layer of meaning to all the red things in folklore (there's lots of red shoes too) is the menarche, which fits with rites of passage and children becoming lost, never to return, or not as they were... just a thinking from me.<br /><br />And congratulations for getting scholarly recognition - deserved, indeed.<br /><br />Love<br />xLunar Hinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12649116426473034929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-23810709240084310562010-11-26T06:37:16.932+00:002010-11-26T06:37:16.932+00:00As usual, woderful drawings and writing! In Poland...As usual, woderful drawings and writing! In Poland we know Baba Yagas very well. And, as I remember from my childhood, they were always slim - which made them more dreadful. Yours look much more symphatetic - don't get me wrong, I love them :)<br />And I like your idea of connecting the acid mushrooms with red elements in tales. Now I know where the dwarfs come from!Bozena Wojtaszekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16013779852089434114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-39357884380596577382010-11-25T22:56:10.539+00:002010-11-25T22:56:10.539+00:00We too have Northern links, my husband is half Fin...We too have Northern links, my husband is half Finnish. The woods around his grandparent's house are full of wonders; real ones like the Elk and calves met on the way for our morning swim in the lake. Or the more ethereal ones, like the paths that dwindle and disappear, leaving you to turn and retrace your steps as the forest shuts you out of it's secrets.<br /><br />I enjoyed your article very much and have always liked the crone aspect the best. <br /><br />with thanks, CharlotteCharlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06204546941269120909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-18209563250354511352010-11-25T15:49:44.272+00:002010-11-25T15:49:44.272+00:00You are so very talented!You are so very talented!Suzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05649750287312429913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-81530481268819344192010-11-25T13:45:10.804+00:002010-11-25T13:45:10.804+00:00I lament the loss of the forests that once covered...I lament the loss of the forests that once covered much of England . . . <br /><br />Fascinating premise about the origin of the word 'saga'.<br /><br />Thank you for this enlightening piece,Rima. <br /><br />AlanAlan Richardsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16434923502647217184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-31427831238387489482010-11-25T13:26:29.040+00:002010-11-25T13:26:29.040+00:00Thank you friends as ever for loving these words a...Thank you friends as ever for loving these words and drawings!<br /><br />I'm just poking my hooked warty nose round the corner to tell you that I've <a href="http://thehermitage.etsy.com" rel="nofollow">listed</a> the drawings in my shop just now...<br />http://thehermitage.etsy.com<br /><br />And to answer Tonia's question about where exactly one can get hold of a paper copy of the Journal - <a href="http://wsupress.wayne.edu/journals/marvels/marvelsb.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>'s the way: <br />http://wsupress.wayne.edu/journals/marvels/marvelsb.html<br /><br />:)Rima Staineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10044701472535300254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-44712172586636783852010-11-25T13:20:14.711+00:002010-11-25T13:20:14.711+00:00I love this notion of saga as female for sage, tha...I love this notion of saga as female for sage, that's going to keep me musing.<br />Have you read Sara Maitland's short stories? I think you would relish her retelling of some of our ancient tales.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-75615092326329853582010-11-25T11:06:33.753+00:002010-11-25T11:06:33.753+00:00They're wonderful drawings Rima, so full of fe...They're wonderful drawings Rima, so full of feeling and so very 'believable'. It's as though they really do exist somewhere. They live in the imagination but by your magical hand you've brought them into the light of the real day. Fantastic! xxJesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17593348601123003194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-29866515562563048842010-11-25T09:54:47.469+00:002010-11-25T09:54:47.469+00:00For some reason (that I can't explain to mysel...For some reason (that I can't explain to myself) I think I loved the Baba Yaga drawing the most. I want to go into her chicken-legged house but it doesn't feel like a safe move: which is how all crones should make you feel. <br />All of it really wonderful - how do I get hold of a paper copy of the journal?Toniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15740360046558563158noreply@blogger.com