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A while back on my Instagram feed, I shared photos of my 2020 art study journal. Now here’s the whole thing, though it’s still just a slim and sparse booklet. I kinda didn’t wanna…| benebell wen
A while back on my Instagram feed, I shared photos of my 2020 art study journal. Now here’s the whole thing, though it’s still just a slim and sparse booklet. I kinda didn’t wanna…| benebell wen
Back in 2021 after completing SKT the Third, I shared a scan of my personal art study notes here, “Download My Art Study Journal.” I converted the handwritten notes from pages 25 –…| benebell wen
I’ve written about my self-taught art journey during the pandemic here. I found a bunch of MFA art program syllabuses online and aggregated them together into my own curriculum, then scoured the interwebs for online courses, video lectures, tutorials, books, blogs, anything and everything I could get my hands on to learn composition and the core … Continue reading Critiquing Your Own Art (Handbook)| benebell wen
Left or Right – Which one do you prefer? The left G-rated version that leans more into psychological pain? Or the right bloody version that leans more into the physical manifestation of our s…| benebell wen
This is a wonderful sequel to Jack Chanek’s Tarot for Real Life, a down-to-earth primer that de-mystifies the tarot, whereas here in Tarot for the Magically Inclined: Spells and Spirits to Stack the Deck in Your Favor, we delve straight into the mysteries of the tarot. Chanek guides us in the exploration of tarot and magic, … Continue reading Tarot for the Magically Inclined by Jack Chanek| benebell wen
I was listening to the podcast (a great one, by the way) Occultish Behavior: The Unholy Hour with Ivy Corvus and Justin Bennett, Episode 4: The Monetization of Magic where Ivy and Justin share thei…| benebell wen
You’re probably quite familiar with the “For Dummies” learning series that were popularized in the 90s. The book series published by Wiley & Sons de-mystifies difficult subjects and is known for accessible, easy-to-understand, plainspoken writing. Wiley could not have chosen a better author for the task than my dear friend Charles Harrington. Although the “For … Continue reading “Tarot and Oracle Card Reading” from the For Dummies Learning Series| benebell wen
I guess I’ll start with the ending spoiler: this was not for me. Yet if keto was a cult (sometimes I think it is), the Hubby says he’d join in a heartbeat (he jokes, but you get what he’s saying). The Hubby now swears by keto. Everything about having to be on a ketogenic diet fundamentally … Continue reading My 30 Days on the Ketogenic Diet| benebell wen
Just a note for those who might be interested: the “Learning the Opening of the Key” video and workbook course from 9 years ago is now freely available. You’ll first want to click…| benebell wen
This Chariot card took me 11 months to complete. Well no that’s not a fair representation. What I mean is I started the first draft of this card almost a year ago, and then just… stalle…| benebell wen
I think it was in 2022 that I first realized what it is I was witnessing: the tarot community as I’ve come to know it was dying, though it was also making way for the rise of something else. …| benebell wen
If you got here through the QR code on the box of Fu talismans at ConVocation 2025 that promised to explain what the talismans were, hello! Since this will be a publicly accessible blog post, if yo…| benebell wen
