There’s something that has been on my dream list or bucket list for my entire adult life. I never thought it would actually happen for me.

You see, I am an avid Froudian, meaning I admire and follow the work of Brian, Wendy, and Toby Froud. If you’ve seen the movies Labyrinth and Dark Crystal, you are already familiar with the Froudian aesthetic without knowing it: both of those movies were visually inspired by Brian Froud’s art, to an extreme extent. Both films are like seeing his paintings come to life.

Although I still love all things Pre-Raphaelite, there are some incredible resources out there now, and I haven’t been updating my blog, The Beautiful Necessity, as much.  I did just share a wonderful project though…a gorgeous calendar of images I highly recommend you support!

There are two new blog posts from the last couple of weeks over at Domythic Bliss.

The newest one, written today, talks about the incredible crowd-funded project, Hedgespoken. It’s extremely magical, enchanted, and marvelous…do go look.

My friend and incredibly talented photographer Rusty McDonald has a very exciting project to fund on IndieGoGo that will be ending in just a few days on October 19th.

Rusty is known for his incredible photography that blurs the line between photographs and fine-art. I’ve been lucky enough to model for him on two occasions.

I live in central Ohio, land of the Ohio State Buckeyes, pickup trucks with gun racks on the back, and rolling cornfields.  Of course there is more to us than that, but when I think of the most magical places on earth, central Ohio certainly isn’t immediately one to come to mind.  But despite our strip malls and Walmart stores, small-town streets laid out in a grid, we have a pretty large secret, and I tend to forget sometimes how powerful it is.