Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Protagonist & Praxis: 'Practical Magic's' Sally and Gillian Owens


In the new Snaps! project, Protagonist & Praxis, figures from film are imagined as muses for artistic perspectives, personal vocation, and calls to action. 
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Sisters Sally and Gillian are a part of a maternal line of witches with both magical powers and a curse that dooms the men they fall in love with to tragic deaths. With help from the other women in their family, they confront the curse with their supernatural powers and home-brewed spells.


-Fleetwood Mac’s “Mirage:” Channel the mystical with Fleetwood Mac’s album, “Mirage,” which includes “Gypsy,” “Book of Love,” and “Love in Store.”

-The Complete Dictionary of Symbols by Jack Tresidder: Keep the magical within the everyday: Tresidder’s dictionary includes origins and meanings of symbols from folklore, religious traditions, and cultural beliefs for interpreting dreams and daily iconography.

-Terrarium: Take a cue from the Owens’ ample garden and get inspired by Alice Walker’s “In Search of Our Mother’s Gardens,” her 1983 nonfiction testimony for women of color’s creative spaces within the kitchen, garden, and other domestic spheres. Flex that green thumb by learning to make a terrarium or buying one like this.

-Homemade Potions: Linda Rodin, of Rodin Olio Lusso’s “near-magical” essential oils, first dreamed up her recipes apothecary-style in her kitchen. Read Into The Gloss’s interview here for inspiration on home potions.

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