Tuesdays with Muerte

After 5 years long (and nerdy) years, I've decided to stop feeding my Cosplay board on Pinterest, which has more than 60,000 pins on it. Note: Unfortunately, if I unsubscribe from the board, it will disappear… The purposes of my cosplay collection were: To introduce visitors to a variety of new, fictional characters. To offer the cosplay community creative costume alternatives to traditional takes on characters. To share the joy of viewing well-done cosplay and photography by others. To provide a clean resource of tasteful cosplays, where you don't have to worry about sifting through dozens of source materials exclusively featuring scantily-clad ladies before getting to ones that you could actually wear to a party or convention. My personal purposes in creating it were to: Learn more about all the characters out there in the geek and nerd universes. Honor the creativity people put into recreating and personalizing their favorite characters. Curate a re...

I Was Not Living My Truth As a child, I was told that I was too serious; that I ought to smile more. "What for?!" I'd ponder. "Had someone said something funny? Am I about to have my photo taken?" Too often, our natural gifts and talents are tragically perceived as flaws. I sometimes worry, while walking down the street, that I might be perceived as unfriendly, unemotional, or austere. In my personal relationships, I am concerned that I might come off as too critical or too "honest." In large-group settings, I often feel pressured to socialize and connect because that's what I am supposed to do. I didn't know it until now, but these are all evidence that I had not been living my truth. In Carol Tuttle's  Dressing Your Truth ®  (DYT ℠ ) Energy Profiling™ system, every person has a “Type,” which is determined by the nature of energy expressed in one's physically features and movement. Tuttle argues that when people fail to e...