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title: "Frenetic Scribblings #27: Hammers and Ink"
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date: 2017-12-28
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I'm drafting this with an actual pen and paper in a borrowed notebook. Because my phone died on the Underground. An excercise in poor planning, typical of me. It's a wonder I've made it this far with my writing streak, to be honest!
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Now, to today's actual topic...
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As I've mentioned in Scribblings past, I'm a little bit of a Norse obsessive.
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I wear a Mjolnir pendant almost 24/7, I want to learn Icelandic despite the fact I suck at languages and Vikings is maybe my favourite TV show ever. For a history buff like myself the fact accuracy is not sacrificed in dramatisation is very pleasing.
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The root of my mild obsession is that the Norse mythos is just so damn cool. From Ygddrasil to the World Serpent, from Hel to Valhalla, it’s incredibly... Metal. And I do love me some metal. (not screamo though… Just the heavy drum, bass and guitar lines)
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I don’t just wear the Mjolnir pendant because it’s neat looking and metal as hell though. There’s an element of superstition behind it too.
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Only superstition, though. Not belief, and certainly not faith. I don’t believe in Odin or Thor (much as I think they’re awesome), just the same as I don’t believe in any god. But I do wear the pendant like a talisman. A good luck charm as it were.
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Perhaps that’s all it takes. Half believing that the pendant brings me luck — even if I don’t *truly* think so — changes my mindset enough that things work out better and I perceive it as luck.
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Maybe I just ruined that effect for myself by thinking too hard about it. A placebo effect as it were. It remains to be seen.
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Sometimes a little magic is nice. But not in the face of facts. Somehow show me evidence of Odin and I’ll happily pray to him.
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Phew… that was hard work. Massive respect to anyone who slogs through NaNoWriMo using pen and paper!
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Until next time — Skál!
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> Though for the day: Rune of Perthro — “The beginning and end are set. What’s in between is yours. Nothing is in vain, all is remembered.” |