OMG! Italics just bought me A Pysanka for my Easter Basket for my birthday next week! I got the Alpha to my Omega! (OMGOMG!) graveyarddirt: Hutsul Autumn, by Nadia Starovoytova (via Yevshan) “Hutsul” is the sort of Ukrainian I am from my maternal side. My mother described our line as “nomadic mystic cowboy mountain folk”, which is why my Native American (Lakhota) great-grandfather settled with them in the Carpathian Mountains. (<- Motherfucker got so fucking sick travelling across the Atlantic he refused to get back on the boat when it was time for the wild west show to return to the United States.) Hutsuls place a huge emphasis on living intimately, seasonally and sustainably with the land, so it’s little fucking surprise that foraging, scavenging and preserving have played such an important part in my beliefs and practices. When I stumbled across this image on my favourite on-line Ukrainian store (Yevshan) it took every-fucking-thing within me to not froth at the mouth because it’s absolutely perfect. When it arrived several days ago there was much rejoicing and Snoopy dancing, and the celebratin’ continued for a few solid minutes until I caught the newest limited edition Nadia Starovoytova print featuring another Hutsul woman surrounded by hardcore Easter/spring imagery. And now? Owning the Hutsul Autumn print without A Pysanka for my Easter Basket is like only owning the pepper pot from a salt’n’pepper set.

OMG! Italics just bought me A Pysanka for my Easter Basket for my birthday next week! I got the Alpha to my Omega! (OMGOMG!)

graveyarddirt:

Hutsul Autumn, by Nadia Starovoytova (via Yevshan)

“Hutsul” is the sort of Ukrainian I am from my maternal side. My mother described our line as “nomadic mystic cowboy mountain folk”, which is why my Native American (Lakhota) great-grandfather settled with them in the Carpathian Mountains. (<- Motherfucker got so fucking sick travelling across the Atlantic he refused to get back on the boat when it was time for the wild west show to return to the United States.)

Hutsuls place a huge emphasis on living intimately, seasonally and sustainably with the land, so it’s little fucking surprise that foraging, scavenging and preserving have played such an important part in my beliefs and practices. When I stumbled across this image on my favourite on-line Ukrainian store (Yevshan) it took every-fucking-thing within me to not froth at the mouth because it’s absolutely perfect.

When it arrived several days ago there was much rejoicing and Snoopy dancing, and the celebratin’ continued for a few solid minutes until I caught the newest limited edition Nadia Starovoytova print featuring another Hutsul woman surrounded by hardcore Easter/spring imagery. And now? Owning the Hutsul Autumn print without A Pysanka for my Easter Basket is like only owning the pepper pot from a salt’n’pepper set.

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    Love these prints and the link to the shop is fabulous!
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