Ten Plagues Illustrated
I illustrated the Plagues with videoclips in 2015, but never assembled still images before. Again, thinking about a book… Blood Frogs Lice Flies Murrain (cattle disease) Boils Hail (and fire)...
View ArticleEssay: Religion is Like a Fungus
Some of the most maladaptive social behaviors I see seem to indicate deep human longings for religion and/or magic. Here’s something I wrote about religion in December. It’s weird. You don’t have to...
View ArticleLike Unto the Son of Man
This is supposed to be “one like unto the son of man” with “a sharp twoedged sword” coming “out of his mouth”. However, the sword looks a lot like a necktie. I dunno, all my research of this vision...
View ArticleSomewhat More Like Unto the Son of Man
13 And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle. 14 His head and his hairs were white...
View ArticleThe Mystery of the Seven Stars
20 The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou...
View ArticleThe Early Church
Seven golden candlesticks = 1 temple menorah. The post The Early Church appeared first on Nina Paley.
View ArticleNotes on the Apocalypse
Many battles, much polarization; we are splitting into sides. Online especially, there is right and wrong, good and bad, the “right side of history” and the wrong. Even saying “the right side of...
View ArticleWitnessing a Miracle
The COVID-19 pandemic is a miracle. I mean this in the biblical sense. Biblical miracles are horrific, bringing death and destruction. The Ten Plagues of Exodus were miracles, or at least “wonders.”...
View ArticleExorcise Bike, Part 2: Velocipe Cycladia
Velocipe Cycladia is the Goddess of bicycles and cyclists. I had to make her up, because Madonna del Ghisallo just wan’t cutting it: not enough imagery, not enough paraphernalia, and no exorcisms I...
View ArticleExorcise Bike, Part 3: Prayer for Exorcism
EXORCISE BIKE (A ritual prayer for Titania’s exorcism, to be performed next week after she comes back from a thorough cleaning and parts replacement.) In the name of Velocipe Cycladia, Goddess of...
View ArticleExorcise Bike, Part 4: The Exorcism
Yesterday, Friday August 14, 2020, I performed Titania‘s formal exorcism in the name of Velocipe Cycladia, Goddess of bicycles and cyclists. Big thank you to everyone who attended! Photos by Mike...
View ArticleProtective Bicycle Amulets
Available now at PaleGrayLabs.com. I originally created these for my bike Titania, but got enough stuff to make extras, because selling merch is what made-up religion is all about. Comes with a signed...
View ArticleAngel o’ the Lord
There are a lot of angels in the Book o’ Revelation, and I’ve been dithering about how to depict them. But they mostly seem like they can be represented like this, except for the one that has legs of...
View ArticleNina Bunjevac’s Tarot
This summer I was surprised by several out-of-the blue, generous gifts. One of them was from illustrator Nina Bunjevac, with whom I communicate occasionally on social media – we have a little Mutual...
View Article“Prayer” animation
Today I made this little straight-ahead hand-drawn pencil animation on a little 3×5″ pad. I was trying to give myself a little break from screens. You can see some eraser shreds got caught in the...
View Article“Sleighriding Buddha” for Nancy
A Hundred Dollar Drawing. The post “Sleighriding Buddha” for Nancy appeared first on Nina Paley.
View ArticleLove Thine Enemy
I hated my parents. I hated my school. I hated the cops. I hated all authority. I hate anything that imposes limits on me, that gets in my way. I hate disease, I hate that death is inevitable, I hate...
View ArticleIt is Done
“It is done.” — Revelation 21:6 I’ve finished ApocalypseAnimated.com! All 22 chapters are now illustrated. I will undoubtedly continue to fuss with it, adding and revising things here and there, but...
View ArticleApocalypse Animated video
I made this little “trailer” video for ApocalypseAnimated.com . It’s only 3 minutes long, while there are almost 12 minutes of animation (without even looping!) in the project, so this is but a mere...
View ArticleCowardice Calls to Cowardice Everywhere
Back when I was originally TERFened, I shared “If A Person Has A Penis He’s A Man” by Connie Bryson. I did not write those lyrics, and never claimed I did, but outrage compromises reading...
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