Open Sorcery

Open Sorcery is the world of Lazarus Halliwell.

Excellence and batshittery, done on purpose.

I’m Lazarus. I make art, music, poems, plays, and magic for the quiet, brilliant, broken ones. If that is you, welcome home. I adopt your kind.

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  • I will follow this shimmering thread to the end…for you, I will…

    inspired by my poem “3:30 AM”, which is published here.

    -Allēna

  • Weird dreams abound.

    So I had a dream last night where I was asked to officiate at the last second for a couple because their officiant bailed, only to find out that the groom had no idea wtf a marriage license even was, didn’t even know where his birth certificate had gone so that they could APPLY for a marriage license, and the bride wasn’t all that invested either. When she found out that we’d have to reschedule the wedding or else it wouldn’t be legally binding at all, she went “oh well, I guess we can play darts instead like you did during YOUR first wedding!” I was like “wtf? I didn’t throw darts during my first wedding?????”

    And it got even stranger because when I woke up, I told Emerson about this batshit dream. He was shOCKED because I was describing HIS COUSIN’S WEDDING almost to a T, and during his aunt’s first wedding, they’d played darts! I didn’t know ANY of this beforehand.

    Hell yeah for going back in time in my sleep I GUESS…

    -Allēna

  • This mind was a pantheon once, and sometimes I miss it still…

    Inspired by my poem “samson”, which appears in my zine field notes from a colder time.

    -Allēna

  • I watched several seasons of Scandal and I just have this shit meme I cooked up to show for it.

    Left: Mellie Grant (Scandal) Right: Kelsier (Mistborn Trilogy)

    Killing God with my middle finger and a loyal crew >>>> being an old money socialite turned politician any day.

    -Allēna

  • Still sick.

    Coughing up a lung every so often. I am probably gonna nap for a bit here shortly. -Allēna

  • Slow day today.

    Both Emerson and Zelda are at work, so I’m alone for now and trying to rest and catch up on things. I feel like I should be doing more, but I’m not sure what I should be doing, plus I’m still trying to get over this blasted cold to boot. Maybe I’ll take a nap and see if I get any ideas… More later, perhaps? -Allēna

  • On one liners.

    Emerson and I ran the poetry workshop today and did a round of the poetry TTRPG for the prompt. Unfortunately I was dice cursed and rolled 1 stanza, one line. My favorite result was this:

    “home is a circle when you live in my head”.

    -Allēna

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  • Watching movies with Emerson.

    Currently we’re watching the first Spy Kids, and it’s every bit as unhinged as I remember… -Allēna

  • Just re-watched Only Lovers Left Alive buried under a pile of blankets.

    Eight watched it with his ex Leigh when he fucked off to Madison, WI for eight months by mistake once, it was one of her favorite movies. Leigh was a hottttt mess, but she had great taste in movies for some reason, and Only Lovers is no exception. It’s a Jim Jarmusch film and every single goddamn frame is a work of art. I love movies and TV, Eight did not, so I remember Leigh having to practically beg, borrow, and steal to get him to watch it. It was worth it, though, and now it’s our favorite vampire movie. Well worth the watch, in my opinion.

    Only Lovers Left Alive is available on Amazon Prime with a subscription for ten more days, watch it while you still can 💛

    -Allēna

  • I think I’m getting sick..

    My throat has been sore for days and I have a cough. So it’s back to sleep for me. Goodnight..

    -Allēna