Lindsay Merbaum is a witchy writer and high priestess of home mixology crafting cocktails/mocktails inspired by the moods and themes of contemporary reads. As soon as our mutual writer friend, Jess deCourcy Hinds, introduced us, this interview was fated. Lindsay’s thoughtful responses to our questions brings together so many of the things we at Aromatica Poetica hold dear: writing, scent, mixology, botanical diversity, books, creativity, magic, and more. Leona Godin, our founding editor, interviewed her via email. Aromatica Poetica: …
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Disgruntled Elites * Digital Photography * Joe Lugara
I’ve been an abstract painter for decades. When I began producing digital photographs about six years ago, it was with the goal of pushing them away from traditional photography and a little closer to painting. To do that, I needed to find painterly tools within the software that would enable me to make brushstrokes akin to those in my oils, acrylics, and watercolors. These florals, from a series called “Disgruntled Elites,” are more commonly known around the studio as “curious flowers.” …
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‘The Flowering of the Strange Orchid’ by H. G. Wells
*We were alerted to this story by Olfiction’s Reading and Smelling List, and found it in The Country of the Blind and Other Stories. Collecting orchids is not for the faint-hearted! We at Aromatica Poetica appreciate such strange obsessions, and hope you do too!* The Flowering of the Strange Orchid The buying of orchids always has in it a certain speculative flavour. You have before you the brown shriveled lump of tissue, and for the rest you must trust …
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