M4RI0NETTE

About me:

Something of a forest hippie according to locals and—

"Look mama, a witch!" to one oddly excited small child.

I'm a reserved loner, a shoe-scuffed philosopher, and a massively eccentric author and curator of think-pieces.

I am an independent researcher in ethnobotany, trained through self‑study and mentorship in traditional herbal medicine.
I love getting mentally lost in the woods—gathering berries, roots, mushrooms, and greens in a basket to work with and identify new specimens later.

At present, I'm getting my properties all bundled up—working backwards to declutter by determining the essentials and what I can carry.

I'm not a tourist, or a hipster, I'm a drifter headed out with the bare minimum. This is not for the "aesthetic"—it's necessity. There's no safety net, no family, and no wealth supporting me. I'm disabled and leaving a bad situation.

Ready to saunter off for a simple self-sufficient life.

About my blog: 

My blog is for me to expand and examine my own beliefs—what others believe is their path.
This is a space for genuine dialogue—I'd like to filter out people who treat conversation like an interrogation or a performance. I am not here to be evaluated by others to see if I fit some "egg-head club" or soothe someone else's sense of superiority.
I want to share ideas. I process slowly and need time to formulate and present my thoughts. My writing is the place to find my perspective; I do not offer analysis of unpublished topics.
If you want to discuss ideas I haven't covered yet in private, please bring your own perspective—I will not be the only one sharing analysis. Conversation requires mutual exchange. 

UPCOMING:

I'm currently working on a passion project; an independent essay and historical timeline of the platonic relationships ever-shifting perception over the centuries--originating with the Hellenistic philosophers that proposed passion as a path to enlightenment to how the colloquial definition of platonic came about as we know it today.

A detailed timeline of the semantic shift of "platonic" over the centuries and subsequent decay of meaning and what once was--and can still be.

Love is my gift to the world, how others react is their path.

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"It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society."

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"If you suppress your shadow— 

 you'll look for it in other people."

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 ♫"Ridicule is nothing to be scared of … silk or leather, fur or feather … respect yourself and all of those around you." ♫

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"I'm a tramp, and I live all over the place. I wander about, and when I find a place that I like I put up my tent."

—Snufkin, Comet In Moominland

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♫ "Find your happiness— be kind to yourself." ♫

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"Here comes the time, when people will behave like madmen, and if they see anybody who does not behave like that, they will rebel against him and say: 

" You are mad, " 

—because he is not like them."

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♫ "I don't care—what the trendies may do

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It's not happening to you—it's happening for you

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“They are not sensual pleasures, the pretty things in the world: 

a person’s sensual pleasure is lustful intention; 

the pretty things remain just as they are in the world, 

but the wise remove the desire for them.” – AN 6.63

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"...and so he solaced himself with pacing up and down the little meadow, and writing and carving on the bark of the trees and on the fine sand a multitude of verses all in harmony with his sadness, and some in praise of Dulcinea; but... what distressed him greatly was not having another hermit there to confess him..." 

- Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Don Quixote   

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"...just the great delight of walking alone and liking it."

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 ♫ "Like a bat out of hell, I'll be gone when the morning comes." ♫

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The more I carry with me the heavier the burden.

Who I'd like to meet:

I am an actual recluse; I lack a social drive.
I enjoy my own peaceful company and don't often care for DM-ing strangers.

Discussion in bulletins and comment sections welcome.