#purim — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #purim, aggregated by home.social.
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The Blogs: Drawing Strength From Israel’s Future Generation | Aryeh Eisenberg
Most Israeli residents have unfortunately gotten used to the new reality, which includes nightly sirens, ever-changing schedules, travel…
#NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #Aliyah #breakingnews #Iran #Israel #IsraelatWar #Jewisheducation #leadership #Purim
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https://www.europesays.com/iran/2918/ Purim celebrations in Israel move to shelters amid war #BeitShemesh #Iran #Israel #JewishHolidays #OperationRoaringLion #Purim #RocketSirens #TheMediaLine
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Canada loves shooting at Jewish buildings.
"A #Toronto #synagogue was hit by #gunfire late on Monday night, just hours after a #Purim celebration was held there.
No injuries were reported in the #shooting, according to police, which targeted #Reform synagogue #TempleEmanuEl at around 10:49 p.m. The event, which was billed as a “sing-along #shpiel” and costume contest, had run until 9 p.m.
But #Rabbi #DebraLandsberg told reporters that she couldn’t sleep much Monday night: She was still inside the building when the #shooting occurred, and could hear the #gunshots.
“I’m a bit shaken up,” she said. “It is devastating that there are those in this society that want to shatter what we have here.”
https://www.jta.org/2026/03/03/global/toronto-synagogue-hit-by-gunfire-hours-after-purim-event
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"In the final chapter of the #BookofEsther, the book itself is described as an #iggeret, a letter. This is an unusual term for a work that ultimately would become part of #Scripture. Rather than being presented as a formal #sefer or #scroll, the #megillah is cast as a letter of correspondence.
Because #MegillatEsther is framed as an iggeret, #Halacha treats it with greater flexibility. The requirements governing how it is written and how it is read aloud are less rigid than those of other books of Scripture. These leniencies reflect its origins as a letter sent to a dispersed nation to formalize the practices of #Purim and secure them for the future, and it is therefore preserved in #Jewish law in that same form.
The status of the megillah as a letter carries deep symbolism."
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Purim 2026: It’s not over until it’s good
Purim is one of the most dramatic stories in the Bible. At first glance, it looks like a…
#Israel #News #Bible #jerusalem #Jewishholidays #Judaism #Purim #volunteering
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#War is stupid. #Purim is the happiest of Jewish holidays, celebrated with dressing up in costumes and reading the book of Esther, which tells of saving the Jews in ancient Persia (perfect timing). Today, Israelis are celebrating as they can. The photos are all of people participating in the reading in public bomb shelters.
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#War is stupid. #Purim is the happiest of Jewish holidays, celebrated with dressing up in costumes and reading the book of Esther, which tells of saving the Jews in ancient Persia (perfect timing). Today, Israelis are celebrating as they can. The photos are all of people participating in the reading in public bomb shelters.
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#War is stupid. #Purim is the happiest of Jewish holidays, celebrated with dressing up in costumes and reading the book of Esther, which tells of saving the Jews in ancient Persia (perfect timing). Today, Israelis are celebrating as they can. The photos are all of people participating in the reading in public bomb shelters.
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#War is stupid. #Purim is the happiest of Jewish holidays, celebrated with dressing up in costumes and reading the book of Esther, which tells of saving the Jews in ancient Persia (perfect timing). Today, Israelis are celebrating as they can. The photos are all of people participating in the reading in public bomb shelters.
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#War is stupid. #Purim is the happiest of Jewish holidays, celebrated with dressing up in costumes and reading the book of Esther, which tells of saving the Jews in ancient Persia (perfect timing). Today, Israelis are celebrating as they can. The photos are all of people participating in the reading in public bomb shelters.
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"#Purim has long had an association with #drinking to dangerous excess … with the key word being “dangerous.” This comes from a famous story in the #Talmud (#Megillah 7b) about Purim which is often unfortunately only remembered for its opening. It begins:
#Rava said: A person is obligated to become #drunk on Purim to the extent that they don’t know the difference between “cursed be #Haman” and “blessed be #Mordechai.”
This is the source text for drinking to excess, ad d’lo yada, meaning “to the extent that you don’t know.” But lest you think the Talmud speaks with one voice, an anecdote follows that describes the consequences of drinking to excess..."
https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/ask-the-expert-being-an-alcoholic-on-purim/
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"#Purim has long had an association with #drinking to dangerous excess … with the key word being “dangerous.” This comes from a famous story in the #Talmud (#Megillah 7b) about Purim which is often unfortunately only remembered for its opening. It begins:
#Rava said: A person is obligated to become #drunk on Purim to the extent that they don’t know the difference between “cursed be #Haman” and “blessed be #Mordechai.”
This is the source text for drinking to excess, ad d’lo yada, meaning “to the extent that you don’t know.” But lest you think the Talmud speaks with one voice, an anecdote follows that describes the consequences of drinking to excess..."
https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/ask-the-expert-being-an-alcoholic-on-purim/
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"#Purim has long had an association with #drinking to dangerous excess … with the key word being “dangerous.” This comes from a famous story in the #Talmud (#Megillah 7b) about Purim which is often unfortunately only remembered for its opening. It begins:
#Rava said: A person is obligated to become #drunk on Purim to the extent that they don’t know the difference between “cursed be #Haman” and “blessed be #Mordechai.”
This is the source text for drinking to excess, ad d’lo yada, meaning “to the extent that you don’t know.” But lest you think the Talmud speaks with one voice, an anecdote follows that describes the consequences of drinking to excess..."
https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/ask-the-expert-being-an-alcoholic-on-purim/
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"#Purim has long had an association with #drinking to dangerous excess … with the key word being “dangerous.” This comes from a famous story in the #Talmud (#Megillah 7b) about Purim which is often unfortunately only remembered for its opening. It begins:
#Rava said: A person is obligated to become #drunk on Purim to the extent that they don’t know the difference between “cursed be #Haman” and “blessed be #Mordechai.”
This is the source text for drinking to excess, ad d’lo yada, meaning “to the extent that you don’t know.” But lest you think the Talmud speaks with one voice, an anecdote follows that describes the consequences of drinking to excess..."
https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/ask-the-expert-being-an-alcoholic-on-purim/
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"#Purim has long had an association with #drinking to dangerous excess … with the key word being “dangerous.” This comes from a famous story in the #Talmud (#Megillah 7b) about Purim which is often unfortunately only remembered for its opening. It begins:
#Rava said: A person is obligated to become #drunk on Purim to the extent that they don’t know the difference between “cursed be #Haman” and “blessed be #Mordechai.”
This is the source text for drinking to excess, ad d’lo yada, meaning “to the extent that you don’t know.” But lest you think the Talmud speaks with one voice, an anecdote follows that describes the consequences of drinking to excess..."
https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/ask-the-expert-being-an-alcoholic-on-purim/
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purim.. when a fanatic takes over persia threatens to murder us all and we prevail - thanks to a woman - and celebrate by getting drunk and eating cookies shaped like his ears
taxes.. we owe much less than i thought we would
adulting.. some dental work today
#taxes #purim #hamantaschen #mazeldon #persia #adulting #dentist
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KKL-JNF unveils Purim celebration archival photos
As Israel marks Purim under the shadow of ongoing war, moments of shared joy feel especially significant. In…
#Israel #News #Jewishholidays #kkl #kklisrael #KKL-JNF #Purim #telaviv
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"At the center of #Hamadan, #Iran, one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world, stands the holiest site for #Jews in Iran: a small brick mausoleum traditionally believed to hold the #tombs of #Esther and #Mordechai.
For at least the past 15 years, the #tomb has become a flashpoint for protest reacting to #Iranian regime–propagated narratives that frame the #Book of Esther not as a tale of #Jewish survival, but as a genocide of 75,000 #Iranians perpetrated by the Jews. Each year on #Purim, #protesters gather outside the mausoleum. At times, they have thrown #Molotovcocktails at the building or burned #Israeli flags.
Iranian Jewish leaders have responded with carefully worded appeals to the Interior Ministry, emphasizing their loyalty to the state and asking that protests not be held at the sacred site."
https://forward.com/news/808558/iran-jews-purim-esther-genocide/
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"At the center of #Hamadan, #Iran, one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world, stands the holiest site for #Jews in Iran: a small brick mausoleum traditionally believed to hold the #tombs of #Esther and #Mordechai.
For at least the past 15 years, the #tomb has become a flashpoint for protest reacting to #Iranian regime–propagated narratives that frame the #Book of Esther not as a tale of #Jewish survival, but as a genocide of 75,000 #Iranians perpetrated by the Jews. Each year on #Purim, #protesters gather outside the mausoleum. At times, they have thrown #Molotovcocktails at the building or burned #Israeli flags.
Iranian Jewish leaders have responded with carefully worded appeals to the Interior Ministry, emphasizing their loyalty to the state and asking that protests not be held at the sacred site."
https://forward.com/news/808558/iran-jews-purim-esther-genocide/
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"At the center of #Hamadan, #Iran, one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world, stands the holiest site for #Jews in Iran: a small brick mausoleum traditionally believed to hold the #tombs of #Esther and #Mordechai.
For at least the past 15 years, the #tomb has become a flashpoint for protest reacting to #Iranian regime–propagated narratives that frame the #Book of Esther not as a tale of #Jewish survival, but as a genocide of 75,000 #Iranians perpetrated by the Jews. Each year on #Purim, #protesters gather outside the mausoleum. At times, they have thrown #Molotovcocktails at the building or burned #Israeli flags.
Iranian Jewish leaders have responded with carefully worded appeals to the Interior Ministry, emphasizing their loyalty to the state and asking that protests not be held at the sacred site."
https://forward.com/news/808558/iran-jews-purim-esther-genocide/
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"At the center of #Hamadan, #Iran, one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world, stands the holiest site for #Jews in Iran: a small brick mausoleum traditionally believed to hold the #tombs of #Esther and #Mordechai.
For at least the past 15 years, the #tomb has become a flashpoint for protest reacting to #Iranian regime–propagated narratives that frame the #Book of Esther not as a tale of #Jewish survival, but as a genocide of 75,000 #Iranians perpetrated by the Jews. Each year on #Purim, #protesters gather outside the mausoleum. At times, they have thrown #Molotovcocktails at the building or burned #Israeli flags.
Iranian Jewish leaders have responded with carefully worded appeals to the Interior Ministry, emphasizing their loyalty to the state and asking that protests not be held at the sacred site."
https://forward.com/news/808558/iran-jews-purim-esther-genocide/
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"At the center of #Hamadan, #Iran, one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world, stands the holiest site for #Jews in Iran: a small brick mausoleum traditionally believed to hold the #tombs of #Esther and #Mordechai.
For at least the past 15 years, the #tomb has become a flashpoint for protest reacting to #Iranian regime–propagated narratives that frame the #Book of Esther not as a tale of #Jewish survival, but as a genocide of 75,000 #Iranians perpetrated by the Jews. Each year on #Purim, #protesters gather outside the mausoleum. At times, they have thrown #Molotovcocktails at the building or burned #Israeli flags.
Iranian Jewish leaders have responded with carefully worded appeals to the Interior Ministry, emphasizing their loyalty to the state and asking that protests not be held at the sacred site."
https://forward.com/news/808558/iran-jews-purim-esther-genocide/
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"Unfortunately, many people know the holiday of #Purim, which occurs next week, only as the “#Jewish #Halloween” – as a big dress-up (or strip-down) party celebrated with meaningless mirth and carnival-like abandon.
I beg to offer a more sober, #theological, and #kabbalistic gloss on the #holiday.
#Tanach (the Bible), #Talmud, #Halacha, and #Kabbalah elevate #wine from beverage to blessing – linking joy to holiness, song to gratitude, and harvest to hope.Drinking wine on Purim is a method of catapulting our consciousness to a perfected world where God’s presence is dominant and evil is vanquished.
Throughout the Jewish canon, beginning with the Bible, the vital relationships between man and woman, between man and God, and between the Jewish people and their God are expressed via the metaphors of vine and wine."
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No, Purim is not Jewish Halloween – this is why
Unfortunately, many people know the holiday of Purim, which occurs next week, only as the “Jewish Halloween” – as a big dress-up (or strip-down) party celebrated with meaningless mirth and carnival-like abandon. I beg to offer a more sober, theological, and ka…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Wine #bible #israeliwine #JewishHistory #Jewishholidays #judaism #Purim
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No, Purim is not Jewish Halloween – this is why
Unfortunately, many people know the holiday of Purim, which occurs next week, only as the “Jewish Halloween” – as a big dress-up (or strip-down) party celebrated with meaningless mirth and carnival-like abandon. I beg to offer a more sober, theological, and ka…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Wine #bible #israeliwine #JewishHistory #Jewishholidays #judaism #Purim
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No, Purim is not Jewish Halloween – this is why
Unfortunately, many people know the holiday of Purim, which occurs next week, only as the “Jewish Halloween” – as a big dress-up (or strip-down) party celebrated with meaningless mirth and carnival-like abandon. I beg to offer a more sober, theological, and ka…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Wine #bible #israeliwine #JewishHistory #Jewishholidays #judaism #Purim
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2535184/no-purim-is-not-jewish-halloween-this-is-why/ -
No, Purim is not Jewish Halloween – this is why
Unfortunately, many people know the holiday of Purim, which occurs next week, only as the “Jewish Halloween” – as a big dress-up (or strip-down) party celebrated with meaningless mirth and carnival-like abandon. I beg to offer a more sober, theological, and ka…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Wine #bible #israeliwine #JewishHistory #Jewishholidays #judaism #Purim
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2535184/no-purim-is-not-jewish-halloween-this-is-why/ -
No, Purim is not Jewish Halloween – this is why https://www.diningandcooking.com/2535184/no-purim-is-not-jewish-halloween-this-is-why/ #bible #IsraeliWine #JewishHistory #JewishHolidays #judaism #Purim #Wine
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No, Purim is not Jewish Halloween – this is why https://www.diningandcooking.com/2535184/no-purim-is-not-jewish-halloween-this-is-why/ #bible #IsraeliWine #JewishHistory #JewishHolidays #judaism #Purim #Wine
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No, Purim is not Jewish Halloween – this is why https://www.diningandcooking.com/2535184/no-purim-is-not-jewish-halloween-this-is-why/ #bible #IsraeliWine #JewishHistory #JewishHolidays #judaism #Purim #Wine
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https://anabaptistworld.org/queen-vashti-says-no/
If you are like me and looking for an alternative way to engage with the #Jewish holiday of #Purim this year, I strongly recommend this bit of midrash (which lets us see into the mind of #QueenVashti before she bravely said no to the king) written by a professor at Eastern #Mennonite University.
Also, on a side note, I'm really happy with the number of recent articles in Anabaptist World magazine that have brought Jewish thinking and ways of engagement (such as midrash) to its pages. It obviously fits into my own bi-religious orientation, but I also think there is fertile ground for some new epiphanies when we consider concepts from different theological/philosophical perspectives.
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on the other trafficked girls in Esther
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.lifeisasacredtext.com/esthertrafficking/
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"There are never enough #Jewish #holiday #movies.
The holiday of #Purim is a time when #Jews traditionally congregate to read #Megillat #Esther, a #story filled with intrigue, emotions, violence, and more. And yet, while a holiday like Passover has the incredible #films “The Ten Commandments” and “The Prince of Egypt,” Purim has no such movie.
Until someone makes an ageless classic worthy of turning on every Purim, we need to find something to watch.
To try to help you have something to put on during your Purim revelry and celebration, I watched every single adaptation of the #Book of Esther I could get my hands on..."
https://unpacked.media/the-best-purim-movies-about-queen-esther/
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"What is a holiday like #Purim doing on the #Jewish calendar? What is a #book like #Esther doing in the #Tanakh? Was the holiday really established the way that the book of Esther describes, following intrigue at the #Persian court and the last minute intervention of a Jewish queen that saved her people from massacre? (And let’s not forget the massacre of Persians that happens instead.)
The story itself belongs to a genre that stretches back to #Joseph’s time in #Egypt, that of the Jewish courtier ensconced in a foreign court, and it is a genre that continues today wherever a #Jew is portrayed as a fish out of water in the #Diaspora and ends up in a position of influence. Another early story of this type, #Daniel, has its protagonist trying to survive in the court of #Babylon, and some scholars have guessed (because we can only guess) that the story of Esther began circulating around the same time as Daniel, perhaps during the fourth century #BCE."
https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/the-origins-of-purim/
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This month in Jewish history: First permanent Israeli gov’t
Adar 1, 2448 (1313 BCE) According to tradition, the ninth biblical plague to strike the Egyptians for their…
#Israel #News #Byzantine #egypt #germany #history #Jewishhistory #magazine #moses #Purim #telaviv
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A look at how the Book of Esther grew everything from extra prayers to love triangles to cloven-hoofed devils once Hollywood got involved. Fidelity vs. embellishment says a lot about the storytellers—and the eras reshaping the tale.
#Esther #BibleHistory #FilmHistory #Adaptations #Cinema #OldHollywood #Purim #CulturalHistory #Storytelling #BiblicalStudies
https://pablohoneyfish.wordpress.com/2025/11/29/and-the-golden-rooster-goes-to-esther-and-the-king/ -
Jüdische Lebensgeschichten mit Gerhard Haase-Hindenberg
„Ich bin noch nie einem Juden begegnet“ – mit diesem Satz seien so ziemlich alle Menschen, die Gerhard…
#Moenchengladbach #Deutschland #Deutsch #DE #Schlagzeilen #Headlines #Nachrichten #News #Europe #Europa #EU #Mönchengladbach #Buch #Germany #Haase #Hindenberg #Juden #Judentum #jüdisch #Marion #Nordrhein-Westfalen #Purim #Rachel #Satz #wusste
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Purim in Tel Aviv should be on your bucket list! 😃💙 Trust me.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHR5tydt1SI/?igsh=MXI2bjd5Nm15MG9mcA==
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Purim in Tel Aviv should be on your bucket list! 😃💙 Trust me.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHR5tydt1SI/?igsh=MXI2bjd5Nm15MG9mcA==
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Purim in Tel Aviv should be on your bucket list! 😃💙 Trust me.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHR5tydt1SI/?igsh=MXI2bjd5Nm15MG9mcA==
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Purim in Tel Aviv should be on your bucket list! 😃💙 Trust me.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHR5tydt1SI/?igsh=MXI2bjd5Nm15MG9mcA==
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Purim in Tel Aviv should be on your bucket list! 😃💙 Trust me.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHR5tydt1SI/?igsh=MXI2bjd5Nm15MG9mcA==
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Although memories of the suffering endured by our people will one day be nullified, as Isaiah (65:16) prophesied: "For the former suffering will be forgotten and for they will be hidden from My eye," the celebration of Purim will never be nullified, as it is written (Esther 9:28): "And these days of Purim will not pass from among the Jews, nor will their remembrance cease from their descendants."
(Mishneh Torah, Megillah and Chanukah 2:17)
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It is better to increase in gifts to the poor than to increase the size of the Purim feast or food portions sent to friends. For there is no greater and more splendid joy than to gladden the hearts of the poor, the orphans, the widows, and the converts. One who gladdens the hearts of the downtrodden resembles the Divine Presence, which Isaiah (57:15) describes as always there "to revive the spirit of the lowly and the broken hearted."
(Mishneh Torah, Megillah and Chanukah 2:17)
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Last night I wanted to explore the world of #Mana a bit more in watercolours, so I decided to paint a scene I had in mind to celebrate a Dutch Discord friend getting a new job.
#FiXatoPaints #FiXatoCreative #SecretOfMana #GreatForest #spring #springForest #Primm #Purim #Purimu #rabite #rabites #SNES #gameArt #SuperNintendo #gaming #Mana #WorldOfMana
#painting
#mastoArt #fediArt #artShare #creativeToot #creativeToots
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Last night I wanted to explore the world of #Mana a bit more in watercolours, so I decided to paint a scene I had in mind to celebrate a Dutch Discord friend getting a new job.
#FiXatoPaints #FiXatoCreative #SecretOfMana #GreatForest #spring #springForest #Primm #Purim #Purimu #rabite #rabites #SNES #gameArt #SuperNintendo #gaming #Mana #WorldOfMana
#painting
#mastoArt #fediArt #artShare #creativeToot #creativeToots
#aquarelle #aquarel #akvarell #waterColour #waterColours #waterColor -
Last night I wanted to explore the world of #Mana a bit more in watercolours, so I decided to paint a scene I had in mind to celebrate a Dutch Discord friend getting a new job.
#FiXatoPaints #FiXatoCreative #SecretOfMana #GreatForest #spring #springForest #Primm #Purim #Purimu #rabite #rabites #SNES #gameArt #SuperNintendo #gaming #Mana #WorldOfMana
#painting
#mastoArt #fediArt #artShare #creativeToot #creativeToots
#aquarelle #aquarel #akvarell #waterColour #waterColours #waterColor -
Last night I wanted to explore the world of #Mana a bit more in watercolours, so I decided to paint a scene I had in mind to celebrate a Dutch Discord friend getting a new job.
#FiXatoPaints #FiXatoCreative #SecretOfMana #GreatForest #spring #springForest #Primm #Purim #Purimu #rabite #rabites #SNES #gameArt #SuperNintendo #gaming #Mana #WorldOfMana
#painting
#mastoArt #fediArt #artShare #creativeToot #creativeToots
#aquarelle #aquarel #akvarell #waterColour #waterColours #waterColor
