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Solarune
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[2008-11-30 13:43:22 +0000 UTC]
"vegan / folk musician / writer"
(United Kingdom)
# Statistics
Favourites: 958; Deviations: 43; Watchers: 172
Watching: 170; Pageviews: 47859; Comments Made: 13881; Friends: 170
# Interests
Favorite movies: Nausicäa of the Valley of the Wind, The IllusionistFavorite TV shows: Avatar: Last Airbender, Star Trek TOS, X-Files
Favorite bands / musical artists: Hannah James & Sam Sweeney, Afro Celt Sound System, Blowzabella, Baka Beyond, Solas
Favorite books: Here Lies Arthur by Philip Reeve, The Wind On Fire trilogy by William Nicholson, Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett
Favorite writers: too many. Philip Pullman, Philip Reeve, Vigilo (dA), Aja Romano, Robot Hugs
Favorite gaming platform: Preferably a flat one :P
Tools of the Trade: for music, folk whistles, piano keyboard, mandola, listening; for writing, computer keyboard, pen/paper, observation, experimentation
Other Interests: Cooking, travelling, clog dancing, ceilidh dancing, Playford dancing, bodyboarding, cats, arts and crafts, martial arts, walks in the countryside, photography, knotting, charity/secondhand shops, dressing up as a pirate
# About me
profile picture by my lovely wonderful talented sister Atlantihero-KyoxeiHola. I am Sol. I play folk music and write things, ramble (geographically, when I can, and conversationally, more than I should) and I enjoy delicious vegetarian food and long interesting conversations. I also tie knots and teach people to tie knots.
I speak a decent amount of Spanish – I'm not fully fluent, but I like to practice, so feel free to write to me en español (I'm quarter-Spanish and I lived there for a few years).
I'm not on dA as much as I used to be (and most of my writing is showing its age a bit!) but I occasionally poke my nose in. I have a tumblr where I reblog stuff I like and stuff about what's often broadly termed social justice (more specifically intersectional feminism, anti-racism, LGBTQIA+ rights, making the world more accessible for disabled and non-neurotypical people, anti-classism, anti-capitalism, anti-ageism for both children and the elderly, environmentalism – the list goes on).
I am in no way an expert on any of this stuff, and I always try to listen and to learn, to communicate and participate, to be compassionate and empathic. If I do anything that upsets you or that you consider oppressive, please tell me – I'd much rather be told than not. Discussion and communication is the way forward.
I'm also on Twitter, and I'm a reviewer for Bright Young Folk (you can read my reviews here if you're interested.)
I love: writing, playing music, pianos, folk dancing, books, the colour blue, the sun, delicious vegetarian food, plaid shirts and colourful clothes, happiness, high places in the wind, the early evening, the sea, the smell of the earth in the sun, fresh bread, change, the forest, the city I live in, meeting new people and having random conversations, festivals, my friends, family and my partner. I spend perhaps too much time daydreaming in proportion to living. I have always wanted to fly and I have a strange obsession with potatoes. Potatoes rule.
My inbox is generally in a state of overflow and I go hacking through it with a virtual machete when I can (it's not quite as violent as it sounds, promise), but I have to take it slow for the sake of RL and my sanity. So please don't feel I'm ignoring you if I take six months two years a long while to reply to comments or anything else – I'm not, but I just can't be around dA all the time any more. I love long rambly comments, it just might take me a while to ramble in return. I'm really sorry if you wrote to me ages ago and I never replied. Feel free to write again.
I was an admin over at theWrittenRevolution from 2010 to 2013. They are a wonderful group and were (and still are!) basically my dA family. I highly recommend them if you're looking for critique on your writing. ( Also they're going to take over the world )
Life is not about the destination, but the journey.
The world needs more smiles. So have one.
"It is not fair to treat people as if they are finished beings. Everyone is always becoming and unbecoming." – Kathleen Winter
# Comments
Comments: 1047
I am! Sorry I hardly look at dA any more. Real life gets in the way (in a good way, tho.) How are you?
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No worries! What good things have happened?
Pretty fine! Preparing for a move to Brazil
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Tag a quality deviant: You’re it! Quality doesn’t mean that you have a lot of followers, or a lot of messages. It means that you’re nice to other people, and you deserve to be happy. If you get this message, someone is telling you that they love you as you are, and they don’t care how much followers you have. Send this to 10 deviants who deserve it. If you break the chain, nothing will happen. But it’s just good to let someone know that you love them!
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Hello Solarune, hope everything is well. Still writing? 
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Hello dear! Thank you for the nice comment. Life is very good thanks, I'm not writing as much as I used to but I have done some reviewing for a folk music site.
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You're most welcome, and I'm glad you're doing well!
Thank you.
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Saw the poem written on the twr page and I just needed to know who this amazing person was!
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Aww, thanks for commenting + watching!
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Haha, I can imagine. Nice to meet you too.
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Slightly late, but - happy birthday, lovely! 
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*peers out from under Rock of Shame*
Slightly late!? Ummmm dear V, I'm not quite sure how you're still friends with me, because I completely missed your birthday & haven't written to you for months. (ashamed) Your slight-lateness is a mere drop in the ocean so please don't worry about it and instead please beat me over the head with a fish or something. 
thank you for the message, anyway, it is far nicer than I deserve! in answer, everything is wonderful, I am getting used to staying in Northern England where it is often cold and gets dark early but everyone is friendly and I am having a lovely time. How are you? I hope you are doing wonderfully and CONGRATULATIONS ON THE KCL OFFER.
yours grovellingly etc.
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Happy birthday, Sol! I hope you're well, and have a great day today! 
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Thank you! 
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Happy birthday Sol!
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Thanks!
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It's totally fine, and that's good to hear. Doing well, getting up to holiday things.
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Thank you!
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YOU'RE NOT A REAL PERSON I DON'T BELIEVE IT YOU ARE ACTUALLY TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE
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AWW dear V this made me smile lots. 
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OH HI IT'S YOU I HAVE MISSED YOU HOW WAS THE UK
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HELLO I MISSED YOU TOO TERRIBLY THE UK WAS FANTASTIC AND NOT AS RAINY AS YOU SAID IT WOULD BE (it rained ONCE!) AND I DEARLY WANT TO LIVE IN LONDON NOW I will tell you everything lateeeer how are you?
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Be the friend you hope to find, and one will come eventually.
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I've no idea where this came from or why (unless I'm forgetting some conversation!) but it's strangely appropriate/lovely today. Thank you.
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You had dropped by #House-of-Playwrights , and I thought I'd say "hi" as a way of thanking you.
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I'm just... lurkin around.... don't care about me...
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Hello lovely person!
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It was a great thing to meet you too!
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