Zoraphel

Side profile of Zoraphel with hair in a french twist

I've been trying for some time to get a french twist that stays in place, finally got it! Stay tuned for more important life updates 😂

#longhairdontcare

photo of Zoraphel with makeup done, blank expression

Late night selfie

photo of Zoraphel with makeup done, blank expression

Late night selfie

Amy Sherald Cancels Her Smithsonian Show, Citing Censorship

Amy Sherald says the Smithsonian suggested removing a painting of a transgender woman as the Statue of Liberty from her upcoming show at the National Portrait Gallery “to avoid provoking President Trump.” Sherald: “I cannot in good conscience comply with a culture of censorship”

A glut

Zoraphel wearing a pink shirt, pink glasses, pink necklace, pink lipstick

Going with an all-pink theme today

Two-color gold and teal illustration of a lamb of tartary, with the plant's roots surrounding a sheep skeleton underground. The text reads "despite everything, it's still you." The style is reminiscent of a riso or screenprint.

lamb of tartary and rebirth

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Hi, I know I've reposted this a lot lately and people have been so generous and kind but I truly cannot stress enough just how important and pressing this shit is (far more than it was 3 days ago) and literally anything you can throw my way will help IMMENSELY

This approach to queer identity seems to be drenched in the legal landscape of the US, ensuring civil right on the basis of innate or inborn characteristics.

And I'm telling you right now I don't give a shit if my tranny dykehood is innate or not. Choosing to be like me is not a fucking sin.

Learning how to say the true things without being afraid of what certain people think. The truth has been coming out in my music, but I can't use that as the only channel. There's too much that needs to be said!

I want to be one person, not a different person as needed to make people comfortable.

Take Me Home / Long Gone, by Zoraphel 2 track album

Two new songs up on Bandcamp: zoraphel.bandcamp.com/album/take-m...

These are the first two tracks from my album in progress, "Transubstantial". Written ten years apart, they both came from times in my life when I was questioning my next move.

#originalmusic #singersongwriter #synthpop

new year, new album! this one is going to sound unlike anything I've done so far and feels more true to me than anything else I've done. stay tuned for more

#originalmusic #religioustrauma #deconstruction #synthesizer #drummachine #piano #rock #queermusic #transrights

Photo of Zoraphel by the window, outfit and wall art are in pale cream and pink tones

Winter morning tones

Picture of Zoraphel in a blue flannel shirt and skirt with golden hour light

Feeling a little fancy after getting some home improvement work done earlier today

#sundayselfie

Picture of Zoraphel in a blue flannel shirt and skirt with golden hour light

Feeling a little fancy after getting some home improvement work done earlier today

#sundayselfie

Oil painting of a dark-skinned man wearing elaborate white robes decorated with a pattern of leaves, holding an ivory ornament on which a red bird is perched.

Love doing reference research and stumbling across something beautiful. Hieronymus Bosch, "Adoration of the Magi," 1485-1500 (detail).

Read this comic! You won't regret it

Dear people of America: *this* is the kind of stuff you shouldn’t say in response to the Māori people and the US. You have Native and Indigenous people here, working *relentlessly* with our own practices and medicines that never go viral or get uplifted bc this culture refuses to give us the chance.

Inside of me are two wolves, one of them is Chappell Roan and Adrianne Lenker is the other one

Always 💖

Don't make me tap the sign

Same! Fanciest thrown together meal possible

Pencil sketches of wolves and bats

Spooky sketches

#art #sketchbook #spooky

A black and white comic showing a toddler riding an imaginary horse they are obsessed with

I forgot how much fun I had drawing these little comics, might have to get back to it

#comics #art

A Bone and Lord of the Rings mashup. Black and white scene depicting the hooded one searching for the Bones who are hiding in tree roots, much like the ring wraith and hobbits in the Fellowship of the Ring

A little Bone/LOTR mashup I did a while back

It's so good! Just started a second read through

Have you tried turning it off and back on again and off and back on again and off and back on again and off and back on again and off and back on again and off and back on again and off and back on again and off and back on again and off and back on again and off and back on again?

Habanada Peppers - The Non-Spicy Habanero Variety - Pepper Geek Habaneros are spicy, and some people don't like that. Habanada peppers have the fruity and flowery aroma of habaneros with none of the heat!

I love the habanada pepper, it's amazing: peppergeek.com/habanada-pep.... All the flavor of the habanero without the potential for terrible burning