Winter ASMR Relaxation Video Brand

 

The Playlist of the older shorter Videos on my Brand Channel:

 

The 1 Hour Version I Just Finished Last Night:

The 3 Hour Version:

The Reasons Why this is TAKING SO LONG:

 Pesky Hackers:

I'd actually been working on this concept since 2016, and was wanting to shift this direction since 2019, but My computer was hacked very badly at the end of October-Early November of 2019 that I had NO COMPUTER until August of 2020, so WAY BEFORE people took the pandemic seriously.

I did actually shoot a lot of footage in 2018-2019, then started shooting at the end of 2020 & early 2021. I also got a gift from my brother, and was also working on a project with him. 

PATHETICALLY BAD INTERNET:

My so-called Broadband Internet in my section of South Weymouth (Massachusetts, 02190) is rigged. They're been promising us access to FIOS since 2002, but the specific spot we happen to have our neighborhood in is rigged by Verizon & Comcast, so even if u switch to Comcast, u STILL need to go through the monopoly of Verizon. 

Meanwhile, Down the street at Starbucks, Wholefoods, or in the other direction in South Field/Union Point, they have EXTREMELY FAST INTERNET. Or across the street from my neighborhood, they're laying in NEW INTERNET for the so-called "LUXURY" apartments. 

I literally had better internet when G.W. Bush was president in 2005. Meanwhile, the internet NOW is worse than that, so we finally got a Wireless internet from T-Mobile, and the call to Verizon had the dude on the phone stuttering.  

Yeah, EMBARRASSING.

New Electrical System Installed Into Building

Not only did we have several Power-outs since September, especially in October due to storms, so, before we got the new internet, our building needed a new electrical system installed since ours was from the 1960s-ish. The date on this got pushed back from August to September, then it kept getting pushed back further & further, October, November, then December... It also was an awful experience. 

So, that had to be done BEFORE we got the new internet, and ALL the furniture was moved several times, and we're STILL re-ranging everything. We also had Thanksgiving Holidays, all sorts of shopping stuff we had to do, and medical stuff. And, I'm also a Pokemon freak, and Pokemon EVERYTHING was frequently happening simultaneously. And I'm somewhat popular now on Twitter in the Pokemon fandom, as well as locally in Pokemon Go, including on Discord. It's a BIG DEAL in new England to play Pokemon Go. I also got most of the new PokeStops & PokeGyms in the area. I'm a major contributor. 

We were supposed to get #FIOS by 2006. They NEVER INSTALLED ANYTHING TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
Screw u #Verizon! The ONLY REASON ur legally allowed to hike prices IS TO PAY FOR UPKEEP & UPGRADES but it's WORSE THAN 2005!
I GOT #TMobile #Wireless internet!
I will tell my neighbors! pic.twitter.com/CJdVoauA0D

— Black UniGryphon Arts 烏獨角獸 (@GryphonUni) December 3, 2021

YAY FAST INTERNET!!!!

So, it's not as fast as UMASS Boston, but I WILL TAKE IT!!!!

I can upload LONG videos now.

I've put quite a lot of effort into this content starting YEARS AGO. I was shooting the B-Roll Footage as part of this concept, as well as another TV Show that did actually air 2 episodes of in 2019 that I work on with my friend Roland. I actually LOST most of this footage tho. 

I shot footage of all kinds of snow, nature, interior decor, and many other subjects. Typical B-Roll stuff. 

Before, when I started this channel in August 2020, I only could upload UP TO 10 MIN of video length. Then, sometime this year (2021) YouTube allowed me to upload longer content. So, I stopped doing 10 min cuts, and just allowed them to go to whatever full length I wanted. But my internet was so slow, and so poor, that anything long than 15-20 could clog up the internet for a whole day just to upload, AND if it timed out, or crashed, u had to START ALL OVER!  If you think THAT'S BAD, just trying to upload a SINGLE PHOTOGRAPH to Flickr or 500PX was MADDENING. 

But, now I can upload videos, and also get back into streaming like I did in 2018. 

Since Lockdown, I got a new WACOM CINTIQ, and I also got to use a variety of new software including stuff by Escape Motions. I've been using Rebelle 3, and I ALSMOT got Rebelle 4 on Black Friday/Cyber Monday, but they teased out Rebelle 5, and Rebelle 4 isn't even 1 year old yet, n I JUST GOT Rebelle 3 last year on Black Friday 2020, so when Rebelle 4 dropped quickly after and I saw how GOOD IT WAS, I was mad. 

Anyways, I've been using Rebelle 3 to make the Chinese Stamps & Paper Labels. I'm wanting to get Rebelle 5 probably, or 4. I saw the cool stuff that 4 does.

I've also been obsessed off & on with Chinese Chengyu and Chinese Idioms. Including making new ones, or fake ones. Some people insist that only ancient Chenyu are real Chengyu, but businesses use the Chengyu format to make slogans, and brands, and titles of stories or movies... and, those same people still consider those as Chengyu, even tho they are not ancient. An actual Chinese Chengyu consists of 4 words only to convey a larger idea. It's also a type of poetry & language arts. I often meddle with it in both modern Simplified Chinese, and old Traditional Chinese text. I'm not an expert in it, but I am at a level with my Chinese that I can comprehend that there's something there. But, when I was in my teens or 20s it was way over my head. I also like to re-work old well-known Chengyu, and switch the words around. I also think it's funny or humorous at times.

Both as an artist & philosopher, its given me a lot to ponder & consider. There's other kinds of similar

idioms language arts poetry that Chengyu came from, including a type of ancient Chinese formal language. (古文 gǔwén "ancient text", or 文言 wényán "text speak", 文言文 wényánwén "text speak text") Sometimes it's referred to a "Classical Chinese" but there's many things these things are called, and it gets lost when trying to explain it in English. Also, even in Chinese they call it different things, view it differently from person to person, and its also not always appreciated for the high minded & sophisticated intelligence the ancient peoples utilized to create these. 

Some of this ancient language may have been created to separate people in different classes on society, and could ONLY be understood if one was educated to. Also, some people were so intelligent that they COULD ACTUALLY SPEAK in this manner, not just in writing. But, over the centuries, it became integrated into culture through music & dramas like operas, songs, and popular poetry. So, most people could eventually understand it. 

Chengyu are THE MOST interesting since they use ONLY 4 words.

But this style of language arts is ALSO used for Chinese names. In Mainland China today, people have a "MingZi" as their legal name (but in Ancient times, there were many other types of names) so, they use this method for the names. 

My Chinese name also uses this style by putting 3 characters together: 任思麒

So, for my brand channels "Oppressed By Violet", and "Oppressed By Purple" I used different ways of creating this type of language arts. 

For "Oppressed By Purple" I wrote the Chinese Seal/Stamp as a Chengyu, but for "Oppressed By Violet" I used this style but in 9 Characters instead of a Changyu. They both literally say the exact same thing, and it took me hours to figure it out this summer. 

The entire ordeal is itself a major puzzle. If you've ever heard of an ancient Chinese Poet, Li Bai, his work is often mind blowing to me, especially when I look at the words written out. He actually was so smart & clever that he could write poetry while drunk. When you look at the words you can also see how he placed the words together, and some of his poems in Mandarin that don't rhyme can actually Rhyme in Cantonese. My daughter could actually receipt some of his poems when she was a child. 

I also quite enjoy always returning to Dao De Jing by Laozi (Tao Te Ching by Laozu). It's a personal favorite, since I am a philosopher and an artist. What I like most about this book is the methods applied to THINKING, like if something isn't working out, problem solving, or also to explain why everything has gone wrong. Alan Watts often commented on this text himself, and is a favorite topic of Zen masters (Zen is also known as Chan). 

The funny thing about all the setbacks was that I actually handled everything rather well. All the computer crashes, and computer hackers, and stalkers. I never suffered from any of the problems other people had during Lockdown/Quarantine. I actually benefited a lot from it, and even the setbacks tempered me, my resolve, my patience, and I never suffered from the stressed or depression other did. 

Many of my dreams & ambitions actually DID COME TRUE. I got a lot of PokeStops & PokeGyms into my community, whereas in 2019 there was only about 4 PokeGyms, ans some sparce PokeStops here & there. 

I got my WACOM CINTIQ the EXACT SIZE that I wanted. I got a Nintendo Switch, that I wanted this year. I also got THE LENS I'd ALWAYS WANTED. We also updated parts of our home, like redoing the bathroom, expanding the garden in my so-called balcony on the 1st floor, and we got better foods & nutrition. Not only did we get a new Fishtank, but we got 2!!! AND, we even got a CAT!!!! 

I also have multiple screens on my computer!

All the bullies that were a pesky problem either made peace with me, or went away. People that had abused me badly when I was young actually came out of the woodwork & apologized. I also even reconnected with OLD FRIENDS. Also made some NEW FRIENDS and we do Pokemon Go Raid Hour every week! 

 Hopes & Dreams For The Future

 I am hoping that all of my work on this stuff pays off, meaning I would like for it to find an audience. It's my hope that I could grow a following for this content. I've spent SO MANY HOURS shooting video content for this Brand Channel Concept, and I would like for it to get the views it deserves. Before COVID there weren't that many channels doing this kind of stuff in the ASMR niche, but its exploded since then. I was frustrated that my shorter videos were just NOT CUTTING IT, so I'm hoping to break into that market.... altho' I'm NOT actually interested in making money. Just sharing this type of content, and I would like the VIEWS to MATCH the appreciation level of the popular videos that don't even have good quality to them. 

I'm HOPING that by next years, the longer videos will have the views in the thousands because I WORKED SO HARD ON THIS STUFF. I know that people enjoy this kind of ASMR Relaxation content, so I would HOPE they would eventually find their eyeballs & ears upon mine.

 I'm hoping to re-work the winter videos some more, and put out some longer ones; perhaps even  some live streams.

If you'd like to see my Recent Photography you can find it on my 500PX Gallery.

Tribal Fusion Bellydance Test Photos December 2011 - Day Set With 001

These were also some of the test frames. You can see the remote in my hand.

The pants I'm wearing are by Melodia, which are incredibly expensive. I got these on clearance, and they were STILL over $80! Yeesh! Regardless, I LOVED THESE PANTS!

The creator of the pants/company is actually a very nice lady/artist/teacher/blogger, tho'. She's tweeted me several times over the years. I believe she hand makes the items with her heavy duty machines. But, I think most people have worn out their Melodia pants and used the bits to make other things.

These were also pants that I often got questions about like:

I love your pants, where did you get them?
Those pants look awesome! Are they comfortable?
Are those Melodia pants? 
I've never seen purple Melodia pants before! Where did you get those?

Unfortunately, despite being so expensive, the crotch wore out fast, and I had to constantly resew them, until the crotch just totally wore out. The pants only lasted about a year with me trying to patch them up constantly. I even tried sewing on T-Shirt material patched  with a honey comb stitch, but it only kept it together for a little while. I guess it's the organic material with the Lycra or spandex materials.

I wore these in dance practice, yoga classes, and normal inactive days because they were so comfortable.

I used the broken pants to make my boho kaftan.

Boho Chic Christmas Purple Arden B 004

I like feathers! I've ALWAYS liked feathers! I used to collect feathers since I was a toddler. I remember going to the Philadelphia Zoo when I was like 2 or 3 with my Grandparents, parents, and my aunt, and finding feathers all over the ground everywhere. My grandmother got a plastic ziplock bag, and started filling it with the feathers I kept finding. Most of them were BLACK. I also grew up raising chickens as a kid. I had all the feathers I could ever want at the time. 

Not only that, but I'm part Native American. (Mescalero Apache Nation) and since I was in the 6th grade everyone kept calling me Pocahontas (an that was LONG BEFORE there was a Disney cartoon). It was my nickname, probably because I wore feathers in my hair everyday. 

If you want to know how it feels to be judged by how you look, for being different, then I dare you to go a whole year wearing feathers in your hair, or on your glasses, among yuppies, when it's NOT IN FASHION and you will KNOW how it feels to have visceral HATE and prejudice targeted at you for NOT CONFORMING. feathers have an incredibly special meaning to me. 

I DID NOT want to be like the yuppies in New Jersey. I did NOT want to be a superficial, fake, nasty, hatefully bully, nor to be told WHAT I ought to THINK, the way I ought to talk, dress, live or conduct myself. 

Each time they picked on me for wearing feathers, the MORE I wanted to wear them. For every brat, bitch, stuck-up snob that started shit with me, I wanted to be MORE whom I was inside. Those feathers represented who I REALLY WAS, and that I was NOT ONE OF THEM. In the 5th grade, I went from being a popular person, to being friendless on principle. And, my ENTIRE Middle School experience with only a few exceptions was utterly horrid. I use to get beaten up, brutalized, picked on, accosted, and not just by my peers in my own grade, or older kids, but by a teacher, whom also allowed my victimizing to occur and enabled it. 

Back then, I was religious, and I used to practice Christian pacifism which meant that if I was attacked I couldn't retaliate nor exact revenge, however, if someone else was in trouble I could stand up to their attackers on their behalf like a martyr. Not only that, but I had to forgive, love, and pray for my abusers. 

Honestly, I would NEVER teach this to anyone today, because I think it's a horrible way to live, and enables victim-hood. 

Feathers represent a number of things. For one they symbolize the element of AIR. Air or Wind is kind of a theme with me. My Astrological Ascendant/Rising-Sign and my Moon/Lunar Sign are both LIBRA which is a Zodiac Sign associated with the element of AIR as well as INTELLECT or the MIND. Libra also is known for its association with a love and appreciation of Beauty or beautiful things (arts & nature appreciation). Yet, feathers themselves are firm, but they flex, and have give to them. they can cut THROUGH the air, or give LIFT, and can hold the bird in the air while in motion. 

My Sun/Solar sign is Virgo, which is the Earth sign, also a MIND sign. So, yeah, I'm mental... 

Feathers can also, at times give things an "earthy" feel... -dunno why.... 

So, here you can see me in my Boho Chic feather earrings from Charlotte Russe (vintage). Definately a statement piece set of earrings. 

Its ironic that I'd suffered so much for my heritage, or for the audacity of wearing feathers, when several times since I'd graduated high school, feathers had been in fashion several times to be the "in" accessory for HAIR or, whatever..... 

Oh, but Great Spirit for-fend I should EVER speak the TRUTH about this to anyone whom is a FULL BLOODED Native American, whom all LOVE to jump all over me, breath down my neck, and pile on all sorts of HATEFUL words, or threats, about how I'm NOT a Native, how WHITE my skin is, that I have BLUE EYES, or how they want to RAPE me.... and make me "their woman but not their wife", or whatever that's supposed to mean... 

I find that I often gel really well with other mixed bloods like myself of Native American descent, because FULL BLOODS are SCARY, MEAN, NASTY, HATEFUL, PREJUDICED and SEXIST. Let's NOT EVER do anything like that again....

Look, I'm a Cosmopolitan, and I'm NOT sorry about it.

cosmopolitan 

adjective

1.

free from local, provincial, or national ideas, prejudices, or attachments; at home all over the world.

2.

of or characteristic of a cosmopolite.

3.

belonging to all the world; not limited to just one part of the world.

4.

Botany, Zoology. widely distributed over the globe.

noun

5.

a person who is free from local, provincial, or national bias or attachment; citizen of the world; cosmopolite.

6.

a cocktail made with vodka, cranberry juice, an orange-flavored liqueur, and lime juice. 

A Winter Dream Awake (Techno) from BlackUniGryphon on 8tracks Radio.

Boho Chic Christmas Purple Arden B 002

These should probably show a lot more personality of myself, and my expressiveness/artistic style.

I'm not a stoic (philosophy) I actually liked some of the ancient cynics (sect of philosophers) altho' I think Diogenes of Sinope was gross, he was rather brilliant. In modern times "stoicism" & "cynicism" mean different things than they originally meant. What one generally thinks of as stoic, is this emotionless, bland, boring, or plain thing. Honestly, I utterly hate this! Altho' I often am a person deep in thought, or dream, i value happiness quite a bit more than you know.

There are just SO MANY sad things of my life, or experiences, that are just utterly sad, depressing, painful, harsh, cruel, stressful, or heartbreaking that it rubs me so awfully for people to recall me as some crying woman, even tho' there's many times I have been a back-stabbed, grief-stricken, victimized human being... I'd so much rather been remember smiling, joking, or laughing. And, I'm being incredibly honest and vulnerable here.

It is so ironic, because I have so often chosen burdens, sufferings, scrutiny, and tribulations on behalf of others, because I just CANNOT stand to see OTHERS suffer whom don't/didn't deserve it. And, even tho' I HATE fighting, and would prefer to resolve or reconcile issues/problems its a point on present time, where I find I'm THE person whom fights from a unity of my heart, mind, and soul.
And, if I didn't speak up, I just couldn't live with myself.

People hate me for being an artist, and shun me for that and would say "Why don't you do other, better, things with your time?" But, when I actually DO JUST THAT, such as have the nerve to be a functioning, mature, human being with a strong mind, intellect, and pleasant temperament, they hate me even more... because from me, its genuine. I like to think of my work as both thoughtful and heartfelt or full of feeling/emotion.

I like to use my hands, arms, or different postures. I don't want to be a rigid stone statue, even tho' many people might actually describe me at first to be cold, statuesque, or stone faced. I'm not. I'm strong in some ways, and very soft in others, but I also feel my softness is a strength, and that rigidness can be a weakness.

I want to feel alive.