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.

25 Yards Gypsy Skirt Q n A

I get a lot of similar questions about my Gypsy Skirt stuff. It baffles me still because it was very common & popular  stuff in the mid-late Bush Era and even still in the early Obama Era as well.

People that often do recognize this style often tell me it looks San Franciscan.

I will also post this to my Pirate Wench OC Cosplay Page.


Surely, THIS will address ALL the usual questions ANYONE could possibly ask, AND HAS:

How to tuck your skirt: 
Go Tuck Yourself!

Make Your Own if u have the Patience

Typical ATS/Tribal and other Gypsy Skirt steps & moves:

Folkloric Bellydance Steps:

Female Culture was massively suppressed in many forms, as were "Gypsy", or Romani, or Bohemians/Boheme. I also noticed no one ever gets upset if you say Gypsy in German which is: Zigeuner, Zigeunerin (female Gypsy), or Zigeunerjunge (Gypsy-boy).

Much of my style has roots in Raqs Sharqi (Belly Dance) as other Tribal styles.

But the most modern versions are Folkloric & ATS which were made from a bunch of ancient styles in the USA. Most notably were Bal Anat and Fat Chance Bellydance which was the origin of American Tribal Style (ATS) which altho borrows from all over the world and history as well as prehistory, but is totally made up as a new style. From that brnched Tribal Fusion. Tribal Fusion is my favorite, but I also studied Raqs Sharqi including Arabic & Turkish, but also Egyptian, and North African.

Gypsy is often referred to as Romani in modern times, but can have any number of meanings. It's often considdered as an offensive word, even tho their own ancesters called themselves this and claimed they were from Egypt even tho they were from India. Romani/Gypsies were notrious for making trouble, and I've read several books about them in actual libraries about their cultures. They have a different view on life and the world, and even things like personal property. Today, most Romani are forced to live in modern neighborhoods in many nations by governments, so they do.

Altho the term Gypsy is often viewed as derogatory to many people these days, it's odd that the term Boheme or Bohemian is not, because its the exact same thing. But the word Gypsy can also mean a free spirit or wanderluster. I personally never viewed this term as hateful nor ugly like other racial words, but some people seriously get upset about it. So, I don;t want to hurt people. I often use the word Boho or Bohemian instead. This word has also evolved several definitions as well.

There's no 1 specific type of "Gypsy" or Romani, and there's so many varieties in many nations, and they had also changed and evolved.

A lot of people like to freak out about "Cultural Appropriation" but many of these dance forms were actually cultivated by women whom have heritage in those ethnic groups, and much like Bruce Lee felt the desire to "teach anyone who wants to learn" in order to earn a living.

ATS Dance

Tribal Fusion Utilizing Authentic Gypsy Romani Style moves & Steps:

This one is a personal favorite of mine making use of Spin performance and props:

The same dancer in her new band in Ghawazee style:

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More ATS & Folkloric Style bellydance:

Tribal Fusion

Vintage Zafira Dance Company

Tribal Fusion began to break off from ATS. ATS was Improvisational, but Tribal Fusion brought back choreography since many of the dancers had backgrounds in Jazz, Ballet, and Popping & Locking. 

2 of my very personal favorites back in the day were Zafira which incorporated a lot of dance moves & dance vocabulary from India, and The Indigo.

Vintage Zafira Dance:

The Indigo Bellydance Company:

My other top favorite vintage dance company/troop was The Indigo Belly Dance Company. The Indigo was probably the most influential and the most famous. It has started and grew with the belly Dance Super Stars, until 3 dancers remained, and they did several shows with burlesque style comedy which even mixed in elements from Road Shows & Vaudeville like "Yard Dogs Road Show" and "Beats Antique" as well as real like Balkan Brass Bands, and authentic Gypsy moves.

They  had incredible zilling dance numbers that blew my mind with such precision, and a lot of quirky off the wall comedy, often with real bottles of wine, or liquor, but also mixed in pop culture, glam, fantasy, and all manner of eclectic fusion. They often made their own costumes from scratch, or borrowed pieces of costume bits from their friends.

They even started belly dancing wearing boots and heels, when most Tribal dance was done barefoot or in sandals. They also had their own small film as they were also heavily inspired by antique Silent Films:

And, since we're at it, because I KNOW it's gonna come up eventually, here's some pop culture songs from Europe:

Wanderlust Bohemian Meditation Autumn Foliage Ambient Video

A small dream/goal of mine was to make some ambient Meditation video art, and cut it to my own audio design music. It was something I had dreamed up a few years ago while walking in the woods, dealing with severe depression.


Most of the footage was shot all over South Weymouth including my own neighborhood, South Feild (Union Point), other neighborhoods, and a Colonial Graveyard near the South Shore Hospital down the street from me. I shot most of the footage on a CANON XA10 camcorder, often with experimenting with my own lens filters, and even a fisheye lens attachment of my own. Much of this footage also ended up in my other films I produced in 2016 including "Boho Light Journal" and "Smattering Thoughts Also Flow".

I can tell, by working on the editing that my camera work as improved a lot since I shot this footage in October 2016. This was the video camera my instructor told me to start with, and I've moved on since then to more SLR types since upgrading to HD from the old analog.

My mind is apparently at high speed, so I remember shooting this, and actually thinking I was doing it slowly... I was waaaay off, plus I was spoiled at shooting for Instagram styled content which is lightning quick. But, since it's a Wanderlust theme, it fits.

The actual melody in the music is a variation on a melody I wrote when I was 6 years old. I usually just called it "The Blue Fairies Song" or "The Blue Fairies Melody" because I composed the song at the house of my elderly neighbors in the 1980s, Mr. & Mrs. Walter Blue (Mt. Laurel, NJ) on their antique piano, whom were in their golden 80s.

Part of the ambient-ness was partly inspired by an experimental ambient track by Kerli titled "Journey Through The Elven Kingdom"  but also inspired by Blümchen's 1995 Trance/Techno track "Herzen habben Flügel" (Hearts Have Wings or the English version "Where Hearts Have Wings" by Blossom") as well as several styles of music like "Breath" by Chang Jing, or anything Yoga, Ambient, and Meditation audio found all over the place like Amazon, and YouTube.

Here are is the Song FREE DOWNLOAD:

I still have other B-ROLL footage I shot left over from last year, but it was lanterns, candles, a tea setting, and other stuff I also shot this year... I was originally going to cut the footage with the same ambient song... but I realized it was TOO DAY-TIME-ish, and need to recut the audio with evening sound/audio mixed in instead... So, I spent quite a while compiling audio since last night for that. I'm not sure whether to go exactly the same or in a new direction, if not both, because I have all of my original vocals that I'd recorded. I even have an Arabesque version of vocals.

Kerli's experimental track actually is composed in segments of audio that flow one into the next, and I also have other tracks like that as well. Even tho' I've messed with audio editing & audio design since at least 1994, I don't feel like I'm a professional nor a true audio/music person, even tho' I like it, but more of a hack at times.

So, I would like to work on the new audio tracks, and cut some more mediation videos for my audio design/recording art stuff. Just a few of them, and have a small portfolio/album of them.

Other Stuffs We Did This Summer 2017

What can I say? A Gypset or Bohemian is one of an Artist's Life! 

Well, like I said, Mr. Wang went to Japan, so I as left at home trying to figure out WTF to do about the car accident. It was screwy!

Every day was another adventure...

I took my daughter to IKEA for the first time ever, and my 2nd time ever. I had to use GPS to drive there. And, 1 of the neighbor's robbed the pizza cutter I bought for Heidi. 

I also took her to the IKEA restaurant, and I got a purple lantern.

 Got some plants.

Been working on an independent film "The Holy Maple Tree"

Started my own Independent Animated Film did some fundraising, and now I have some new equipment: Condenser Mic

My daughter's birthday was at the end of June. I took her shopping, and we're doing animation together. She starts High School and the Vocational Graphic Art Program in September

I've been doing so much art, and independent stuff since the end of the Spring semester.

I'm still not sure if I'm going back to UMASS tho'. My GPA is 3.775 and I'm on the Dean's List.

DIY Boho Teapot Lantern Project: Crystal Wire Wrapping

Over the process of wire wrapping the crystals, I got sick from sinusitis, and also was trying to juggle some research at the same time. Much of this process didn't get video documented, but I will still try to video edit the footage I got.



See that broken handle on the vintage pewter pot? The main reason no one wanted it, and cast it off as "a piece of junk" was the sole reason why I wanted it. (It also has a big dent in it. But, to me, it shall be a figurative "Persian Flaw".) Well, that broken handle is what will make this a major piece of whimsical art!

#WIP #DIY All the pieces starting to come together! #boho #bohochic #bohemian #bohodecor #crystals #lights #vintage #artproject #arts #artsandcrafts ##instillationart #EclecticArtist #eclecticart

A post shared by Kandice Kathleen Zimbleman 任思麒 (@blackunigryphon) on Jul 20, 2017 at 2:58pm PDT

Had to restock my #silverwire supply!

A post shared by Kandice Kathleen Zimbleman 任思麒 (@blackunigryphon) on Jul 21, 2017 at 12:49pm PDT

An hour's worth of work! #wirewrapping #WIP #DIY

A post shared by Kandice Kathleen Zimbleman 任思麒 (@blackunigryphon) on Jul 21, 2017 at 2:01pm PDT

#WIP #DIY starting to #wirewrap the #crystal ! More to come!

A post shared by Kandice Kathleen Zimbleman 任思麒 (@blackunigryphon) on Jul 21, 2017 at 9:48am PDT

And there it is so far! #WIP #DIY #crystal #wirewrap #wirewrapping #artproject #arts #instilationart #boho #bohochic #bohemian #eclecticartist #eclecticart #hippievibes #gypsetstyle #artist #project #FusionArt

A post shared by Kandice Kathleen Zimbleman 任思麒 (@blackunigryphon) on Jul 21, 2017 at 11:24am PDT

#DIY #WIP #wirewrap #wirewrapping #project It's quitting time! #boho #bohochic #bohemian #whimsical #hippievibes #art #arts #artist #eclecticartist #eclecticart #instillationart #silverwire #gypset

A post shared by Kandice Kathleen Zimbleman 任思麒 (@blackunigryphon) on Jul 21, 2017 at 4:18pm PDT

#DIY #WIP About 4 hours of work! Break time! #wirewrap #wirewrapping #crystal #project #artproject #boho #bohochic #silverwire #bohemian #whimsical #whimsy #bohodecor #EclecticArtist #eclecticart

A post shared by Kandice Kathleen Zimbleman 任思麒 (@blackunigryphon) on Jul 22, 2017 at 11:46am PDT

#WIP #DIY finally finished #wirewrapping the support structures! #wirewrap #crystal More tomorrow! #boho #bohochic #bohemian #whimsical #EclecticArtist #eclecticart #instillationart #hippievibes #silverwire #artproject

A post shared by Kandice Kathleen Zimbleman 任思麒 (@blackunigryphon) on Jul 22, 2017 at 6:23pm PDT

#WIP #DIY #wirewrapping work for today. Not as much productivity today. I'm not feeling well. #boho #bohochic #crystals #bohodecor #wirewrap #project #artproject #whimsical #silverwire #EclecticArtist #eclecticart

A post shared by Kandice Kathleen Zimbleman 任思麒 (@blackunigryphon) on Jul 23, 2017 at 3:14pm PDT

#WIP #DIY #wirewrapping #crystals #artproject #project #art #boho #bohochic #bohemian #hippievibes #EclecticArtist #eclecticart #whimsical

A post shared by Kandice Kathleen Zimbleman 任思麒 (@blackunigryphon) on Jul 23, 2017 at 8:23pm PDT

#DIY #WIP #crystal #crystals #wirewrap #wirewrapping #project #artproject #art #boho #bohochic #bohemian #EclecticArtist #eclecticart #gypset #whimsical #whimsicalart #hippievibes

A post shared by Kandice Kathleen Zimbleman 任思麒 (@blackunigryphon) on Jul 24, 2017 at 7:58pm PDT

In my original design concept I only wanted a small crystal to be wire wrapped to the handle, and then reinforced. But, I ended up having 3 crystals thanks to Jet International due to a mistake which changed to generosity & kindness. 

So, It evolved into 3 crystals... but, when I as at Michael's Craft Store I saw some drilled crystal point beads, and that also became part of the mix.

#WIP #DIY #wirewrapping #wirewrap #crystals #boho #bohochic #bohemian #whimsical #gypset #EclecticArtist #eclecticart #artproject #project

A post shared by Kandice Kathleen Zimbleman 任思麒 (@blackunigryphon) on Jul 25, 2017 at 10:41am PDT

Almost done! #DIY #WIP #wirewrapping #crystals #silver #pewter #pot #artproject #boho #bohochic #bohemian #gypset #whimsical #newage #hippievibes #EclecticArtist #eclecticart #decor

A post shared by Kandice Kathleen Zimbleman 任思麒 (@blackunigryphon) on Jul 25, 2017 at 5:39pm PDT

#DIY #WIP #crystal #crystals #wirewrap #wirewrapping #project #artproject #art #boho #bohochic #bohemian #EclecticArtist #eclecticart #gypset #whimsical #whimsicalart #hippievibes

A post shared by Kandice Kathleen Zimbleman 任思麒 (@blackunigryphon) on Jul 24, 2017 at 7:58pm PDT

After I was done with the wire wrapping, I had to do some spray paint retouch-ups, and I had to cover the crystals with plastic wrap in layers. Then, after that I had to spray it with layers of shellac.

I couldn't do it while it was raining, nor while it was ultra humid, because it would mess up the process. And, I was also sick, so I had to be careful as to not harm myself.

Once the paint and the shellac were all set, I could move onto the LED lights, but I had to wait until the following day to be completely sure the layers of paint and shellac were totally set.

I also put the knob back on.

Oh, and by the way: It's rather heavy from all the wire.