ART SHAY Backyard Olympics, Chicago, 1968 ‘JOY’ Photograph: Black And White Type: Silver Gelatin

Lady Hysteric, Tamahime Sama ranshin! 34 years ago today on the 25th of January 1984, Jun Togawa’s debut album came out and with it, a bounty of sweet yet twisted artpop songs about surging romance, insect women and menstruation.

Named 18th Japanese album of all time by Rolling Stone Japan in 2007, Tamahime Sama cements Togawa as the counterculture icon she is, embracing the darker aspects of female iconography and commanding multiple genres with the voice that shatters through the Heisei era like a fist.

This is one of Jun’s few albums that have been translated entirely into English, largely by dedicated fans, and you can peruse them at your leisure on the masterlist here.

A Woman with a statue on her head, Otukp’icho village, Benue 1977. Vintage Nigeria

Dragonfly Symbolism

 🍃Changing your path in life just as a dragonfly changes its flight path mid-flight

🍃Some cultures see them as Divine messengers or a fairy taking a physical form in our world 

🍃 being related to fairies and elementals this may be an invitation to explore the elemental and fairy realms or connect with nature spirits

🍃Creatures of air and water elements because they fly but often reside in areas with bodies of water such as ponds. 

🍃Japanese saw it  as a symbol of power and victory, in China it is a sign of luck and prosperity and in Native American cultures it is a symbol of happiness

🍃Can symbolize growth as a person, growing from your past and maturing

🍃Represents illusion sometimes and someone is being deceitful

🍃Raise your vibration, surround yourself with positive people and get rid of negativity in your life so you are able to fly with the grace of a dragonfly

Requested by @indievous :)

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