Home Economics for Mages
May. 25th, 2021 07:30 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pshaw_ravenI had an interesting dream and I actually remembered it. I usually don't have terribly good dream recall, and when I was actually keeping a dream journal, there wasn't much my subconscious was tossing up that I could use in art or anything, so I stopped. I'll occasionally get a single image or something I like, but it's mostly just brain garbage.
That being said, in this one I found an old home economics-type textbook from the early 1950s ... from an American school of magic. So think Harry Potter on The Donna Reed Show. It seemed like they were encouraging magical folks to blend in with the non-magical population, so there were a lot of little charms and such for things like blown fuses and broken appliances. There was also a section on appearance, so a lot of the spells were geared towards specific hairdos, hair coloring, removing stains from clothes. You know, normal stuff.
My creativity doesn't quite run in that direction, but if someone wants to actually write up some of this, feel free to use the idea. I'd even be happy to provide some mid-century modern illustrations.
That being said, in this one I found an old home economics-type textbook from the early 1950s ... from an American school of magic. So think Harry Potter on The Donna Reed Show. It seemed like they were encouraging magical folks to blend in with the non-magical population, so there were a lot of little charms and such for things like blown fuses and broken appliances. There was also a section on appearance, so a lot of the spells were geared towards specific hairdos, hair coloring, removing stains from clothes. You know, normal stuff.
My creativity doesn't quite run in that direction, but if someone wants to actually write up some of this, feel free to use the idea. I'd even be happy to provide some mid-century modern illustrations.
