smudging
Making dirty marks
Smudging is the practice of burning dried herbs—typically sage, cedar, or sweetgrass—and wafting the smoke through a space or around a person for spiritual cleansing or purification.
The practice originates in Indigenous American traditions and has been widely adopted in New Age contexts: She was smudging the apartment before moving in.
Smudging also means making smudges or blurry marks.
Wisdom keeper or seasoning
- sweetgrassFragrant ceremonial sedge
- cedarDurable, fragrant conifer
- copalFragrant tropical tree resin
- juniperAromatic berry-bearing conifer
mugwort · lavender · frankincense · myrrh · sandalwood · resin · aroma · scent
Wisdom keeper or seasoning
- sweetgrassFragrant ceremonial sedge
- cedarDurable, fragrant conifer
- indigenousOriginating in a region
- sacredWorthy of reverence
purification · ritual · shaman · ancestors · spirituality · offerings · prayer · chanting
smear
Spread or defame
defocus · fuzzy · indistinct · hazy · blurred · unfocused · smeared · bleary · softened · burred
sage
Wisdom keeper or seasoning
- sweetgrassFragrant ceremonial sedge
- cedarDurable, fragrant conifer
- copalFragrant tropical tree resin
juniper · mugwort · lavender · frankincense · myrrh · sandalwood · resin · aroma · scent · smoke
sage
Wisdom keeper or seasoning
- sweetgrassFragrant ceremonial sedge
- cedarDurable, fragrant conifer
- indigenousOriginating in a region
sacred · purification · ritual · shaman · ancestors · spirituality · offerings · prayer · chanting · drumming
charcoal
Burned wood residue
graphite · pencil · sketch · drawing · toning · gradation · rendering · softening · stumping · hatching
smoke
Airborne combustion byproduct
burning · smolder · wispy · curling · drifting · wafting · billowing · tendrils · fragrant · lingering
- beauty techniquescontouring, highlighting, blending, bronzing, strobing
- printer problemspaper jam, paper jams, low ink, blank pages, streaking
- brushworkbrushwork, strokes, bold strokes, gestural, impasto
- Dene culturetea dance, drum dance, drum dancing, hand games, traditional territory
- art techniquespainting, drawing, sketching, shading, blending
- ceremonieswedding ceremony, wedding, weddings, graduation, graduations
smudgingsharpening
Making more cutting
clarifying · defining · crisping · fixing · focusing
smudgingdesecrating
Violating something sacred
defiling · contaminating · profaning · polluting · cursing
- sage smudgingBurning herbs for purification
- smudging ceremonyRitual burning for spiritual purification