Areisa Hawthorne

[victoriousvocabulary]

ASTRIFEROUS

[adjective]

bearing stars; made of stars.

Etymology: from Latin astrifer; astrum, “star” + ferre, "to bear”.

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Original: The Morning Star and the Moon by Carl Schweninger

[witchesversuspatriarchy]

Rose quartz bathtub! 😍 how wonderful would this be?

[historystudies]

November 4th. A beautiful and productive day.

🕰 instagram @ashley_birrell

[ohantom]

sunsets in the conservatory are something else

[areisa-hawthorne]

May your gods have mercy for you, for mine will have none.

[plasmagrrl]

Mabon Dreams

[intheheartofautumn]

Wouldn’t mind living there…

Orava Castle, Oravský Podzámok, Slovakia

[achasma]

Circe Punishes Glaucus by Turning Scylla into a Monster (detail) by Eglon van der Neer, 1695.

[saint-rouge]

The rest is silence.

[peonyleaf]

“From tiny experiences we build cathedrals.”

— Orhan Pamuk, from “The Art of Fiction No. 187,″ interview by Ángel Gurría-Quintana, Paris Review (No. 175, Fall/Winter 2005)

[archaicwonder]

Attic Black-Figure Epinetron Depicting Dionysus, Athena and Hermes, C. 500-490 BC

This large black-figure epinetron fragment depicts three of the most celebrated mythological personalities of ancient Greece in fine detail. An enthroned Dionysus, god of wine and fertility, is represented on the left hand side, identified by his drinking horn (keras). He looks on to Athena, patron goddess of Athens and warfare, wisdom, and handicrafts, who steps on to her war chariot clad in her customary goatskin aegis, wearing an Attic helmet, and heavily armed with a spear and a goad. The goddess appears to have received some urgent news from Hermes, the multi-faceted messenger god that urges her to take swift action. The deity carries a caduceus, a characteristic attribute that served as his staff, and was the symbol of commerce, an additional role of the god.

Epinetra are one of the more unusual painted pottery forms, in the sense that they did not function as vessels, but were exclusively used by women, placed over the thigh during the preparation of wool for weaving in order to protect the leg. They were a popular wedding present and were sometimes used as votive offerings dedicated to Athena. Later examples are decorated in red-figure.

[ganymedesrocks]

Horse Power Fueled Progress…

[sweetestsecrets]

“I love how all the constellations are named after Greek heroes It reminds me that even though they’re immortal they, too, have their vices. So tonight I’m going to sit on the fire escape, eating an apple. I’m going to nickname the view Eden. And I’m going to look at those tragic stars with their pagan hearts full of mourning And I’m going to say, ‘What a fall, but what light. What impossible light.’”

— Alysia Harris, Car Rides and the Morning After  (via lollylozz)

[artist-hogarth]

The Gaols Committee of the House of Commons, William Hogarth

[engloutie]

School moodboard

[thestrawberrynight]

wandering through the autumn forest with your lover, wearing black coats, drinking red wine in the old house, listening to the wind and discussing art and books

[adaestra]

Charles Baudelaire, Les Fleurs du Mal

[feelsgoood]