a dream within a dream

elora. mid twenties. she/they. ace of pentacles. flesh and blood

[phlegmaphoto]

[thoodleoo]

reading about the participation of children in rituals as a form of play in ancient greece and came across an incredibly charming story from julius pollux's onomasticon where a flood prevented the adults from reaching a sanctuary to sacrifice a ram to heracles, and the children solved the problem by....sticking a bunch of sticks in an apple to give it "legs" and "horns" and offering it as a sacrifice instead. it's such a charming thought and i can perfectly picture kids these days also pretending at sacrificing an apple "goat" at recess

[thoodleoo]

catch me on the playground playing sacrifices

[hangsawoman]

therapist: and what do we say when we feel like this?

me: no live organism can continue to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality

therapist: no

[forestdeity]

seeing wildflowers and birds and critters and sunsets really can keep you going

[modelsof-color]

Neelam Gill, Parvesh Mudgal and Tara Raani at Grace Ling SS 25

[peashooter85]

Silver inlaid bronze sword, Han Dynasty China, 206 BC - 220 AD

from Timeline Auctions

[smsomah]

Silver earrings with coral and turquoise beads from Morocco, Draa; late 19th century

[kafkasapartment]

In the Silence of the Green Garden, 2024. Bat Ella. Acrylic, oil and pigments on canvas.

[mismedleym]

toward the sun, from the sun

[huariqueje]

The Plunge Pool in Morning Sun - Francis Hamel ,  2011.

British , b. 1963 -

Oil on linen , 34 x 30 cm.

[eopederson]

Snag in the water, Towboat Strait, Harrison Lake, British Columbia, 2008.

[mangamaga]

art nouveau fireplace from 1908 in Catalonia

[smartlovingunitedtough]

Wood block color prints by gustave baumann

[huariqueje]

Come Back to Tell You All , I Shall Tell You All - Isobel Scott-Malden , 2019.

British , b. 1998 -

Oil on board , 35 x 30 cm.

[wandering-italy]

The Battistero degli Ariani (Baptistery of the Arians). It was built around the end of the 5th century by King Theodoric the Great.

Ravenna, Italy

[roua-poemului]

“We spoke all night in tongues, in fingertips, in teeth.”

— Robert Hass, from “Spring,” Field Guide, The Apple Trees at Olema.

[endlesscolour]

Study of Fanny Eaton, Joanna Boyce Wells, 1861. Collection of the Yale Centre for British Art.