[ricochets]

[enchantedbook]

'Stories of King Arthur' illustrated by Arthur Rackham, 1902.

[terrorignitis]

«Love isn't soft, like those poets say. Love has teeth which bite and the wounds never close.»

Stephen King, The body

[lailoken]

In honor of Imbolc, here is an art study I carried out by illustrating different variations of Brighid's Cross.

[emilyfuckingb-deactivated202503]

[greenmansgrove]

“Nature held me close and seemed to find no fault with me.”

—Stone Butch Blues, Leslie Feinberg.

[franz-bauch-foto]

Winter

[illustratus]

Odin, the Northern God of War by Valentine Cameron Prinsep

[petaltexturedskies]

I cannot deceive my heart that I will receive any comfort—but fantasy is sweet.

Euripides, from "The Trojan Women" in Medea and Other Plays

[oldpaintings]

White-Bear-King-Valemon, 1912 by Theodor Kittelsen (Norwegian, 1857–1914)

[wordx]

The most beautiful night was the one when we stayed up because we were getting to know each other.

[nixscriptum]

[nixscriptum]

Everything lovely reminds me of you.

[notthesomefather]

Prayer for Odin

Grant me wisdom in my journeys,

Wanderer, in your cloak of grey,

Tame the obstacles before me,

Give me strength by night and day.

And when, returning from my travels,

I try to listen for your call,

Help me see you in the stranger,

a welcome guest within my hall.

-- Diana Paxson, pg 40, "Odin: Ecstasy, Runes, and Norse Magic"

[michaelnordeman]

Mountain hare/skogshare. Värmland, Sweden (August 10, 2021).

[nixscriptum]

For the wishful and the wide-eyed — June’s moon remembers what you asked for. ( ☾ )

[bobbole]

Huginn and Muninn - art by Anexquisitecorpse

[a-quiet-green-agreement]

He murmured her name like a magic charm to protect not himself but her.

— Iris Murdoch, The Flight from the Enchanter