the gold room

[skinnydied]

when the sky is a certain color and you’re outside and your entire being aches

[ashstfu]

[poemsforpersephone]

what if when icarus fell apollo caught him before he hit the sea, arms as warm as the sun, but safer.

what if when ariadne cast the rope across a broken branch aphrodite stepped in with a reminder that this, this is not the kind of love you die for.

what if when achilles was ready for war ares appeared with a smile and said “you win well when you win, but what are you unwilling to lose if you lose?” and achilles knew the answer.

if you could retell the tale wouldn’t you want to tell it kinder? wouldn’t you want to give them peace, even love, where you could?

l.s. | I AM TIRED OF RE-WRITING TRAGEDY WITHOUT CHANGE. LET THEM LIVE. LET THEM LEARN. LET THEM LOVE © 2016

[ryebreadgf]

“When I was little, I asked my pastor if Judas had been in love with Jesus. He sent me back to my mother early, with a note for her to explain “things.” But no matter what anyone said, I couldn’t be convinced that the Bible was anything less than a love story. (I kissed your cheek in front of them all and in doing so, I think that I damned the both of us. You, to be left crucified and bleeding and paying for my sins. Me, to be left wandering and wanting and never to see your face again.)”

— K. Wright, Judas  (via chazeatsbrains)

[aleyma]

Amethyst bottle, made in Egypt, c.2675-2130 BC (source).

[closure]

[nevver]

Barriers To Intimacy, Olivia de Recat

[tenderculture]

“Countless biographies by women reveal that girl children witnessing a mother’s suffering at the hands of male tyrants – fathers, brothers, and/or husbands – are deeply, traumatically affected. Not only do we want to rescue our mothers but also we want to change our destiny so we will never suffer the way they did or do.”

— Communion: The Female Search for Love, bell hooks

[figdays]

Felted Birds in a Hat // GladOArt

[gayleontologists]

metamorphoses: a play by mary zimmerman

[ronnanlynnch]

RPGs, or relentlessly persistent girls by cassandrha

[chibird]

Take some time for relaxation and peace for yourself. ^^ You have to stop running sometimes because the wheel never ends!

[stunningpicture]

Mushrooms blooming in the tree bark.

[oozins]

NOT EVERYTHING FEELS LIKE SOMETHING ELSE

[oumaimas]

excerpt from “The Book of Delights” by Ross Gay (transcript under the cut) 

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[alisonzai]

u know that comic u have that's the couple hsbifna picnic on the sun and it's like it was not love? can you PLEASE PLEASE talk about the inspiration for it because i think about that comic every fucking day and it makes me FERAL

I made this in Amsterdam earlier this year so that’s why they are eating cheese and perhaps I too, was eating cheese when I reminisced about the people in my life I’ve lied to about being in love with. but only bc I didn’t know what actual love meant at those times, but now I do

[shovel2-deactivated20151204]

I ATE A BIG BAG OF FACTORY REJECT SEEDS UNTIL A HEALTHY FLOWER UNFURLED IN MY CHEST ...

I MISTOOK THE SENSATION FOR LOVE AND DIED.

[altcomics]

Anna Haifisch