dulcet ;

the mask that burns like a violin, the mask that sings only dead languages, that loves the destruction of being put on. the mask that sighs like a woman even though a woman wears it. the mask beaded with freshwater pearls, with seeds— a glower that hides wanting. noemi zawieja. xxvii. legacy of proserpina.

[beholdingslut]

andrei tarkovsky

[luthienne]

But endurance had always been my virtue and I kept on.

Madeline Miller, Circe (via luthienne)

[xo-skeleton]

“But corruption lurks close to perfection.”

— Ernst Gombrich

[metaphorformetaphor]

But I now know something horrible: I know what it’s like to need, need, need.

Clarice Lispector, from The Passion According to G.H. (New Directions, 2012)

[bacall-deactivated20191101]

The Red Shoes (1948) dir. Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger

[boykeats]

                                               You’re right— Holiness is in the hands even if it’s always the head            that gets haloed.

— C.T. Salazar, “Self Portrait as Headless John the Baptist Hitchhiking,” published in Bad Pony Mag

[purestsolitude-deactivated20180]

“But elegance attracted me. I liked the way it hid pain.”

— Zadie Smith, Swing Time (p. 100)

[adrasteiax]

(…) a certain look she had, sometimes, of absolute sweetness and absolute gravity, as if her eyes might pierce appearances and see your soul.

Angela Carter, from The Courtship Of Mr Lyon in “The Bloody Chamber And Other Stories” (via adrasteiax)

[elderblood-deactivated20211222]

“Longing, how soft a word for such a ravenous feeling. How we hunger in silence.”

— (via leohearts)

[liquidlightandrunningtrees]

She has moved from being a young woman into having the angular look of a queen, someone who has made her face with her desire to be a certain kind of person. He still likes that about her. Her smartness, the fact that she did not inherit that look or that beauty, but that it was something searched for and that it will always reflect a present stage of her character.

Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient (via liquidlightandrunningtrees)

[rosasepulcral]

“I am a prisoner of a fairy-tale. My own softness chokes me.”

— Anna de Noailles, tr. by Jethro Bithell, from Poems; “In The Garden,” (via rocamadour)

[ofproserpina]

aeneas and andromeda bestie!

AENEAS - describe your relationship with your family

“ we have a good relationship. very loud, a lot of laughter. all my nieces and nephews love me, even their parents get mad at me for spoiling them. my grandmother's quite strict, but she can be doting, too, ” she says fondly. “ they've always been there for me, and i will always be there for them. ” her answer is as expected of a woman molded by zawieja hands, and any roman would be quick to confirm that noemi is loved and does love her family. but it is also a double-edged sword: they gave her the world, and expect it of her. she is no longer a spoiled little girl, dancing with nymphs and making flower crowns, but a young woman with a legacy to uphold. family is everything, and they won't let her forget it.

ANDROMEDA - describe what you would change about your life

everything, everything, everything. “ i wouldn't change anything. ” her voice serene, she lies as easily as talking about the weather. some secrets are meant to be buried deep. “ well, maybe i’d get another cat when we come back from the quest. briar could use some company. ”

[psychehq]

please see below for a list of prompts to help with muse inspiration! note, this is an optional activity. however, if you choose to participate, please make sure to send questions to at least two people before you start answering your own. members will have until end of day tuesday, august 24th to complete their answers.

ADONIS - describe your day-to-day routine

AENEAS - describe your relationship with your family 

ANDROMEDA - describe what you would change about your life 

ATALANTA - describe the person/place/thing/feeling you miss most

BELLEROPHON - describe a time you were tempted to break the rules 

CASSANDRA - describe how you handle stress 

DAEDALUS - describe an embarrassing moment in your life

EUROPA - describe a time you didn’t get what you want 

HECTOR - describe what you feel more grateful for 

HELEN - describe your biggest fear 

HERACLES - describe what you like to do for fun

HIPPOLYTA - describe what you’re most grateful for 

HYACINTHUS - describe something you could never give up 

MEDEA - describe your favorite childhood memory 

ODYSSEUS - describe what constitutes as a ‘perfect day’ for you

ORION - describe a time you failed 

ORPHEUS - describe a time you felt backed into a corner

PANDORA - describe what you value most in a friendship

PENELOPE - describe your personal hero and explain why you look up to them

THESEUS - describe your biggest ambition

[rotgospels]

Caroline Walker Bynum, Foreword to Gendered Voices: Medieval Saints and Their Interpreters

[ofproserpina]

THE MOVEMENT OF SUMMER’S LIGHT TOWARD GLISTENING HONEY —-

biography / pinterest

[violentwavesofemotion-deactivat]

She was gentle and funny and she had a disarming curiosity and an incredible quality—of involving you in yourself. She would figure out that you had a problem and she would ask around it and you’d find yourself blurting out some private thing.

John Gossage, from Diane Arbus: A Biography (via violentwavesofemotion)

[violentwavesofemotion]

“…that beautiful voice which made everything she said sound like a caress,”

— Virginia Woolf, from The Complete Works; “Mrs Dalloway,” c. 1925 (via violentwavesofemotion)